American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1846-10-26
CITY INTELLlGENCE.

I'll I'm ElLlIiu Elm CF.
City Court. The following cases were dis
posed of before this tribunal on Saturday,
Horatio ". Moore, HOratio Moore, Jas. Moore,
Robert Love, Mrs. Love, and Mary Todd,
charged with assauting Margaret Mcguire,
were declared not guilty, and prosecutrix or
dered to pay the cOsts.--Thomas Mcguire
and Margaret Mcguire, charged with assault
/ ing Robert Love, were each fined So, with
costs. --Thomas Mcguire, for assaulting Ma
ry Todd, was fined S. with costs. - George
| Wayne, charged with assaulting Augustus
Marygotte, was declared not guilty, and the
prosecutor ordered to pay the costs WIN.
Murray, negro, for a violent assault upon Sa-
muel Allen, was ordered TO be imprisoned six
months john Clarke, for assaultinr Chas.
Ford was fined IS, with costs.-Thomas
Donovan, charged with assauting William P.
Kelly, was declared not guilty, and prosecutor
ordered to pay the costs.--Wm. P. Kelly,
for an assault upon Thos. Donovan, was fined
S., with costs,
The court then took up the case of Nelson
Casey, Eliza Casey, Charles Casey, and Ann
Maria Marshall, petitioners for freedom, VS..
German DOuve. The petition is prayed
on the ground that under the Act of Assembly
of 1881, slaves cannot be brought into the
State of Maryland to reside, without special
act of the Legislature. The slaves are the pro-
perty of Nh. D'Ouville, native of France,
and resident Of the Isle Of Barbados. A jury
after some difficulty was empannelled, when
the further hearing Of the case was postponed
until next Wednesday. F. T. Lovegrove and
A. E Kennedy, Esq's., appear for the petit
TONERS, and T. Yates Walsh and Archer
Ropes, Esqs., for the defendant.
The cases of Alexander, negro, and Kelly,
both indicted for murder, were postponed I'M
til this morning.
No decision has been given yet in the cases
Of Rosanna and w. McKenna, tried for the
assault upon Mrs. Margaret Thompson.
Bank DefdlcatiOn Report has for several
days past been busy with an alleged defalcation
in ene ofthe Banks. On enquiry we learn that
Clerk in one of our Banks, has absconded
from the city, within the last four or five DAYS,
taking with him from S2O,0 to $40, 0OO.-
The officers of the Bank have bsen busy night
and day, since tho discovered dedication, in
posting up their books in order to discover the
exact amount missing, which it is thought will
not exceed the smallest sum named. We have
been unable to learn in what manner the mo-
ney was taken, whether in lump or at var-
Gus times, but suppose that full statement of
the affair will be made public in few days.
the Bank as we'll as the guilty party.
County County. The jury in tho case Of
Riggs, Peabody & Co., VS.. John Easter, of
John, came into Court on Saturday morning,
with verdict for the defendant. For plain
tiffs, Johnson and Glenn; TO- defendant Stew
art, Schley and Baker.-The following cases
next disposed of: Joshua Creamer and David
Dreamer, vs. VIM. Hubbard; verdict 70. plain
tffs, by consent of counsel,--Joshua Cream
er and David Creamer, VS.. VIM. A. F. Daven-
port; verdict for plaintiffs, by consent of coun-
sel-Francis Getty, administrator of Robert
Getty, vs. John c. White, an action TO recover
an amount of money alleged TO have been loan
ed by Robert Getty to J. C. White. Not con-
cluded. Stewart for plaintiff; johnson and
Campbell for defendant. The Court adjourned
until this morning.
Barney Williams the Irish comedian, is in
town. We hope to see him play round Of
characters at some of our places of amusement.
.4rrest Of a Rogue. Officers Zell, Ridgely
and Cook, on Saturday morning, arrested q
man named Richard Finley, on the charge of
stealing quantity of wearing apparel, the pro-
perty of Mr.. Thomas Thompson, at one of our
principal hotels A number of robberes of
clothing have taken place recently at our vari
Gus hotels, and our officers are fortunate in |
having thus secured one of the "operators. y
Some of the stolen property was found in his
possession. Justice Duyal committed him for
! further examination.
Spurious Bank Note. The Argus saws. a
colored woman picked up in Bond street, on
Thursday evening, roll of notes, purporting
10 be OH the branch of Salisbury of "the Far.
mets Bank of Somerset and Worcester. ~
There are three notes, one offs 100, one of $50,
and one ofS20. They are printed on himsey
paper, the signatures not legible, and are pro-
badly proof copies Of the plate that have wan
dered, IN some way, from tho Copper Plate
printing Office, in which the genuine notes
were printed. They are not calculated to de-
ceve any person at all acquainted with Bank
issues.
Burglary The dwelling OF the Rev. E. E.
Allen, city Missionary, in Gay ST., near Ais
quith ST., was entered between four and five
o'clock, yesterday morning, and robbed of five
large silver table spoons, marked II. II. The
burglar or burglars entered by cutting the slabs
of the venitian blinds Of the front window
The spoons were a present from an esteemed
friend, and is is TO be hored the worthy mission
airy may be able to recover them.
Case for Court Ellen Ftisby, for assaultinp
and beating Elijah Gould, was arrested on Sa-
turday by officer Mcdonnell, and released on
security to appear at Court by Justice Meal
lister
Remains Of RinggoH and Watson. We learn
that Sergeant S. S. Mills, Of the ''Independent
Blues" has started for Monterey, to obtain the
body Of Col. Watson, and the committee who
are to bring home the remains of Maj or Ring
gold, consisting of Messrs, M. LETTERS, of the
Earle Artillery J. J Griffith, of the Staff and
VIM. Settler, of the Butchers Troop, are to
start this morning to the performance of the
melancholy duty. The Baltimore Railroad and
other companies have given free transit to the
committee and the bodies, as far as their power