The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-12-05
LOCAL MATTERS.

DARING THErT.-A young man named
Harrison Enruughty, employed BY Mr.. Jacob s. At
lee as wagon driver, was brought before the Mayer
last Saturday on the charge Of having sto 10 SEP
ember last box OF boots and shoes the property of
Henry Stearn OF Charlottesville the same having
been entrusted 60 his TO haul from the shed ct
.ne Union snip Company. near the wharfat Kockett,
10 the store OF Robert Rankin on Dock street. Two
wilnesses were sworn for the commonwealth. and
proved the guilt of the prisoner most conclusively
u,nnfh &c SSank.n S sworn some time during the
hontn oi Sepfamber last, was having lot of goods
landed from the steamship Pennsylvania, hauIed 20
my store. The first two loads were brought by the
p..sonel ana negro man. and the packages on each
corresponded in number with the tickets on bsios
counted The third load was brought by the prisoner
Ino, "a counting, eadeavored to make q mistake in
: .io huHoeI OF packagss. discovered this at the
lime and told hm OF il, and while was in the Office
signing the ticket he drove off, his load being ,.ue
not long after this, Mr. Atlee the
OF tne team, came up and informed me that he had
found the box and in little while thereafter En-
toughtJ drove up and delivered IT, but it had been
the box we found it contained 70 the best of nv re-
coHectlon, seven and half pairs Of boots ard six
pairs OF wornen's shoes Mr. Atee then told the psi
sonsr that portion of the goods were missing and
that ne must get them and bring them back En
roughly then started off, and returned brineng vr;th
MN tour and halt pairs Of boots-beng enough to
complete the dozen pairs. The box was stored away
IN MY house, not knowing where to send them. ~
me top was one, and some time after Mr. Stearn OF
charlottesville called on me, ide ntifed the good, ss
his and stated that there were missing from fbe ~
thirty pairs OF ladies' Shoes worth 81 per pair for
Wnicn ne made out bill against the 'Union Steam.
ship Company"
Jacob S. Atlee sworn On the night of this ocrpr.
renee was passing through Rockets in company
WIN Dr. Warning, and on arriving opposite Carvedos
door. saw one OF my teams, of which the prisoner
was driver, standing there. thought Thing ma rti
cular OF 1t at the moment more than that the team
mao peter be at ITS proper place, but after riding
In the wagon, it struck that something was wrong
and making that fact known to DR.. W., turned
about to see what was going When got back 10
the wagon which yet standing at Caryedo's door
saw the prisoner leaning npon the box in the waa
on and said to him, Harry, what box is that, and
that he had taken it to carry to an Irish grocery
keeper short distance below. Telling him that he
had better hurry on, again turned my horse about
square or SO, turned off into cross street, and
there stopped my horse, but so situated that /
could not see what was going on, withou. occupying
position TO be discovered. Remaining few minutes
where was, Harry came driving by, and finding that
he had put the box off, stopped him and asked whsre
was Ills answer that he had left it at Carve
dos to get it repaired-that the top was broken off
then told him his state ruene faIse-that he had
gotten the box from the steamers shed, where he
had been hauling it. with the intention of it,
ana that he must get it and take it to Mr. Rankin
he then remarked that he had box over in countng
.ne number OF packages IN his load and thought it
II as ne had to pay for package when his count fell
short. reminded him that was responsible for tbe
get hislself into a difficulty. With this he retprpsd
TO Carvedos and got the box and saw him mt in
the wagon. After he had done this, rode past him.
and from the appearance of the box at that time.
jud ged 1t to be in good order then rode on to MT
Kankin's, to await the return of the prisoner losing
sight OF him in the mean time. After waiting ratleI
more than half hour Harry drove up and called to
Mr. Rankin to let him know thst he was there with
his third load He told Mr.. R. that one of the boxes
was broken, aud F. directed him to take il into the
office The prisoner did so, reuarking that it had
fallen In the street as he came along. We examined
the box, which contained seven and half pairs of
boots Seeing that there several pairs miss nr
told him he must get them. He replied that he did
not know where they were, unless left in the street
where the box had fallen. The top of the box was
gone also replied to him that it was useless for
him to tell any such story as that-he knew we'll
enough where they Were and must get them or he
would find himself in trouble. Harry then STATED
oH but returned shortly after bringing with him four
ana helt pairs OF boots and six pairs of wornen's
about filed it, Not being disposed to prosecute him
talkedto him about the offence the next morning
when he told me he had thrown the top of the boy
into the Dock and promised that he would never be
guilty OF similar act He seemed to be sorry for
what he had done, and felt disro to forgive him.
The boots, should Judge We're worth about So per
PAR and the shoes about 81 per pair.
Here the evidence closed, and the prisoner was re-
manded to Jait to await an examination before tie
Hastings Court on the charge of grand larceny