Hustings Court.
--This Court met on Saturday at 11 o'clock pursuant to adjournment Recorder James K. Caskie, with his usual attentiveness to the business of the city, presided, as he had done during every day of the session, assisted by a full bench of Aldermen.An order was entered requesting the Committee on Public Buildings of the City Council to have the jury-room of the Court, which has been for some time occupied by a Court-Martial of the Confederate States, vacated as soon as possible.
The applications of Tiernan & Sizer, and Richard Seiling, to keep ordinaries, were heard and rejected.
There were three cases of presentments against Alexander Cross, and five against Robert Wilson, for retailing ardent spirits without a license, and a nolle prosequi was entered in each case.
Jerome Digges, indicted for exhibiting a game called faro bank, failed to appear when called, and his recognizance was forfeited and the case continued to next term.
John Newman, indicted for keeping and exhibiting a certain gaming table called faro bank, was called and did not appear, whereupon his recognizance was forfeited and the case continued to next term. Charles W. Allen, the surety upon said recognizance, paid into Court the sum of $1,000, the penalty thereon.
James McGhee, a Baltimorean, indicted in eighty cases for selling ardent sprits without a license, was fined $60 in two cases, and seventy-eight were dismissed. He was also required to give security in the sum of $5,000 to keep the peace and be of good behavior. Another case against him for keeping a disorderly house on Vauxhall's Island, was dismissed.
The Court then adjourned until the second Monday in October.
