Mayor's Court.
--Among a large number of cases disposed of by the
Mayor yesterday, we note the following:
William Cayce, a member of
Captain George T. Whittington's battery, was charged with being a suspicious character and having a pair of shoes supposed to have been stolen.
Cayce proved a clear title to the shoes, and was discharged.
Samuel D. Jeter, charged with entering the room of
A. A. McBride and stealing therefrom a pair of shoes, was discharged in consequence of his extreme youth.
Kitty, slave of
James Pendleton, charged with stealing a silk dress, valued at eight hundred dollars, from
Mrs. Ann E. Collier, was ordered to be whipped.
The case of
Thomas Stratton and
Edward Curtin, charged with forcing their way into a room on Main street, occupied by
Misses Emma Smith and
Kate Lloyd, and stealing therefrom fifteen hundred dollars' worth of
wearing apparel, was taken up. The complainants testified that, on the night of the robbery, two men came to their room door and demanded admittance.
From their voices, they were supposed to be the accused.--Upon a threat to shoot,
Kate Lloyd got out of bed and opened the door.
There being no light in the room, it was impossible to see their faces, and the only reason which they had to suspect
Stratton and
Curtin as the parties was the recognition of their voices.
The two men came into the room on the first visit and remained there about half an hour; they then left, but afterwards returned, and, breaking open the door, came in and stole their clothes.
For the defence, it was proven that
Stratton was at home at the time it is alleged the robbery occurred, and remained there all night.
In
Curtin's case, neither of the complainants were at all positive in recognizing his voice; and his character being shown to be good, the
Mayor bailed him for his appearance on Friday.
Stratton was committed.
Oliver, slave of
William H. Pitts, and George, slave of
Mr. Taliaferro, charged with breaking into
Rev. Charles Minnegerode's dwelling and stealing one barrel of flour and a lot of sugar, bacon, lard, butter, soap and
crockery ware, valued at three thousand dollars, were remanded for examination before the Hustings Court.
James Webster, an employee of
Peter Lawson, butcher in the
Second Market, was fined for selling light weight at his stall.
Fines were imposed upon several parties for violating city ordinances by permitting water to escape from their hydrants and allowing their servants to go at large.
