Mayor's Court.
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Recorder James K. Caskie officiated in this court yesterday in the absence of the
Mayor, whose services were devoted to the benevolent object of procuring assistance and nourishment for the suffering soldiers now in our midst.
The following cases were disposed of:
Anthony, slave of
Samuel Moore, was charged with buying eggs in the
Second Market to sell again in violation of the ordinance governing the sale of country produce.
He had bought at different places in the market a considerable sized basket full of eggs, which, upon being questioned by persons who had observed him, he said were partly for his own use and the rest for sale.
The eggs were confiscated and
Anthony was ordered to be whipped.
A charge was preferred against
Jno. Smith, a member of the 19th Virginia regiment, of attempting to shoot
James M. Densberry.--On Thursday afternoon
Smith, in company with a number of his company, was walking up Main street, and observing Densberry ahead of him, mistook him for a friend, when he playfully hallooed to him to look out or he would shoot him. D. was an entire stranger, and he had no intention to shoot him, or any one else.
The
Recorder dismissed the case, and directed that
Smith should be taken to the
Provost Marshal to be sent to his regiment.
D. T. Wyatt, charged with stealing a horse from
Andrew Rodgers, was remanded to jail to await an examination before the
Mayor on Friday next.
Wyatt &
Dudley, fishmongers, charged with buying herrings to sell again, were discharged.
It was proved that neither of the firm had anything to do with the fish which were alleged to have been bought by them.
