Mayor's Court.
--The following cases were disposed of by the
Mayor yesterday morning:
John Brown, a member of the Seventh South Carolina cavalry, was charged with being drunk and riding his horse in the house of
Mrs. William Ryan.
It was given in evidence by
Mrs. Ryan that, at an early hour Thursday night,
Brown rode up to her door and demanded liquor.
Upon being informed that there was none for sale, he ripped out an oath drew his pistol, and charged on horseback right into the store, sauntering everything before him. The watcher were then sent for and took him to the cage.
The captain of the accused, being present at the examination, petitioned to the
Mayor to turn him over to him and he would be responsible for his future good conduct; which request, in consideration of the extreme penitence manifested by the offender himself, and the greater need there is for men in the army than in the city jail here, was willingly granted.
William H. Gentry, a free negro, was charged with stealing a large lot of green corn.
As stated by one of the police,
Gentry had greatly added to his had appearance by copious external applications of croton oil, in order to grade services on the batteries.
His case was field for further consideration.
A youthful member of
Captain Ward's militia company, named
J. J. Lewis, was charged with stealing a pair of shoes from a soldier temporarily quartered at the "Soldiers' Home," on Seventh and Cary streets. The complainant not appearing, he was delivered up to his captain.
Mary Harris, a free negro, was ordered to be whipped for stealing a silk dress and basquine, the property of
J. S. B. Tinsley; Harry, slave of
William Sheppard, but supposed to be a runaway, was treated in a similar manner for stealing a basket of corn from a market woman.
George B. Wright, charged with buying a lot of peaches in the
First Market to sell again, and Pleasant
Gentry, charged with purchasing Irish potatoes in the same place for a similar purpose, during interdicted hours, were each fined twenty dollars and had their potatoes and peaches confiscated for the benefit of the city.
Two females, who refused to tell their names, were fined for violating the market ordinance by buying apples to sell again.
Confiscation also followed in this case.
