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The Daily Dispatch: September 10, 1861., [Electronic resource], Manassas, Sept. 5th. (search)
admitted to bail in $150 for his appearance Thursday.--The case of the same Smith, for assault and battery upon Julia Selden, was continued to this morning.--Eleven negro boys were ordered to be switched with willows, and several white boys' parents were fined $1 each, for that the said boys, white and black, had been engaged in a fight, or battle of stones, between the "Butchertown cats" and the "hill boys."--Solomon, a slave, was ordered fifteen lashes for throwing stones in the market.--Jacob Keck was complained against by Mr. Tyler for selling fresh meat in the New Market after eight o'clock Saturday night, in violation of a city ordinance.--Mary Gleason, alias Broderick, was again in Court this morning — this time on the charge of assaulting Margaret E. McGuire. Broderick was present, and protested that he was "broken-hearted." She claimed to have been married to him by Bishop McGill, while he said that the ceremony was performed by the Rev. Mr. Brown. Case continued to this mor
The Daily Dispatch: September 11, 1861., [Electronic resource], Runaway (search)
turbing Mrs. Amelia Blake, who let them and the spectators present know what she thought of them. Mr. K., an amiable man, was present, and suggested that it might not be amiss to bind over both his better half and Mrs. Blake to keep the peace; but His Honor told Mr. K. that he ought to manage his wife himself, and dismissed the case. Mary Gleason, alias Broderick, was again required to give surety for her good behavior, having forfeited her bail bond entered into a few days ago. Jacob Keck, fined $10 on Monday for selling fresh meat after market hours, came forward to have his case re-opened. The court heard his story, and relented so far as to reduce the fine by one-half. Thomas Mullingan, a relative perhaps of Maginn's hero, "Whose name was a terrible name indeed, It was Timothy Thady Mulligan, And whenever he emptied a tumbler of punch, He always wanted it full again," appeared to answer the accusation of unlawful huckstering. He protested his innocence, and H
The Daily Dispatch: October 2, 1862., [Electronic resource], Emigration to Hayti. (search)
arge against Benjamin Gottlieb, for stealing hogs from John Clash. The evidence against Gotilieb was sufficiently strong, in the opinion of His Honor, to send him on for examination before the Hustings Court. Fritz Freeman, an employee of Gottlieb, also implicated in the larceny, by the evidence of Mrs. Wray, was also sent on. Both parties were admitted to bail in the sum of $500. Thomas R. Stewart was build to appear and answer an indictment for selling liquor without license. Jacob Keck, for selling in the Second Market after the hour of closing, was fined $2. John Pendergrast, for garroting John McCarty, and robbing him of $150, was sent on for examination before the Hustings Court. Edmond, slave of Mrs. John Allen, for threatening to cut the heart out of Nathan, slave of H. Stern, was ordered twenty-five lashes. Joe, slave of — Stanard, found with a Liam and shoulder of bacon in a bag, which he alleged he had bought from another negro, was ordered to be w
The Daily Dispatch: January 15, 1864., [Electronic resource], Capture of Yankee ships. (search)
Light weight. --Jacob Keck, a butcher in the Second Market, was arraigned yesterday on the charge of selling a shoat to L. Peyronett at light weight. The complainant stated that he bought the hog upon the assurance of Keck that it weighed 130 pounds; but upon taking it home and putting it in the scales himself he found thatKeck that it weighed 130 pounds; but upon taking it home and putting it in the scales himself he found that there were only 123 pounds. Keck, in his own defence, claimed that when he sold the meat to Peyronett it did weigh the number of pounds for which he had sold it; but that it was a fact, which could be certified to by all butchers, that a piece of meat which will weigh a certain number of pounds today will not weigh as much in a dKeck, in his own defence, claimed that when he sold the meat to Peyronett it did weigh the number of pounds for which he had sold it; but that it was a fact, which could be certified to by all butchers, that a piece of meat which will weigh a certain number of pounds today will not weigh as much in a day or two afterwards. The Mayor fined him $5, which the accused reluctantly paid, and at the same time announced his intention to take the matter before the Grand Jury.