Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-04-19
is AGAIN POSTPONED
DATE FOR TRYING THE CABOT CASES
MUST BE FIXED MONDAY.
Other Court Ncws-Hceiing Of tho Conn
mittee on Relief of tho Poor-City
Hall Affairs.

The case against Seymour s. CABOT,
charged with embezzlement and forgery.
was called I'm the Hastings Court yes
terlay. As forctold in yesterdays Dis
patch. the defence was not ready To go
10 trial, owing 20 the delay In getting
up an itcmizc1 statement OF the ac-
counts Of Mr.. CABOT with the Live-Oak
Dst,llery Company. Mr. Meredith, coun-
sci for tho accused. stated that clerks
were now at work upon the books. but
would probably finish their examinations
ana extracts on Friday night. lie would
let the Court know on Saturday II this
had been concluded. II was then decided
that counsel in the case should 70 into
court on Monday and fix a day for the
trial to begin.
Sidney Pocklngton, charged with
assautng and resisting n police officer
In the discharge Of his duties, was tried.
The jury returned verdict Of guilty and
fined him g.
william Drew and Susan Lee (coloreD
w,r" lined 80 and costs each for mis-
dcmeanor.
OTHER COURT ITEMS.
In the Law and Equity Court yestor-
day the case OF Wlnfrcc vs.. Taliafcrro
was concluded. The jury brought in a
verdict Tor the piaintiI in the sum of
SO -. with interest from December -,
1se3. \ motion for a new trial was over
ruled
= verdict for the plaintiff in the sum Of
2tS.33 was the result Of the case 81
b. T.. Cnain n O.. against W. J.. Grant.
which was finished in IN" city Circuit
Court yesterday. The jury Of this tn
buual was discharged for the term.
Relief of the Poor.
4 regular meeting Of the Council Com
lnittee on Relief Of the Poor was held
last evening I'm Committce-R Room No. II
OF the new cry Han Present were
Meesrs. B1wden chairman, Gibson.
Gum. Mcdowell and Reeve. Superin-
tcn6cnt Carter presented his report Of
the almsh0uae for the month Of March.
Tho total number OF deaths during the
month were 81 colorol adults. ] white
adult. ana white child. The number Of
scll-bon children were p. Il OF whoin
were colored. ON February 2Nth there
were - ueopIe in the almshousc, and in
the month following 20 were received
IT, white and 90 col9red. The same num-
Ter were discharsed-3} colored and ii
white This leaves 23 inmates now at
The institution. on March !, 1876. there
were 22i inmates in the almshouse. NJ
tho close Of the month As persons were
received in the hospital. ON the last Of
the month there We're 81 persons IN this
branch OF the institution.
\ summary Of the financial condition
Of the department was appended to Super
iutenicut Carriers report. IL showed that
the amount appropriated T. the depart
mcnt was $-ooO, Of this sum $1lVD.li
had been spent, leaving balance #
&lLSe7l. OF the $9iGGoi % the credit
Of the poor Of the city S71Gl.& has been
spent. leaving q balance Of $2.2Oll3.
Thc SUP. rinten3cnt does not see how
he can possibly ran through the year ON
the bllancc on hanI There was a great
deal Of tax over the fact that the room
or the Department Of the Poor Of tho
city has not vet been Tut In readiness for
occuuancy. The usual bills were approve
and some other routine business was
transacted.