Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1865-02-03
THE CITY.

MAYORS CoURT.-The following cases were acted
upon by the Mayor this morning
BENJAMIN Courtency was up for being drunk and
running after bows in the street with drawn Knife
The accused was detained under another charge.
George W Lomau and James ilipkins were
charg@ with fighting in the saloon of Jas McGee'
Elijah Pitman, t. m G., was up fol- stealing $500,
the property of Captain Thco. C. Gone. He was
also charged with having no papers, although he
saw, that he i, free. Elijah also up on the ad-
dItioull charge Osealing $500 in Confederate
Treasury notes.-the property of Mr.. Loenhart'
The evidence in both cases went TO show that Eli
iab was a money snatcher'-he having, IN the
case OF the theft from Captain Cone, snatched the
money from his servant woman, and, in the latter,
snatched 5000 from the hands Of Mr.. LocnhaFtn lit
tie daughter. Elijah was remanded TO appear be
fore the Hastings Court
Mike. slave ofW. b. Jones, was up for assauhing
and beating Hctty, his wife, slave woman belong
ing TO Mrs. Goodwin. Mike was 'set back, with
prospective whipping in view.
Fanny Taylor white woman, was tp for being
drunk in the streets and using obscene language in
the ID market. Sent to jail
Ann Perrin, white woman, was brought up from
Castle Thunder charged with running slaves through
the lines to the Yankees.
The case of this woman is connected with that OF
the Young man Gum, who was brought up few
days ago:
Captain Dosw ell tes ti6ed that when Gum was ar
resed,he tGunnJ stated that he was merely Mrs. Per-
rims agent in the matter Of running negroes through
the lines, and that Mrs Perrin had received half
dozen silver spoons from one negro and silk dress
from another as a reward Tor running them through
the lines Went to Mrs. PERKINS, residence in COM
pany with Detectives Reese and Craddock and ar
rested Mrs. Perrin. The accused acknowledged that
she had the spoons IN her possession and also the
dress.
Messrs Craddock and Reese testified to the effect
that they went to Mrs. PERKINS, house on the night
of the arrest Reese asked for the silver spoons
that had been given to her for assisting a negro
through the lines Mrs. Perrin hcsitated, at first,
in her answer and then said, ''yhat spoons ~
Witsess said, .those silver spoons Afte little
while Mrs. Perrin said that the spoons were at the
house Of man named Blapkinship- Craddock and
Reese went with hesto BIS house and called him
ost When Blankinship appeared, Mrs. Perrin said,
.let me have those spoons that gave you to End
out whether they were silver" Bankinslip brought
the spoons out, and delivered them to Reese. Mrs.
Perrin claimed that the spoons were brought her 10y
free negro who wished'to have them sold for tie
benefit OF her aunt.
1T was shown inthe evidence that the spoons were
the propertEpia Mrs. Dadc, and the dress belonged
to Mrs Halsey. There was some doubt as TO whether
the negro woman who brought the spoons to Mrs.
Perrin we're free or not but the other, who brought
the dress, was slave OF Mr.. Halsey.
Mrs. Counsels, daughter of Mrs. Perrin, testified
that the dress bought by her from youth named
Childress ard that he (Chdrcss) divided the money
between himself and Gum.
The Mayor remanded the accused TO the Hastings
Court aud said that lie would take into considera-
ton the question of battling her. In the meantime,
at the request Of Mr.. Caskie Mrs. PERKINS, counsel,
the Mayor sent the accused to Castle Thunder in.
stead of committing her TO jail.
ArPoISTED.-we are gratifsd to learn that Mr..
John B. S. Dimtry has been appointed Chief Clerk