Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-02-23
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!Ik10ais CotBT.s-Ihs sol'eElDg sasaS vets
ai:pssel og oJ Masps NsS" 10 Monday morn
ing: .
8 Dick, -il2e IF J1t.s Gainta. was charged
with stealing ons roll Of butter isom Sarah y.
Waifn. BE was ordered Go DO whipped.
James Kennedy and Thomas Smith vera
char.ed with stealing foar from JNmea 5chaf-
Ter. Kennedy is the foreman C scbafsr's
bste a,.oo, ard Smith one Of tae bskera en-
plovsd in tha chop. The arres. WA made on
So tday morning. abont seven O'clock, by
watclmea Drake sud Page. In cCnni3g
through the alley in rear Of Schaeers store,
they 'aw q wagon at tho gate, and, stopping
near ;ta ~7rlic;e, saT Sm;!t In!l 2 barrel OF
R,u- cut Of the yard and place It in nc wagon.
Thinking all Wis not right, tSey couclrcet TO
arress the men. They hal four bar,o!s in the
wagon. =
OUT az hij bake house without hia knowledge
or consent.
The aceuss1 we're renamed.
James II. Madison and Vim. L. Adams
were nrrcslcd, charged with bcing suspicious
| characters, aud having in their possession
tairteen fowls supposed to be stolen. The nien
aro both soldiers, and represented themselves
a. belonging 10 Bartcn's brigade, and that
tf;eT brought the towls from Mrs. Blackhurn's,
q ~ri.a.i7e Of one Of the accused, in Hanover
The men we're arrested in the % market,
whittier they hod gone to soil the Chickens
Soraa half dozen unfortunate individuals, who
hsd teer robbed Of divers numbers Of chick
,enc. nprsearcd 10 see if they could identify the
fowls; but the traosmogriiication in the st len
chickens. accustomed by the removal of heads
and feathers. rendered identification iupcssI-
Die. The ACCUSED wero committed.
E!rira. slave Of Shelton S. Goode, wss
ahurged Iit, stealing carpet bag from T. S.
Srsucar. The ncGuscd had in her possession
When arTeNtcd q pair Of bnots and one pair
cf shoes, ALEC supposed to have been ssolcn.-
She wae committed.
Amos, slave of John Smiley, was charged
with s.eeling one pair of shoes. The sh' {,
! were market "CaIt. J. r. Tunball." The
ra.ro s,i! be found The shoes in Peters.
burr. io was crierrd to DO whipped. Tho
shoes we're given to Officer Griffin, who/Nill
| retain th,>m until the oHner calls for them.
The cas-, Of VIM. II. Duke, charged with
keepiny 8 far 70 bank, was again called
Owing to tie .1bsecce Of witnesses the case
Was 81! sin cnnti, ~,ed-tbo Mayor, at the same
time, giving notice .'5at nc meant to see what
efficacy there was in the laws TO compel the
attendance OF witnesses.
George Waterman. a paTsnled Yankee, MAJ
cc!hm:sted to prison Tor goi. y 1t large.
-Four small boys, the vaun. Ssst juss begin
Mug 10 learn to walk, were arr Igned, charg-
Ell with stealing IS panes Of ,|tndow glass
from Daniel Hunt. Thtse boys We known
respectively as VIM Laugford, Jos. 'bi!a'ey'
James C!:ildrcy and Walter Riddle. 'ae ar
ress was mads by Officer Kelly, who a 'rksa
tina; nc WAS almost ashamed to bring one o.
them intp Court, ts heinS nothing more thai
. haiy.
Councilman Crutch6cld being in the court
-oom, the Mayor called his attention to tn
rart. and invited him to n seat beside him.
ihe Mayor sad he hardly knew what
course to adopt in the matter. So far as the
youngest boy was concerned the lao took no
a9tico Of him. Crime was net to be suspected
in one SO youas. So far as the other three
we're concerned, to place them in the common
jill, among the fslons ard hnrlots to be found
!herc, would be simply to thoroughly indoc.
srinate them, and whom let loose the evil
sought to be rcnediel would only be rendered
worse-:hey would be let loose upon the COM
nuni;y c7en more vicious and dspravcd than
when they entered. He had invited Mr.
CrutcbEald TO a scat beside him, that hn might
himself see the exact wants Of the community
80 far as these juvenile offenders we're con.
cerncd. If q House Of Correction was not
shortly pn* at the disposal Of tho Mayor Of
this o,ty, Richmond woulo become a 'c;ty OF
nstivc roguss." He could nos put these little
b,ysin .hc common jail, Ho would, therefore,
discharge them, ind request that their parents
Tnuld do what be had no au;hccity to do
amply the corrcctiue rul. They were accord
iGs!y discharged With an ndmonition.