Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1853-08-26
LOCAL AFFAIRS.

oSlAwfuL AssxssLiSs.-Claiboru a slave. IN the ser.
"ee o mr. John ID. Quarles. and Frank, also a slave. en-
poyed oy hessrs. Hearmsn 4 Balding. wer, ordered
ten each Tor being Of an unlawful assembly In . .,ors
on Broad street on "Wednesday.
'"Ahon OF PASSING A CorsrERrKir eco Norr.-T. ID.
"'!mou'n' u resident In the neghborhood ofCartersvnle.
was brought up ON a charge Of sssiug, on the i4tb Nav
1909, a counterfeit SEQ note Of the Bank Of Georgetovn
south Carolina, at the late firm Of Alexander Carrot, a
Co., In this city.
Richard IL. Duke, who wn salesman for the above firm
the time Of the passing Of the note, stated tina, Mr..
weymouth called into the store on the 18th Of May 1855.
Anu having purchased two barrels Of herrings, the cost Of
which amountedto IS he gave the $50 note in payment. He
returned him $ls in change. Having ascertained that tho
note was n counterfeit, on presenting Il at the Exchange
Office OF Messrs. Msury 4 Morton, he Immediately wrote
to Mr.. Weymouth regarding il, but received no answer
His letter was addressed to Cartersville, the place where
the herrings were consigned.
Mr.. Weymouth hero denied receiving Il. Mr. Duk,
proceeded; he said he saw Mr.. w. on Wednesday, for
tho first time since the passing Of the note, and presented
1t to him with a request that he would give good money
lori His reply was that he had no recollection Of pass
Ing such a note. He admitted having purchased tho her
rings, but denied any knowledge of the note.
Another young man. named S. ". Jacobs, was IN the
STORE u the time, and made out a bill Of the goods. The
money however, was received by himself There was no
positive denial on the part Of Mr. w. of having given the
note. lie merely stated he had 10 recollection of mass.
ing II.
lie did not write to him more than once in relation to
the note. lie saw a genllena an from Me-. W. neishbor.
"o0d sometime afterwards IN his store. aud inquired Of him
whether he knew Mr.. w. He said he did, aud that he
"'eu near MS place, and that he had also heard OF his re.
'e'hs the letter addressed from the firm to him on the
subject OF the counterfeit From that time he thought IL
useless to write tn hin, IL IL -. L. Il.
out heard he came from Gainesville. HI could not say
positively that the letter was duly posted.
Mr.. John A. Hooper said that a Mr.. Evans, OF Carriers.
vile, presented the $50 note to him at that place some
time since, stating that be obtained il from his (witnes.'s)
orother' He asked his brother if such was the case and
hedenied it. The note was Afterwards carried by Evans TO a
Mr. fo~el' OF the same place, and he acknowledged to
nave gwen 1t to Mr. E., hut without any consciousness Of
Its being a counterfeit. lie willingly replaced the amount
in good money. Had no k~nowledee of the note in con-.
nection with the accused. Mr.. Weymouth lived about
two miles sd a half from Gainesville. which place he
was in the habit Of visiting frequently, generally once or
Twice a week. Knew Mr.. w. to stand very fair in his
neighoorhood. Believed he would not pass such a note
with a consciousness oflts being acounterfeit. The accused
VAS a farmer and also traded in horses. lie was in the
habit Of visiting Richmond every two or three months
When the note was returned by Mr.. Evans to Mr.. Powell.
NS"H NNd'S " Dt u COuu-
terieit.
Mr. Duke wa recalled-he said when Mr.. Weymouth
entered the store to purchase the behring's he could detect
nothing in his appearance or movements TO indicate any
sinister design to pass the bill, knowing il TO be bad.
He could not say whether he did so with that conscious.
ness.
The Mayor remarked that the arrest of Mr.. Weymouth
under the warrant which he held, was Illegal. 1t merely
charged him with passing a counterfeit $50 note, without
applying knowledge of that tact, in which alone the
guilt in such a connect lou consisted.
There was no charge of fraud or design to cheat. If
conviction upon such charges a. were contained in that
warrant were had, he doubted If he'Penitentiary accom-
modations would not have to be materially enlarged.
lie dismissed the charge.
lie directed any officer who should arrest a prisoner up
on a charge OF felony to apprise any magistrate upon
whose warrant he may be arrested, that no power exis.
ted to admit any such prisoner to bail before an examina-
ton was had.
In this instance, Mr.. W. was admitted to bail in the
sum OF $500 for his appearance on yesterday.
UNLAWFUL AssEHHLIEs.-Christopher KRAFT was fined
s. and costs for permitting six negroes to be in hs store
on Cary street at one time on Saturday last.
USLisENsEp SALE oT ARDENT sriRIrs.-Mlry MeG.rv
who resides on Cary street between 9Th and 10th was fined
IS and costs for selling ardent spirits TO negroes at the
place where drank on Tuesday last. The accused had a
license for the sale of groceries.
UNLAWFUL ASSEMBLIES AND TirPLIxG.-Beuaid Shafer
a store keeper on Cary street between sth aud 9th. wa.
fined IS for permitting more than FIVE negroes to be in
his store at the same time, and IS for selling them Ii
quor.
&CoNrINuED.-J. Bachrach = jew, charged with carrying
on his ordinary trade on Sundays not having desisted from
business on the Jewish holyliy, which the statute regards
as condition TO sell on the christian Sabbath, was fined
50.
This case was continued since "Wednesday to enable til @
accused to disprove the charge of his trading before sun.
Set on Saturday.
\ female witness appeared and merely stated that she
raw his store closed in the forenoon.
SrAnriSG.-Hubbard a slave, the property Of Samuel
N. Bailey ofthis city was arrested on wednesday night
by Constable Lewcleo, on Church Hill, upon a charge Of
%siabbing, and severely cutting with a knife, Albert a slave
ofThos. Lafw'ci. 1t occurred in a eight between the ne.
groes on wednesday night. Albert received one cut on
the right shoulder, two in the aide, one in the back, and