Named Entity Results, Fabius Hicks

Hustings Court. --This Court was in session yesterday. James Edwards, Thomas Emory, and Robert Hite were examined and sent on to the Judge's Court on the charge of stealing two trunks and their contents from Miss Mary Johnson. Several negroes were whipped for larceny. Edward, slave of W. Winston Jones, was arraigned for shooting at watchman Fabius Hicks with a pistol; and the Court having heard part of the evidence, adjourned till this morning.

Hustings Court. --The case of Edward, slave of Wm. Winston Jones, charged with plotting to take the life of watchman Fabius Hicks, by shooting at him with a pistol, commenced on Wednesday, was concluded on yesterday by the Court acquitting the accused. R. L. Saunders, charged with stealing locks from the enclosures and vaults in Hollywood Cemetery, was examined and sent on to the Judge for trial. Wm. Byrd, charged with stealing a $20 gold piece from Lafayette Brooks, was examined and acquitted. In the case of Wm. Ryan, charged will shooting John Collins, a nolle prosequi was entered, it appearing to the Court that Collins had gone beyond the confines of the Confederate States.

did not go into the house at all, nor did I inquire of Montelle anything about the shooting. In the upper part of the house occupied by Susan there lives another negro woman; she was in the building at the time of the shooting. Watchman Fabius Hicks, sworn.--After lighting the lamps on Friday night, about 8 o'clock, my partner informed me that there had been some shooting going on at Susan Hill's house. Went in search of her, and found her at a neighboring shanty lying on the floor on a had been first found, but she had been taken away. With the assistance of some of the members of the night police I then went in search of Montelle, and succeeded in arresting him. He had a pistol in his belt. Watchman Perdue substantiated Hicks's statement, and also testified that a negro woman occupying the same house with Susan told him Montelle shot her. Henry Morse, sworn.--Saw Montelle when he drove up to Susan Hill's gate, and alighting from the buggy, go into her house; soon

Investigation of charges against two watchmen. --The Mayor will go into an investigation at the lower station-house this morning of certain charges which have been preferred against watchmen Fabius Hicks and Henry Franklin. Hicks is charged with receiving a reward of one thousand dollars for the arrest of a runaway from the Spotswood Hotel and refusing to turn over to his partner (who, in fact, secured the negro,) one-half of the amount, alleging as his reason for so doing that two hundreHicks is charged with receiving a reward of one thousand dollars for the arrest of a runaway from the Spotswood Hotel and refusing to turn over to his partner (who, in fact, secured the negro,) one-half of the amount, alleging as his reason for so doing that two hundred dollars had to be paid to some spies who had been engaged to find out his whereabouts, thus leaving only four hundred dollars apiece. [It is the practice among watchmen to go in pairs, and whenever one of them arrests a runaway negro for whom a heavy reward is offered, the understanding is that what is made will be equally divided with the other.] Franklin's offence consists in securing from a negro thief, some nights since, certain articles of clothing, table ware, &c., which turned ou