Proceedings in the Courts.
Daniel Gorman, charged with stealing $74 in C. S. notes from Wm. McFieldy, was called, but the witness not making his appearance, the prisoner was put in jail until the 20th, and the police officers instructed to hunt up McFieldy.
The parties, male and female, arrested at the bawdy house of Ann E. Thomas, Cary street, Saturday night, for being of evil name, &c., were sent to jail until Tuesday, the Mayor having determined to hold them as accessories to the murder of Capt. J. O. Withmell, and bail in such a case not being allowed.
Patrick Haley was arraigned, charged with aiding and abetting another man in robbing Alpheus F. Daily of two silver watches, valued at $75, the sum of $60 in C. S. Treasury notes, $4 in Virginia notes, and a pocket knife of the value of $10. For want of the requisite witnesses the case was continued until November 20th, and defendant committed to jail.
The case against George Drew, charged with stealing $60 from Wm. H. Major twelve months since, was again called, and no witnesses answering Drew was sent back, for the twentieth time.
Levy and Sol. Cohen were arraigned on the charge of receiving seven blankets, worth $50, stolen from the Confederate States, knowing them to be stolen. Nobody appeared to make good any such allegation against them, and they were accordingly discharged from custody.
Robert Lovedale, arrested for making his bed on the sidewalk while drunk, was let off.
Sandy, slave of J. H. Enroughty, arrested for stealing three boxes of clothing, worth $1,000, was committed until Tuesday for further examination.
Peter Doyle and John Dunn were committed for examination before the Hustings Court on the charge of stealing a horse from Thos. Samson, valued at $190.
Richard Nantz, Wm. Hardley, and James B. Shock, white men, arrested in the house of Willianna Tyree, a free negro, in Butchertown, Saturday night, appearing to be soldiers, were sent to Major Griswold, the Provost Marshal, to be returned to their regiments.
Wm. McMullen was charged with begging and getting drunk on the proceeds of his solicitations. He promised instant reform, but his Honor having seen a part of his performances both in the begging and Bacchanalian line, McMullen was sent to jail in default of security to be of good behavior.
Chas. Lindner and Wm. Grobe, charged with having certain counterfeit notes of the Danbury (Ct.) Bank in their possession, and offering to sell the same to Owens & Son, were examined and acquitted.
Acquitted.--E. H. Taliaferro, charged with obtaining money from the State by means of forged checks, was carried before the Mayor on Saturday for examination. Nothing being offered in evidence either on that or the previous examination directly sustaining the charge on which the prisoner was arrested, the Mayor said the case had not been made out, and discharged the party from custody. The amount obtained from the State Treasury by means of the alleged forgeries exceeds $14,000.
Judge Lyons's Court.--This Court convened again yesterday for the trial of criminal cases and the transaction of civil business. Several letters of administration on estates of decedents were granted, but no criminal was arraigned for trial. --The Grand Jury assembled pursuant to adjournment, and retiring into the Sergeant's office, listened to testimony in a large number of cases, and returned into Court with some twenty five indictments, for various offences, against parties now in custody.
