Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1853-10-12

MAYoR's CouEr ls'tsrdly- CouurrED-Lem Wes-
ley Mayo free negro boy, iouud without register wa
committed for further examination before the Court Of
Hastings
sNATcniNG RrAsTFlS-Mary l. Smith free negro
woman, was brought up a charge Of uulawfilly but
not elouousiy, snachug anI taking away gold breast
pin, the property OF Columbia Anderson free perso .,
color from Manchester.
Columbia stated that she was az Lucy Price. in tho
Valley, on Monday morning. when Martha Holmes Inv 70
quest Of the accused called upon her and said She 1.-THE
accuscd) wanted 70 speak her She did not q Al bst
time, and Miss Holmes called upon her second time for
the same purpose She then went out met Nis No., ~
accusedl n the porch and sauted her very kindly Mar
made reply, but Immediately snachcd her br,,st.pin
from her Ucson aud walked OF The reason she took Il,
was, that according to her belief she lwncs- owed her
the price OF Tl % shoes But she deuied being cent
in her deb. She threatened frequently before IN t,kc
away her hrcast.pin or rrgl.
| Martha Holmes slave belonging to VIM O. GEORGE
COrrOboraicd the above testimony.
Mary discharged, she MAYOR not cnrcciyin tho ,,
criminal in the view Of common law there being no evil
dencc Of malicious intent on the part Of the accused II
more properly o matter Tor civil ,Giu.Ii,.t,,, IT.
brrnstpin was returned 10 Mary Another form of pro-
cciurc will be entered upon for is recovery
SCrr1sfn LARCENY or TN DOLLAR Sorg--Thos Smith
was brought up o" charge OF stealing from John o.
Shanncssry ten dollar note ON Monday evening last
Smith stated that he one dollar note of his with
the accused. He afterwards lv ten dollar notr with him
which Dee suspected 20 be- his lie noticed i'm put both into
] his pocket, but did r him Ike fltcru
Mr=. Allen, -urrkc.pcr carurr of 10Th and e ,rr
streets stat tha' Smith and USlnnuessev came into br
store Monday and called for pint Of Beer She Wai,
cd on ih'm aud smith l dollar note on the scales
n payment oi ih' Beer She akci if IL one Of Tins.
lcys notes. and being informed was she said she would
not change even though She had the change O'Sbnn
ucsscy drew ont large bundle oI notes aud laid them on
the counter The accused took the notes and counted
them lie Afterwards folded them M IN niece Of manor
aud put Them into OSuauuc-scy. vai-co,t corl, TbeS
then lct her house In short time after tbcy both rs
turned and asked her tor light search for ten dollar
bill, which they missed. She provided the candle and
thcv made search near the counter but without effect
Mrs.. Nottingham stated that the two smith aud O'Sh.n.
nc-scg came 20 her house about Monday
ing. She vas engaged in nm inside at the time
girl who stops On her house IN and informed her
that hi' gentleman tOS) wanted change Of a ten dollar
note. Tie vas anxious 10 get Tuslsys notes as hs was
informed there was premium on them. She told him
she could not change IT, Tho accused with him cvi
IDENTITY friend tor he seemed take interest in adj
u'ting h7 money, and seeing that IL safe IN his mock
ct OShaunc.scy pulled out bundle Of nJtcs and threw
them carelcsy the counter Tho accused told b; h
should not throw his money about in that way
lie observed to him at the time that he had three
go notes short time hOurc and that he had hon but
two lie took candle aud commenced n search about
the place where they stood Falling fudit the accused
said To the other l U might have been lost Al the house
Of Mrs Acn and that they would go and search there
The other answered he did know where he dropped
IT, u was the accused first remarked 10 OShannes.o,
that he had three $40 short time before aud hAc
only two At that time. Oshanncsscy nearly drunk
the time
Geo. W. Courcpy said be saw Oshanncssey with bun
de Of notes the Canal the evening In question
+ He was pretty Ugh At the time.
Rsbanne'sey gave statement Of HE movements on tina
400 he vns paid s8i by o. a. Green for whom h,
q at the stone cutting business. lie gave an &C
coAnbofb s visit 10 Mrs Aliens aud Mrs Wuinghami
aud the miang Of the b, but no satisfactory account
my degree tending 20 crimu1o the accused lie admi,
ted hoirg drunk du,ias that evening.
Smith was Discharged.
IrWous DEiyNG.- Christmas, an omnibus driver wa
brought Up charge Of unnecessarily beating biz hcr
scs 40 the Petersburg Depot on Monday evening AM
thereby cau.ng them to OF and irurr tho leg Of
gentleman Who standing u thccrowd when the horse
dsrtcd towards them.
The charge was proyon 10y Capt wilkinson. who state
that Engineer Of the trains informed him tina
the mau, Chri'm1', drunk before no ascoudcd th
box The case was continued tl to-day, when that gen
tloman will appear
, Covrtuyr Gonarp.-Wr. r. s. sanxay of tho Enauirc
Office oi thi' city, made complaint that papcrs wcr
missing 10 The office Of the paper Tor limo ne oi
orcr IRWIN 90 have csc out aud if be- could DO.
cover any clue o. the rrsoTcd a. taking the
pers away W.. irwin having arrested boy tat mornn
With several Eu1urcrs and other city papers IN h pos
ssssou, called upon bin o ascertain white hoy name
Thomas Fillmore wa authorised 1 take papers from the
Office fo sale Head n0i that Che only person authorised
sell their papers Louis Smith e believed ibis W
The boy whom he had seen 40 the car
about the 10th 81 last month"; when on his way 10 Phila
dclphia. lie had several numbers ~ the Enquirer an
Whg at the time, and Offering them for sal,
lie took from him All the Enquircrs he had, and tol
him De aware, he had no authority 10 sell them. Nj
Allen then of the Whig tnce with him ~ the tim,
and made the statement in regard 10 the Wing oc,
Tie did however take the papers from him the time
lie vas authorized by Mr. Lloyd Of the Examiner 10 max
q similar statement IN behalf of that office.
warrant issued ior the arrest Of Gilmore lie vii
dOubtlsabs pP for vial today,