The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-04-02
Mayors Co,rt.--There were al unusually

Mayors Coasrt-There were al unusually
large number of cases before this Court:
John Keller and Jesse N. Rogers, mem.
bers Of Dabneys battery, were charged with
having a bottle Of quinine supposed 10 bc
stolen. The accused had tried to sell the
quinine on i+th street, ON Thursday night,
and the ;FatChmen hearing OF Il had followed
them, and about o'clock yesterday morn
ing arrested them nesT the 5pQ ~ sIod House,
Rogers giving up the quini..o when asked
TOR it and saying that Keller had given 1t to
him-a statement that was denied by Keller.
Rogers told the Mayor he found the quiBine
anda hundred dollars In money IN the street.
The case was continued, and the accased
committed till this morning.
Thomas Quinn was charged with robbing
James Medders of pocket-book and three
dollars In money. A wetchman said he had
arrested the accused the night before on the
complaint OF Meddcrs, who charged him
with knocking him down and robbing him.
lne robbed man not appearing, the accused
was paroled to come to Court this morning.
VIM. j. Walker was charged with stealing
greatcoat from John Abbott. While ABB
bott and Others were playing cards st Mr.. d.
j. McCormicks saloon, on Main street, near
10Th, on the 29'h March last, the accused
LETT the house. The coat wds missed so0n
after and the Ucxt day 1t was found ia sfr.
Wm. Tyler's possession, who said he hai
bought ii from the accused. Nj. Tyler not
being present, the case was continued iii
this morning.
Charles Johnson aud james c. Ryan were
changed with robbing Bryant Bass OF S4UD
in gold and S40O ia silver. L appeared that
on Wednesday night, about O'clock, Bass,
who is a soldier, being very drunk, started
from house Of illfame on Cary street, be-
tween 7sh and Sth streets to go down 10 u
soldiers home, prisoners going With MIN to
l. l.. IL l
back OF some railroad depot, he does not
Know which, and robbed him of certainly
$500 In silver, and he thinks large amount
of other money, but how much exactly he
did not know. A witness for the defence
stated that he saw the accused standing on
the corner Of a street, whi!s'' Rass was hal
l0oing that he had been robbed At some dis.
tanoe OF. Ryan was arrested Thursday
morning, In the same house OF ill-iame from
which Bass had strted on the previous
night, aud had very dangerous siune shot
iu his pocket ut the time. Johnson, Who is u
member Of the State Guard, was arrested by
another member and handed over to the pO-
lice Thursday evening. The Mayor sent
both Of the accused Oh 10 the UUstings
Court.
Cornelius and Allen, slaves OF Mrs Keach,
were charged With stealing calf, valued ar
) 500, from .ir Wellington Goddin. Mr.
Goddin stated tina. the calf had been killed
in his cow-house last Monday night week
and carried Of. A negro woman named
Hester, who lives in the same house with
Allen, said that Oh the night that the calf
was stolen the accused were AZ her house
together. The next morning she saw blood
in her pig trough and yard, and told Allen
about it, who Immediately tried to cover up
the blood with ashes. The accused were
given SO each.
Charles Blake and John Hagan, two small
white boys, were fined s. each for beating a
little negro in the street
Fanny, Save to Mrs Heller, was ordered
TO be whipped for using insolent language
to Mrs Elizabeth Minson.
James Pitman Tyler, clerk OF the Second
Market, was charged with hucks.erng in
tha said market.
1t seems that Mr.. Tyler recently brought
from the country box of fowls helona1-as
TO Mrs Bowen, of Nelson, and gave them 20
K L Kirby to sell In this box he had i:s.
chickens, which being more than he had
immediate use for, he gave two cfAhem to a
tree negro named John Wallis to sell in the
market. The Mayor clearly indicated his
opinion that Mr. Tyler had violated the Or,,i
| nance against huckstering, but AZ the request
of Mr. Tyler agreed to withheld his decision
| until the latter could write TO Mrs Bowen and
| get an answer showing that he had brought
dowri the box OF fowls, in which he had no
| Interest, as \ ulatter Of favor to Mrs Bowen.