The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-10-24
pRocEEpIEGs IN THE coUsTs

Mayors Court. Thursday Oct. 23d.---Aitert Z,
ssor': nolld:. th;sk-set. Infi antssqsAing yosng
pany r, 54th North Carolina regiment. dressed II,
faded gray uniform, was arraigned for the wiiful
and deliberate murder of James T. Gray, msn ber
OF ihe same company, by shooting him through the
i7th street, near the sturgeon bench at the First
MaketHouse, about o'clock this morning An
inquest was held by Coroner Ssnxay al soon as he
was notified of the bloody deed, ard the cffenAc.
naTing been promptly arrested by Detective shaf.
Ter, OF the Eastern District, appeared before the
Mayor at 10 O'Clock when the iolloyvirc ,esti,nony
IN relation to the affair was given 10:
Edward H. Marabie, dealer in fish dspo sei -.
was standing at my stall selling ish whsn Short
came along and stopped e. the end of the bench. -.
gray came along on the opposite eide of the street.
when short ssw him, and hal,oaod on. 'hait" re-
psatinS the expression several tines Gray ,urned,
niu.tsred something inaudible to wi.ress an,i
passed on. Short then said. 'if You don: stop, II
shoot YOU" He then put his musket 10 his face
and hsed; and Gray fell, shot through the head.
Geo. Sharp, mason, dsposed: l was about iif.esr
fset from Short, and heard him say halt" to the
other, acd, Il think said something like damn you
to him. saw him lift tbs gun and fire. vvben Gray
bounced up and fell Vert up to Short. and said.
you have killed that man, You son CT q -; what
did yen 90 it forl' He lid he didn't know his gun
was loaded. ''The devil you didn't" replied /
wen, Isa Up py 10 Gray h. was not then quite dead
J0hn EeagaH, OF Mobile, discharged soldier Ge.
posed Was about fifteen feet off; saw She RI come
along with @ musket. Soon Gray came along tie
sidewalk, in front OF Brown Il Pes sieys Short
cried halt Gray didn't to hear him. ai.d
kept on. Short then shot at him. Gray juniped
up and fell dead. When asked Short what he dit;
it for, he said he did not know lis gun " NJ loaded
George w ashngton Todd deposed: Was making
my marketing this mcsnipg and had advanced TO
tie vicinity Of the vegetable department nearly
Opposite TO Messrs Brown & Peas'eys Heard
SAort cry halt Deceased appeared unweli ep-
pareuly jGst ont OF Ls hospital and more in wan.
Of the morning air than any ether thing He tusl,.
!, 81 m Il c
ra.ssG his murket (hare witness ist afed TIE man
ner Of the inurd5r by nissns OF his eau-) and frel
iie shot him as deliberately as your HOMO: would
partridge. Prisoner " To ahs sen. Oh to a called
Court, to te held to- day week. stated 10 the Nav yot
that he and deceased belonged 10 the ssnls cotnua
ny, and be (prisoner) had been ON guard at the
Franklin street barraek, and both LEI: !. M the same
time In doing what he hsd he sai.s lie only de-
signed to Lave a Ittle fur.
B. w. Knowles was hned 81 for oosiruet.nx 7lh
street with ashes, and this same fine was assessed
against Tyler Wiss q Allegro. for obstructuy 18th
street by the same means.
George Wilkinson and Elias yarda:iip were
committed for Indictment by tic Hastings Court
Grand Jury fos lighting in Bread street. Wander
lip was also charged with resisting tte ..atealnen
Joseph Wingfeld was asssisaed fcs interfering
with the police While n discharge :ler daty on
Ffankiin street while exseu.ing !. .seareh warrant.
ss.s Wsssa ss sad T. Essts'xf The
MN. 9obinson soldier, arraigned for drunken
ness. was sent to the Provost Marshal.
John 2. Smith. doubt.uilooling character
with full face and blood shot eyes from Vicksburg
Mississippi, was arrGgned fer stealing 3 pocket
book eontsining o. snd papers worth $4,000 be-
longing to JOSIAH II Harris. on Wednesday even.
ing The robbery occurred in an upper room Of the
little brick house next to the hay scales OF the ist
Market. on l7sh street. kept q saloon by James
Smith The circumstances, az related 10y Harris,
were follows: He and another young znsu whose
name he did not know, were in tho upper room
playing game OF cards for money. They got into
dispute, when the unknown said he would take
the stakes whereupon Harris took off bis coat aud
la 1t on chair, preparatory to passage at arms
with the unknown The muss did not rise TO the
dignity of fight, and Harris, on looking for his
coat, found it at the bottom OF the stairs below.
minus tho pocketbo witness, who was ia lie
room, testified tha. iIuine ediately Harris pulling
| Ceusey and others OF the Eastern District d.
tective Corps, testified TO visiting rooms oc-
cupied Ly Smith, a. the Franklin Houss.
| opposite the Old Market, where, between two beds
they found the pocket.book. with ths papers, bp.
no money in it. Smith had previously told Usii
Hsrdesty, who kept the saloon for the. other Smith
where the pocket book might be found The &C.
cused said he did not steal tho pocket book that
the man who did had written him note not TO tell
| where il was before he could get off with the
money. The Mayor eaid the note would have a
material bearing on his fate and asked the prisoner
what ne did with il, ID which he answered that he
| had lit his pipe with /, this morning Dan Har
desty, the witsess, was detained by the Mayor OF
the charge Of selling liquor without license. and
JaS. Smlth, owner OF the saloon was ordered 70 be
arrested for doing the same thing detective 20
| liesman from the Provost Marshsis offcs pres
| ent with q warrant to execute on Mr. Hardesty, or
the charge of selling liquor, but the Mayor declined
to surrender him till he had sifted the in re
| spect TO that aspect OF il himself Smith, wb,
stole the pocket-book, was comn,tted to appear fo
examination before called Court of Hastings, 4
| be beld on next Thursday.
| Hu.viuss Court Thursday, October 23d.--The st
| ,entio,r OF the Court occupied during the dsJ
| in trying the case Of VIM ]. Bowman, who stoo'
charged with the murder of George Bailey, by hit
ting h; m ON the head with brick bat, some week
| ago. j oha B. Young appeared for the accused ar
| Littetor Tazewell for the Commonwealth. Th
evidence of witnesses and argument occupied 6v
hours in delivery. About O'Clock counsel con
s.uded q Argument, VIXEN the case was submitted {
| the jury. who, after an absence OF an hour, re
turned into Court with a verdict Of guilty Of IL
! voluntary anansaughter.
! Confederate Coar-No business Of note trsni
| pired in this Court yesterday.
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