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The Daily Dispatch: January 8, 1863., [Electronic resource], Court proceedings. (search)
Court proceedings. Mayor's Court, Wednesday, Jan. 7th --The only case before the Court to-day in which white persons were concerns, was that of John Cummings and Patrick McNamara, who were arrested on Tuesday evening by the police charged with taking from the Central Depot three cannon balls, worth $15 belonging to the Confederate States. The evidence of felonies intent was wanting, and the Mayor discharged the accused from custody. A number of colored subjects were ordered a punishment for various petty offences not worth mentioning. Richmond Circuit Court.--This tribunal, Hon. John A Meredith presiding, has been in session for several days past attending to civil business. The City Sergeant has been ordered by the Judge to hold an election on the 15th inst., to supply the vacancy occasioned by the death of James Ellett, late Clerk of the Court, who while acting as 1st Lieutenant of the Crenshaw Battery, was killed in the battle of Fredericksburg. Supreme C