The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-08-22


room will receive attention.
MAYORS Court, MAYOR MAYO PRESIDING.
The following cases were disposed of in
this court yesterday:
Frederick Martin, huckstcr, was fined
five dollars for buying pot of butter in the
Second Market to sell again in violation OF
the city ordinance.
Anderson Scott and his son Joe, ne.
groes, were arraigned to answer charge
of fighting in their own domicil to the
great annoyance of persons residing in the
vicinity. They were discharged.
Richard Messenger was up on charge
of stabbing Alfred Newman Ia private
watchman) and Richard Fulks, negro,
| with knife. Fulks stated that on Satur-
day night he was coming up Main street
about o'clock, when he saw several per-
sons pursuing a man who was making
tracks down the street. They shouted,
"Catch him :" "Catch him." and some
one said to him, "Do, man, stop dat man."
He caught the fugitive by the shoulder,
and he fell, and immediately drew knife
and stabbed witness in the arm.
Mr.. Newman testified that he saw man
at the door of Rogers, Riddick & Co.'s
house, on Fifteenth street that he went to
him and asked him what he was doing
there; whercupon an alteration cnsued,
and some blows passed. This, however,
was stopped, and witness went on his beat.
In about half an hour afterwards he re-
turned to the place where the difficulty
had occurred, and found the man still near
the same spot words again passed, and the
man threw rock at him. Witness then
advanced on the man, who Immediately
drew q knife and cut him about the face
and mouth. The man then ran off, and
many persons cried "Catch him" "Catch
him" lie thought the prisoner very
much resemblcd the man who cut him,
though he had changed his clothes.
Sergeant Southall stated that Wien he
went to execute the warrant the prisoner
asked him how he knew where he was.
He then confessed to the Stabbng, but
said lie did it in self-dctcncc.
Captain Chambcrlaync said that the pri-
soncr had served i'll his company during
the war, and he always regarded him as Il
very brave man, and perfectly honest,
though he would sometimes drink a little
too much. Since the war hc had employed
him occasionally at shocing horses, and had
found him industrious and good work
man.
The prisoner was sent on to the lluStings
Court for examination on 4 charge OF te-
ony.
John +. Ferguson, whose case was par
italy examined on Saturday last, again
appeared to answer the charge of exhibiting
the game of /" faro" in Il house on Four
tcenth street.
No evidence was produced to show that
he had anything to do with the game,
though it was proved that nc was visiting
Coles house on the night that the descent
was made by the police. He was there
upon discharged, and recognized to appear
at the liuStings Court on the second Mon
day in November to give evidence i'll the
case of Isaac \. Cole, charged with un-
lawful gaming. The money found in the
house (ifty-tvc dollarS) was contiScated,
and the roulette table, cards, chips, deal
ing-box, layout, ETC., were held subject to
the order of the Hastings Court.
Mary Tracy, charged with being drunk
and sitting on the streets at Il late hour of
the night, and Michael llardaman and
Robert Delaney, charged with resisting the
police and attempting to rescue the atorc-
said Mary, were discharged with an ad-
monition.
John Grouse, youth dressed in Con-
fcderatc grey, was up for attempting to
rob the cart of Andrew j. Waldrop at the
Second Market, and committed to Jail in
default of security to keep the peace.
Sally Harris, negro, was arraigncd to
answer charge Of stealing lot Of cloth
ing, of the value of scycnty-tivc dol
lars, the property of Francis Hcrbst. AZ
ter partial hearing of the testimony the
Mayor continued the case until Saturday.
Robert Clcndening was charged with
unlawfully threatening to assault and beat
John A. Perkins. Mr.. Perkins testified
that when he came home the night prcvi-
Gus the prisoner came to his house and
abused him, and called him all the "ouda-
cious" names he could think ot--so OBJ
scene that he could not repeat them. lie
got out warrant and had him arrested.
The Mayor imposed fine Of ten dollars,
and required security for the good beha-
vior of the accused. Clendcning said the
whole difficulty was caused by whisky j.;
which the Mayor did not seem to regard
as a good excuse for his conduct.
Several fines were imposed for viola
tons of city ordinances.