Mayor's Court, yesterday.
--Mary, slave of George W Pollard, charged with burglariously entering the house of Mary Payne, a free negro woman, and stealing a gold watch and chain, valued at two thousand dollars was sent on for examination before the Hustings Court.--Thomas Divine and James E. Jestis, parties engaged some nights since in a drunken spree and disorderly conduct in confectionary store and Ann Thomas's boarding-house, were each required to give security in the sum of three hundred dollars for their good behavior.--Divine was also required to give bail for his appearance before the grand jury in November next to answer the charge of engaging in a row in Ann Thomas's house and violently assaulting her during its progress.--James A. Moore, a wood merchant on Broad street, was charged with refusing to permit Mr. John F. Glazebrook, the wood measurer recently appointed by the Council, to inspect his wood, according to the requirements of an ordinance. Mr. Glazebrook testified that upon an examination of Moore's wood, he found it considerably shorter than the regular length, and the carts employed to do his hauling were not competent to hold a half cord of wood. He therefore informed him that he was not giving full measurement to his customers, whereupon Moore replied that he never pretended to sell his wood by the cord, and denied the right to submit it to the inspection of the measurer. The Mayor, having a case somewhat of a similar character under consideration, decided to render his decision in both of them at once, and therefore continued the matter till such time as his mind was satisfied what should be done.--James F. Hammersley was fined ten dollars for his horse on the sidewalk, and twenty dollars additional for beating a negro in the market.--Matthew Powers, charged with buying potatoes in the market to sell again, was fined twenty dollars, and his potatoes were confiscated.--John Hicks, a free negro, was ordered to be whipped for assaulting Daniel, slave of H. Edelin, after which he is to be put to work on the batteries. One or two other cases, not worth mentioning, were disposed of, after which the court adjourned.
