The Daily Dispatch: December 28, 1861., [Electronic resource], Mayor's Court.

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Mayor's Court.

--Arthur Ferguson, a free boy of color, indulged so deeply in Christmas potations on Thursday, that he fancied himself a white man, and pitched into Wm. Mitchell with a will; but found out his mistake when Mr. M. tied him and took him to the cage.--The Mayor sent the pugnacious youth on to the Hustings Court for trial, admitting him to bail in the sum of $200.

The second in the series of ludicrous mistakes was furnished in the case of Napoleon Reminger, a drummer boy, connected with one of the New Orleans companies at Manassas. He came down to Richmond to spend Christmas, got on a big bender for so small a specimen, mistook himself for a horse, and went to sleep in Sutherland's stable. The Mayor sent him to General Winder with a recommendation to investigate his spiritual condition.

David Bum, a German, might possibly have mistaken himself for a ‘"bum"’ shell, so well was he loaded on Thursday night; though we can only learn that he mistook E. F. Ragland's kitchen for his own lodgings, and disturbed the peaceful slumbers of the colored people on the premises. He was arrested, and the Mayor yesterday required him to give security to keep the peace.

Beverly Randolph, free negro, is under arrest upon the charge of killing John Henry Ashly, another negro, and will be examined by the Mayor this morning.

The charge against a young man named Reynolds, for assaulting a negro girl, was dismissed yesterday.

The Daily Dispatch: December 28, 1861. Richmond Dispatch. 4 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. December 28, 1861. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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