The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-09-16
LOCAL MATTERS.

ursrtycs CouRT-Present, Aldermen
,,a--;,, viuu6eld. BRAY. Burton and sanxay This
go ,esnmed it's session yesterday morning, aud
,asd the case of Lucy set to the bar the day be-
f,rs To answer for the murder of her own child AZ
,sr an able argument from Mr.. Randolph, which was
renlied to by R. T. Daniel, Esq, the Court unani-
mousiy decided that the prisoner was not guilty. and
she was therefore discharged from the custody of the
law.
The mex. case of importance taken up was the
charge offeony against William f. Bowles and Silas
johnson; who had been sent on by the Mayor
Messrs. Hancock Randolph and Caske appeared for
the defence, and r. T. Daniel, Esq, for the Com
monwealth. The prisoners were charged with COM
hitting violent and unpre voked assault upon Thos.
III. Taliaferro and James O. L. Chandler, on the night
of the 7th of August last, at which time Taliaferro
and Chandler were both badly beaten, and Chandler
had his throat cut The substance of the evidence
was, that the parties met at drinking house. and af
ter taking glass two together. and falling out,
Bowles and Johnson being the aggressors-at the
instance of the proprietor, Taaferro and Chandler
left the house. but stopped the door to talk over
the treatment they had just been subjected to- when
Bowles and johnson came out, and seeing them
standing there, made assault upon them. ITALIA
ferre was first caught aud badly beaten, when
Chandler seeing his condition, started to his relief
having IN his hand a small slone OHe VI the &C.
cused, seeing him coming up, left Taliaferro and
made at Chandler and while these two were engaged
the other came up, and aided to get him upon the
ground, where he was roughly handled.
While Chandler was down, Taliaferro saw one of
the prisoners draw his knife and say TO the other
hold the id rascal while / cut his throat With
This Chandler received two cuts about the
neck not of O very dangerous character. however,
when he succeeded in breaking from the party and
ran off, thereby, in ali probability saving his life.
Judge Caskie and Mr.. Randolph addressed the
Court in behalf of their clients and Were replied to
with marked ability, by Mr. Daniel After the argu-
ment was concluded, the Court decided to send the
prisoners for final trial the October term of the
Circuit Court, and then admitted them to bail in the
sum of $500 each.
The third case called, that of Alexander White
William Jones, James Ellis, Daniel Rogers and Jesse
Roache, charged with conspring gainst and cheating
Martin V. Spcer out of $780, at the house of George
Ensberry, on Gary street, the evidence in which we
gave tlength when the was before the Mayor
for examination. On calling the witnesses several
important to the defence failed TO answer and
the examination therefore continued until the
next term of the Hastings Court all the parties save
Jones, who is said to have decamped for parts un-
known, being admitted to bail for their appearance
There are several other criminal cases vet to be
disposed of but the Court is compelled to adjourn
Saturday night next unless the sessions of to-day
and tomorrow are very much prolonged, there is no
earthly hope of having them disposed Of before Oc-
tober