Mayor's Court.
--From among the numerous cases before the
Mayor on Saturday we notice the following:
Emanuel Davenport, charged with harboring a slave of
Henry Harvey, was committed to jail for want of security for his good behavior.
The case of
Delilah Mack, charged with breaking into the house of
Caroline Mack, and taking therefrom certain articles not rightfully her property, and Richard, slave of
Delilah Mack, charged with trespassing upon the premises of
Caroline Mack, and aiding said
Delilah Mack to break into the house of
Caroline Mack, was taken up, and after a partial examination, was further continued till Monday.
Two boys, named
Jefferson Childrey and
Mike McDonald, were charged with breaking into the school-house of
G. L. C. Salter, on Fourth street, between Marshall and Clay, and stealing a lot of school books, a carpet, pitcher, tumbler glasses, clock, and various other articles.
The evidence produced established the guilt of the accused, and they were sent on for examination before the Hustings Court.
Mrs. Elizabeth Burnes was charged with receiving one carpet, a pitcher and a tumbler, which had been stolen from
G. L. C. Salter's school-house.
In the examination, it was shown that the two boys noticed above (
Childrey and
McDonald) called upon
Mrs. Burnes and offered the articles for sale, stating that their mothers were suffering for something to eat, and had sent them out to sell them.
Not suspecting they were stolen, and being moved to compassion by the plea put up by the boys, she purchased the goods.
The
Mayor delivered an elaborate lecture upon the impropriety of buying anything from little boys, and then discharged the accused.
Robert, slave of Royal
Mason, charged with burglary and stealing two pairs of pants, three shirts, two blankets and two pairs of socks, the property of
Caroline Carter, was remanded for examination before the Hustings Court.
In the case of certain parties, arrested for keeping a faro bank on Main street, opposite the
Spotswood Hotel, the
Mayor was unable to bring forward any evidence against them, whereupon they were discharged.
William Mann, free negro, was charged with stealing forty pounds of beef, the property of the
Confederate States.
The prisoner confessed guilt and was ordered to be whipped.
