Mayor's Court.
--Yesterday the following cases were disposed of by the Mayor:‘ Michael Dolan, charged with selling a horse belonging to the Confederate States, was put upon trial. The evidence failing to substantiate the accusation, the charge was dismissed and Dolan set at liberty.
Two little white boys, named Edward Clayton and George Kane, charged with breaking into and entering the house of Wm. Thomas, and stealing therefrom one pair of shoes, a pistol, one set of shirt buttons, and a gold ring, the whole valued at $150, were, after a partial examination of the evidence, sent to a county justice for final disposition, the offence having been committed beyond the jurisdiction of the city.
Edward, a negro slave whose master is in the Confederate service, was arrested on the charge of persuading Davy, slave of Dr. Earley, to escapes to the Yankees. The Mayor deeming the evidence against the accused of too trivial a character to send him on, he was ordered to be committed till such time as it was convenient for his master to take him to camp.
Christopher, slave of Alex. Nott, charged with entering the house of John M. Daniel and stealing $2,500 worth of groceries, &c., was sent on to the Hustings Court for further examination.
Determined to discountenance the practice of cruelly treating negroes, the Mayor yesterday morning sent on for indictment by the Grand Jury of the Hustings Court, Chas. F. Reese, a white man, for brutally whipping with a cowhide a little negro girl, the slave of Mrs. Mary Davis.
The charge against George, slave of Dr. Leftwich, of aiding negroes to escape to the Yankees, was dismissed, the evidence showing that he was only acting in conformity with his hirer's orders when he made his inquiries after persons who desired transportation through our lines. The agent for the hire of the negro, however, was fined $20 for giving him a pass to dispose of his own time and do as he pleased generally.
R. A. Dobbins was fined $20 for permitting his servant to go at large.
The charge of selling liquor and keeping an ill governed house, in which unlawful assemblies of negroes are permitted to assemble and drink liquor, contrary to a city ordinance, was proven against A V. Spradling, when the Mayor fined him $40 and held him to security to keep the peace for twelve months.
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