The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-03-30

Mayors Conrt~-This Court met at nine
CLOCK yesterday morning, when thefolloY-
ing cases were taken mp and disposed OF:
richard L. Saunders was examined and
sent On to the Hastings Court for stealing
locks from the vaults and enclosures In Hol-
James Ryan, while passing through the
cemetery about ten o'clock Sunday morning,
saw Saunders breaking off the locks FROM
the private enclosures with a long screw
driver, and slipping them into his pockets.
After watching him for awhile, and seeing
linn break off a lock from the railing around
Mr. Wellington GOddin's lot, Mr. Ryan went
cemetery, Of the facts, when Mf. OkeeNe
arrested Saunders, and found In his pockets
seven locks and the screw-driver with which
he had been operating. When arrested Saun-
ders said he wasa soldier from Camp Lee,
and that he was stealing the locks to sell for
bread. In Court, however, he tried to pro-
duce the idea that he had bought both the
chisel and locks from MI: Ryan, one of the
witnesses against him. He was sent on to
the Hastings Court, and, II convicted, will
be likely to go to the penitentiary, az he has
before been convicted Of petty larceny, and
the effect of two convictions for petty lar
oeny being to amount to felony.
William and Elijah Pittman, free negroes,
were ordered thirty lashes each for robbing
an old negro named Martin Smith Of flfty
dollars. The roguee decoyed the old negro
into seQuestered spot last Sunday, under
pretence Of having some -four to sell him,
when William grabbed his money, which he
had in his hand, and ran of, while Elijah
| held him and prevented him from making
ed Elijah came to the old negro and returned
him his fifty dollars, and tried to induce him
not to prosecute the case.
Edward, slave of Mr., VIM. Winston Jones,
was charged with attempting to break into
the tailoring establishment Of Mr.. Gustavus
R. Howard, and with shooting at watchman
Marcellus Hicks, with intent to kill him.
The negro had several severe wounds on the
top of his head, inflicted by Mr. Hicks's club
on the night of the attempted burglary
The circumstances of the case, as they came
out in the evidence, may be briefly summed
up. On Sunday night . week ago, about two
o'clock, some watchmen discovered five ne
groes in the act cf breaking in the rear door
of Mr.. Howard's store. The negroes fed,
and We're pursued by the watchmen, and two
OF them captured. Watchman Hicks pur-
sued Edward, who, getting to q secluded part
OF Council Chamber Hill, turned on the
watchman and fired his pistol at him, the
ball passing through his coat and grazing his
side Mr.. Hicks then knocked the prisoner
down several times, but the latter finally
managed to escape, leaving his coat, pistol,
"AN Aoe LA thS hohao VA tAC WdlCAludU. some
papers In the coat Ted to his identification,
and the police have been on the leok out for
him ever since. Yesterday morning. about
one O'Clock, officer jenkins caught him Sc
creted in the house of his wife, on Duval
street. He was sent ON to be tried before
the Hastings Court.
Peter, slave Of Edward Smith, was charged
with stealinga trunk valued at fifteen hun
dred dollars, fifty bunches of fish, and four-s
ssa teen lac dozen zen eggs, from VIM. Jennings, Of
Mr. Jennings put his cart, containing The
trunk, fish, eggs, and some other things, into
Woodward's stable, on franklin street, be-
low 18th, aud that during the night the sta
BILE was broken open and the trunk, fish, and
eggs stolen. Early yesterday morning Peter
was found selling some of the fish in thal
first fish market. He was arrested, and In
cellar on the corner Of Main and 10th streets.
where 1t was ascertained he had staid the
night before, the trunk and some bunches
of the stolen fish were found. The trunk
had been broken open and its contents car
ried or The Mayor ordered the negro 80
lashos. sfse'-