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Mayor's Court. --Mayor Saunders held his court yesterday morning, at the court-room, in the City Hall building. A very brief docket was brought to his notice, which we sum up as follows: Joseph Brown was charged with assaulting a negro girl. In this case the Mayor declined to receive negro testimony, and sent the parties back to Lieutenant-Colonel McEntee, the Provost Judge of the city. D. D. Mott was charged with stealing a watch from Marshal Ames. In consequence of the absence of witnesses, the case was continued until to-day.
sum of three hundred dollars, with Stephen Mason as surety. D. D. Mott was charged with stealing a watch, valued at twenty dollars, fromity. Mr. Ames testified that, about the first of last month, he let Mott have the watch for the purpose of selling it; that two or three days afterwards, noticing that Mott did not have the watch, he questioned him, and was told that he had sold it. A gentleman came in and accused Mott of pawning the watch and falling to redeem it, and hard words passed between them. Mott had repeatedly promised to get the money for witMott had repeatedly promised to get the money for witness, but had never done so. (The witness was cross-examined by Mott, who conducted his own defence, but nothing of importance was elicited.) Mott, who conducted his own defence, but nothing of importance was elicited.) Mr. Richardson testified to the fact that the watch was pawned to him by Mott as security for a claim he held against him; also, that none of Mott as security for a claim he held against him; also, that none of the parties concerned attributed any dishonorable motive to the accused at the time of the transaction. The Mayor, after hearing this stateme
Court of Conciliation. --The following cases occupied the attention of this Court yesterday: Henry C. Ashby against Norris Montgomery. Judgment for plaintiff in the sum of seventy dollars with interest and costs. George J. Scammel against Thomas J. Villard. Judgment for plaintiff in the sum of forty-two dollars and eighty-eight cents, with interest and costs. John E. Johnson against D. D. Mott. Judgment for plaintiff in the sum of thirty-three dollars, with interests and costs. John Enders against Miles Johnson. The Court ordered that defendant deliver up to plaintiff the immediate possession of the premises on Main, between Twenty-second and Twenty-third streets, now occupied by him. Peter W. Grubbs (trustee) against Daniel Rogers. The Court ordered that defendant deliver up to plaintiff possession of the premises situated on Jackson street, in the city of Richmond, on the 26th day of February, 1866.