The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-09-17
PROCEEDINGS IN THE COURTS.

lowing cases were d,sposed Of by his iionor
this morning: Commonwealth rs. John tough.
John BraIinuu being sworn, testified that
Cough WAS nj his house at ii late hour on Sun
day night, and refused to leave ii, although
repeatedly ordered to do so. The next morn.
my he discovered that two of his coats, IA pair
of boots, and several other articles of cloth
ing, were missing, and found the boots on
Coughs feet. Cough being unable to ac
count for the remainder of the clothing, was
rem;indel for examination before the Hastings
Court.
The next case was that of - Saunders,
charged with an attempt to extort money, by
threats of violence, from All Italian shop
keeper. Michael Ratio testified that he ci,ie
into the shop and called for cider, for which
lie paid, and replaced the change i'll his pocket
hook. After Il few minutes he returned, eX-
claiming that he had left pocket book, con-
tanning $f1 On the counter. Ratio denying
all knowledge of it, Saunders drew Il bowie
knife and demanded the money or Ratio life.
Ratio then paid him $H, and had him arrested.
Saunders was remanded for examination, and
John w. Chic, Michael Ratio, and Pito Ba-
lochi, recognized to appear US witnesses at the
Hastings Court.
j. W. Satterwhite, for allowing slaves to
ride in his hack without permission of their
owners. Mr.. Satterwhte having hired the
hack TO a slave who had a permit to ride, was
dismissed with present of a copy of the city
ordinances, and his driver was ordered to be
whipped His Honor took occasion to explain
fully the ordinances regulating public hacks,
and stated that a slave was i'll no case to be
allowed to ride in "a hack without permission
of the master, and that permission was to state
definitely the points to and from which they
We're to he conveyed.
Adolph Dill, for allowing pool Of stagnant
water to remain Oh his lot. The defence was
offered that the lot was the property of the
Confederate States, but the Court declared
this to be- no defence at all, the Confederate
States not having the right to any land in Vir-
glnia except by net Of the State Legislature.
One weeks time was given Mr.. Din for bling
the sink, aud a fine OF 80 per day ordered TO
be imposed for every day the nuisance remains
beyond that time.
Mrs. Moran was held to bail for good bsha.
vior for abusing Mrs Blalock and beating her
children.
Confederate COMMISSIONER Ofre-Forgery
If Pay Rohs-Cunfedera States Commission
er Watson Yesterday examined Ezekiel G..
Jones, charged with obtaining money from the
Paymaster sofiice upon forged pay rolls From
the resemblance Of the handwriting of the
paper which led to his detection to many other
papers III several of the pay offices, 1t is
thought that a large amount of money, AS vet
uncertain has been thus obtained by the pris
oner. The following abstract of the evidence
embraces all the material facts vet elected:
Major Andrews testified: am Major aud
Quarternaster of the Confederate States Ar
my. l have noticed the prisoner for long
time hanging around my office and presenting
pay rolls and descriptive lists for other people
On the 2lstof August he presented the account
of Capt +. Norris and in answer to nv uues-
ton why Capt Morris did not himself present
= l. ~ %hn& II
sick. then told him he must prove the sig
nature, which he did by producing from the
Adjntant Generals office printed certificate
given in such cases, and then paid the claim,
amounting to $500. Shortly after his depart
IRE, Mr.. Pearson, clerk in my office, told me
he had compared the signature Of the account
had just paid with that Of Capt. Morris, in
the Adjutant. Generals office, and found them
dissimilar, and he believed the whole transac.
ton fraudulent. then went to the Adjutant.
Generals office and obtained the company roll
of Capt. Morris, and carried both papers to
experts at the Farmers Bank of Virginia ana
told them If any one of them would pronounce
the signature to the account had paid for
gerry would have Jones arrested bnt none
Of them would pronounce is formed, some
doubling, and others believing it u forgery
About week afterwards Cart. Morris came
10 my Office and pronounced The signature |
have spoken Of forged then had Jones ar
rested. am n0tprepared to swear that Jones
committed the forgery, but he did present the
forged account, and got the mo,,ey 1t claimed
MIR. Chas. Pearson, a clerk in Pay office,
made statements cOrroboratiug that Of Major
Andrews.
No further evidence could be obtained on ac-
count Of the absence from the city Of other
important witnesses. For want of bait in the
amount Of 81 500, the prisoner was committed
tus1 fur az tho s,aYf fae,,, ~