The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-11-06
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Mayors Court, Nor 5th Jas. Pearson, charged
with ssssulting and beating Arthur h. Sad!e-, et
Rockets, on tuesday night. was committed in de-
fault OF surety for his good behavior. Defendant
said he bslonge to Dr1ry Bluff ssdler Is nurse
st one OF the hospitals, ~ brought up for beicg
drunk on tia occasion and unable 10 take care of
himself His continued until to-day
Pearson msd5 tie assault, be said, baaauss he
thought he recognized in GaGier one of four men
who IGd met him, torn OF h5 shirt and taken four
dollars from lin.
Earts RobiusJn and WilliGIo Robinson husbaud
and vile, vera araigpod, t5s first for get.ng drunk
and falling about in Clay s,fset, breaking the glass
Of { casciags il thas Gtroct, :n& a3ing children
ahe CHANGED TO mest, with stick; Wln. Robinson,
while also drunk, Rad fought with his wife ana 81
t;irpal- Tho peS1e OF th9 nsi abofhood in rTie he
lived Eeer tha corner of the oeeoad VeSe able
Market officer Cro9io dc posed Gaa. after be bad
locked up Ehe woman co le3 hec out hopii q she
would attend 10 her clid ard step her noise (krs.
Eobins01 appeared il Court with al infant a. her
ar5ast end hiac& eye n ker counteaancs) In.
stead OF sGoSiing, she behaved worse, and the sf-
fcet had to arrest her agaiu He also carrisd 10 the
lookup four gallons OF brandy found in her house,
which Re deemed the cause of the disturbance -
b3h parties committed icr want Of security.
Tie case of CGtasrne Richards for stealing 10
worth Of spoons, knives, aud forks fron ths Spots
wood Hotel. TAB continued toE it's eyiieuce of ar
HoeninSsr, the proprietor of the noasa.
Petef Allan. charged with assault:ns and beating
Charles ldsdison and wife in their own dulncil was
tsru,C.:@o of Lie defendants being sent before
Gen. Winder
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toe name CT 8. =. Ovens x Son to ci.eos Tor 500
and drawing the taocey the SaEae was coutialIed
until tts morning On account of the laaces5 Of tie
hcur a. which IL was called uc aud tho business
gggemeTts g o. tbs Mayor. tie witne ssss were re-
cognizsd 10 sppear a.d testify against I4umpsin
san.ueI Il. WYNN aud John Ianlersiey alas
Porciy8i, brought TO tao Court to bs es snined
for forgiag soldiers and oficers pay lists, drawing
the money, and thereby defending the Govern
nlent cur Of large suuis of money. Prisoners were
;irs: trros ed by order of tho S. Government bat
it ben. found hat Ihey lnghs eacspe punishment
| by Of the meagTsDeEs of the Confetie rato
law on tho subject of their osenee 1t was deemed
best to turn them over TO the civil satt0i's he
iaw of Frginis being specific in its allotment of
punishment for all kinds and descriptions OF forgery
The G. S. District Attorney appasreG to sid in Ii.
investigation, which was set for this morning at 8
i O'Clock Wyvill is small in person, wiry -!oos iiia
with side whi5kers, keen hazel eyes and resembles
dapper New York dry goods clerk. His
panion has melo- dramatic phiz and q counta
nAnea strongly expressive OF low cunning. He
! locked good second to daring leader.
hunter Tslisiefro, a youth aged about ssyen.
to- a, and Doorkeeper OF the Virginia State Senate
was set to the Oar icr examination on the charge
of forging the names OF J. H. Beanett aud ]. s
| Calvert, lst Auditor and Treesurer Of the Comuion
| wealth, to q warrant on the Farmers Bank ior
sloa, esyab:e to T. ): Turner Prisoner was ar
rested by ofAcer Jno =. Davis, 10 fredericksburg
Tuesday, aud appeared with VIM. w. Crump ss his
counsel. In the check, for forging which he was
arrested, the words for payment of services
|
q horse kiled by ths enemy" Besides the above
check sixteen other forged CESS were exhibited In
Court signatures to ali of which yery neatly
| execntsd. la the aggregate they summed UP over
$4,000 Witnesses testified to the fa!seness of the
various signatures. and to a resembia ance between
the handwriting Of TsliaeIro and the filing up Of
| the checks. Also, that he had opportunities for
getting the blanks enjoyed by hardly any one else
| ana that from being hard up for money, he be-
| came Of sudden possessed OF several thousand
dollars and paid off bin Of Ss5o for board at the
Powhatan House, where hs exhibited large rolls of
SlU0 and go notes. None OF the State officers ho
testified would the handwriting being that
| Of Ta.iaferro. This money WAS drawn from the
! Farmers. Exchange, and Bank OF Virginia, on
checks printed for the especial uss Of the Auditor
| having On one eide the Auditor q warrant On the
/ Treasurer, the other the Treasurers chec on
the bank. TO obtain money upon these. it is re-
quste for the Auditor to sign the warrant before
goes to the Treasurer who, upon finding the sigma
ture genuine, signs the check The forged checks
and warrants were upon the blanks in use for the
General Assembly, in payment OF the members Of
the Senate and House Of Delegates. They are
usually kept in the desS Of the Auditor and gre
only 5ssible 20 persons familiar with the Office
The portion of the printed foim which specifies
that pay ment is for services a. member of the
General Assembly was marked out In each IN
stance, ana come other claim alleged The Jorge
ries we've detected on Monday. by Mr. john l.
Kady Chef CLERK in the Treasurer's Office, upon
whom deyoived The duty OF examining ths returned
checks The following Witnesses testified in the
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L. Calvert of the Treasury Department; and
Messrs J. H. Bennett, Auditor, Henry Neeson, A.
| w. Dunnavant, and Joseph ]. White
The clse was continued until FRIDAY, on account
! Of the absencs of important witnesses.
! Csthsriue Wood wss brought up for constituting
herself q nuisance to ths neighborhood In which
she lived, and also for aS;aulting Bridget George.
| The latter exhibited half brick In support OF
| the fact Committed for want Of security.
Richard, slave Of Jos. Hierholzer, was ordered
thirty ,ashes for running away from his MASTER
after hiring him ~ . free man, which tbs HsyOr
told Mr.. Oliver was Q Unable offence.
Sylvester Flood was charged with being drunk
md firing pistol IN the ssrse.. Capt Plsasarts
Of the night watch, tsstfasd that, while standing
near the corner OF ilth and Cary streets, about :
o'clock Tuesday morning, he saw Flood emerge
from house opposite FEy's old store. whore ball
was In progress He was very drunk, ard had In
one hand large bolster pistol. snd ln the other
brsssh losdins gun. Flood got a box nsas FSy's