The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-09-03

liquors.
LOCAL MATTERS.
MAYORS CouRT-MAYoR MAYO PRE-
sIDING-SATuRDAY MORNING.-JimB Brown,
negro, charged with stealing porte -mon-
naie containing s4.50 in money, and a
breastpin, was sent on for further trial.
The continued case Of Enoch Campbell,
negro, charged with stealing pair Of pants
from +. II. King, was called up, and Enoch
was discharged after proving his innocence.
John Taylor was arraigned for stealing
q carpet-sack and pair Of shoes. The
theft was committed in Chesterfield. John
was dispatched to Manchester, to be tried
there.
John Stone, Edward Vinton, and Robert
Whitehead, United States soldiers, were
arraigned for assaulting and beating Tom
Hill. Tom is a watermillion man, and
on Friday the soldiers met him and COM
menced an examination of his "millions."
One of the soldiers seized million" pu
it under his coat, and ran off with it.
Tom overlook him and attempted to re-
capture his "mllion." The soldiers KEEP
on consistin dat dc million was der'n,
and he KEEP on consitin dat it wasn't ;" so to
get rid of him the soldiers knocked him
down and beat him. The soldiers were
remanded for further examination.
Jacob Weaver, for being drunk and
| sleeping on a bench in the market, was
committed in default of ten dollars for his
lodging.
John Field, negro, charged with stealing
watch from Joe Woodley, was sent on.
Tom Mahoney, negro, was arraigned for
stealing wooden measure from George
Miller.
Miller said that "he put vun measure in
der pencil in der marget, and vun niger
shtole um on der pencil and carry um off
nit der wagon"
Tom was rcmanded for further examina-
tion.
John Kelley and Patrick Markey were
arraigned for assaulting and beating
Thomas German.
German appeared with his eyes clothed
in red, white, and blue, and his face look
ing somewhat the worse for coming in con-
tact with Markey's fists. Kelley was merely
bystander, but lent his aid to the fight
by hallooing to Markey, "Give it to him."
The parties were required to give surety
in the sum of $500 each for their good be-
havior, and bailed for their appearance
before the next term of the Grand Jury.
Jim Brown, negro, for stealing Martha
SCOTS pocket-book and $3.50, was sent on.
Henry Harper, negro, for stealing pair
of shoes from Ben Harris, was sent on.
SHOOTING AFFAIR-MAN SHOT WHILE IN
TERFERING WITH AN OFFICER IN THE DIS
CHARGE OF HIS DUTY.-On Saturday last at
about IL o'clock shooting atfray took
place on Eighth street near the basin,
which resulted in the wounding of man
named William Somerville by William A.
G. Mayo, deputy constable. AS near as
we can gather them, the following are the
particulars in the case:
A distress warrant having been issued
on William J. Parr, William Mayo, as
deputy constable, proceeded to serve it
and levy on the mans property. lie went
to his stable, adjoining his house, on
Eighth street beyond Cary, and found
Somerville, who is PARIS step-father, in
possession of horse belonging to the lat
ter, and which he was about to seize.
Somerville ran his hand into his pocket,
and threatened to shoot him if he attempted
to take the horse. Mr.. Mayo, perceiving
that Somerville was armed, went off, pro-
cured a very small pocket pistol, and re-
turned. He found Somerville going off
with the horse, and still threatening to
shoot him. Mr.. Mayo finding that he still
resisted him, pulled out his pistol and
fired at him four times, three balls striking
| Somerville, and the other striking his
horse in the neck. One ball struck Somer-
vile in the right shoulder, another in the
left arm above the elbow, and the third
near the centre of his back. Fortunately
for Somerville, the pistol was very small
one, or the wounds would have proved
fatal. As it is, he will only suffer tenn
porary inconvenience from them. Parr
came up shortly after the affair, and asked
his STEP father why he did not shoot Mayo !?
This, together with the fact that he had
evaded the warrant, caused movement
for his arrest. He started OF at full speed
down the street, but was overtaken In
Haryeys s. Williams's store, whittier he had
sought refuge. In the mean time Mr..
Mayo and Somerville had been conveyed
to the second station-house. The latter
was bailed in the sum Of $1,000 for his ap-
pearance on Monday morning.
Saturday was an unfortunate day for
Somerville. At about ii o'clock Deputy
Sergeant Bray served mandamas upon
him, ordering him to appear before the
Hastings Court to answer the charge OF
selling liquor without license. This he
attempted to resist, until, finding that re-
sistance would be foolish, he procured
surety for his appearance. In very short
time afterwards he was shot for resisting a
distress warrant served on his step-son.
He is quite notorious character, and our
citizens will doubtless remember him in
connection with the robbery Of the Gus
TOM house in this city on the 18th Of Octo-
Der, 1857. The robbery was committed on
the night of the mentioned date.
The custom-house, then situated upon
Fifteenth street, was forced open by means
of crowbar, and the safe entered by
blowing open the lock. Twenty thousand
six hundred and ty-eight dollars in
gold was taken out and carried off. Somer-
Vile was made victim of misplaced con-
fidence, and disclosed to Detective Allen,
from Washington, the place where the mo-
ney was concealed, under the arch on Broad
street. The detective promised to let him
60 on condition that he would show him
where the money was concealed. Allen
was true to his word rs far as the act Of
letting him 60 was concerned, but he had
provided that he should be arrested by
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