Proceedings in the Courts.
Major's Court, Tuesday, Nov. 18th.
--Lizzie, slave of Dr. Ellison, arrested by Watchman Wasserman, was committed for going at large.
William, slave of Talbott & Brother, charged with making a felonious assault on Henry Mayo, manager of a farm owned by the Talbotts, in Chesterfield, last Friday night, having been picked up in this city by the police, and brought before the Mayor, was ordered to be sent to Manchester for trial.
Alick, slave of Mrs. Mary Rose, and Robert, slave of Miss Mary Howard, were arraigned for stealing $15 from Daniel Rose.
The latter not appearing, they were discharged from custody, none of the police officers knowing anything of the transaction.
Wm. Irwin and John Bastain, two youths, were arraigned for surreptitiously possessing themselves of a bed-quilt belonging to Bridget McDonough.
Five little boys were introduced to show how the article in question was sequestered.
Mrs. McDonough being sworn, demonstrated the manner in which the quilt was lost and recovered, whereupon the five youthful witnesses were discharged, and the criminals, both boys committed to jail for an indefinite period for want of surety for their good behavior.
Irwin, the largest, had not long been out of jail.
Thomas O'Brien and Thomas Wilkinson were brought up for drunkenness and disorderly conduct on Tuesday night, on 4th, beyond Leigh street — They had been to a convivial gathering in that locality.
Wilkinson's forehead had a bump on it and was bandaged, showing that the spirit of the occasion had moved him to an activity damaging to his personal beauty.
Officer Carter said it was his first appearance before the police since his release from the Penitentiary.
Both parties were committed for want of surety for their future good behavior.
Frederick Grobe, charged with having counterfeit money in his possession, and offering to pass the same, was again called up and again acquitted, the first having occurred on Monday, when in company with Charles Lindner, an alleged accomplice.
Sandy, a slave owned by J. H. Enroughty, charged stealing from the Petersburg depot three boxes of dry goods, owned by Robert W. Joyner, was arraigned for the second time to-day, in company with Pittman, slave of Susan Howard; Henry, slave of James Taliaferro; William, slave of Muscoe Garnett; Miles slave of Dr. Hancock; Bill, slave of Julius Slowman, and George, slave of G. Berry, alleged participants in the abduction.
No witnesses were examined and the case remained at the adjournment of the Court in statu quo.
The case of Wash Jordan, Robert Jackson, and others, for being in a room over No. 90 Main st., was continued until Wednesday, the statue of the parties being in doubt.
Peter Greentree for hiring the room over No. 90 to the party aforesaid, without knowing whether they were slaves or free negroes, was condemned to pay a fine of five dollars.
Sarah Edmondson, a free negro, was examined and sent on for trial before the Hustings Court for stealing a mourning dress, worth $96, from the residence of Recorder James K. Caskie.
John Minnahan was fined ten dollars for straining his horse through Main street, near 6th, on Monday.
Disbursing the amount, he was discharged.
Thomas Pryor, charged with getting drunk and acting disorderly on Clay street, and breaking down Susan Blake's gate, was committed in default of security for his good behavior.
William Flemments, of Baltimore, member of the Purcell Battery, arrested on suspicion of murdering Michael Horan, in Henrico county, two weeks since, was arraigned, and witnesses called to testify in the case, who said that Flemments was present, but they could not swear he fired the fatal shot.
One of them, Morgan Roach, said he had heard that Flemments had shot at him, but he did not know the fact.
Defendant was committed until Friday for further examination.
The case of the parties arrested at the house of Ann Thomas, on Saturday night, was called up--Mr. Seal, policeman, being sworn, testified to his knowledge of the house, which, he said, was of evil fame, as well as the proprietress.
Seal detailed the circumstances of the visit of the police after they heard of the murder and prior to the arrest.--The Mayor, in answer to a question of Mr. Gilmer, prisoner's counsel, said he was trying to investigate the criminality of the house.
Mr. Seal learned that Hiltsheimer, a witness before the Coroner's inquest on the murder of Whitmell, had intimate relations with some of the parties residing in the house, and was not let in on his visit, because accompanied with a crowd.
The police took seven men and ten women from there.
Lieut. Crone testified to the local and State reputation of ‘"Mulberry Grove"’--Thomas M. Hiltsheimer, Jr., said that the party who went to Ann Thomas's on the night of the murder, proceeded from No. 100 Main street. He had been invited to supper there that night, and first met with those he accompanied.
Did not know whether No. 100 was a house of public entertainment or not. Some of the party that started could play on the piano, and suggested that they could find such an instrument either at Ann Thomas's, Alice Ashley's, or Josephine Demeritt's. Witness had often been at Ann Thomas's, and the party decided to proceed thither.
Most of the witnesses examined before the Coroner repeated their testimony, throwing no additional light on the subject of the murder of Whitmell.
The case was concluded by the Mayor holding Ann Thomas in $500 ball to appear before the Grand Jury to answer an indictment, and each of her boarders in the sum of $200. The men found in the house were discharged on their personal recognizance to appear next Thursday.
T. A. Fisher, arrested by the police on Monday for stealing sundry articles of personal property from Joseph F. Radford, valued at $330, was sent on to be examined before a called Court next week.
Hustings Court-- Tuesday, Nov. 18th.--Present: Hon. Wm. H. Lyons, Judge, and Littleton Tazewell, Esq., Commonwealth's Attorney.
James Gannon, one of the parties indicted for robbing Capt A. H. Franklin, of Miss., of $200 and a silver watch, in Hughes's Row, was put on trial, and the evidence of the detectives who effected the arrest having been heard, the case, after brief review by respective counsel on both sides, was submitted to the jury, who returned a verdict of guilty, and ascertained the term of the prisoner's confinement in the Penitentiary at five years. A man named John Kelly is yet to be tried for being engaged in the same affair.
Gannon is a soldier, and at the time of the robbery was in Richmond on sick leave.
James W. Wood, indicted for stealing $175 and a gold watch from John S. Cook, at the Spotswood House, was next put on trial.
The evidence showed that Wood was found in Cook's room, and that chase being made after him he was finally overhauled in the entry fronting on Main street, to which he had retreated.
The money and watch belonging to Cook were found on his person.
The arrest was effected by George W. Clackner, late detective in Major Griswold's office, who was the principal witness for the Commonwealth.
Verdict guilty, and four years in the penitentiary.
Yesterday afternoon Julius Sholly was put on trial for robbing a boarder at the Columbian Hotel of $100 a, few months' since.
The trial was concluded after 7 o'clock last night, the jury bringing in a verdict of guilty, with three years in the penitentiary.
Examining Court.--The Justices composing the Hustings Court assembled at the City Hall at 11 o'clock yesterday, Recorder Caskie presiding, for the purpose of examining into the case of Juan Ginotta, charged with stealing $25 from Dinniste Maroni on the 9th of November. Sundry witnesses being called and examined, the fact was established that on the evening of the 9th Ginotta acquired possession of the premises of Maroni by entering a side door by means of slight-of-hand, and staid long enough to take into his custody twenty-five dollars belonging to Maroni.
The Court committed the accused for trial before Judge Lyons.
Habeas Corpus--William Weeks, a prisoner for the last month in Castle Thunder, yesterday sued out a writ of habeas corpus, and appeared before Judge Lyons for a hearing as to the cause of his arrest and detention.
The case was not gone into on its merits, being postponed until Friday next.
Weeks was arrested just after the battle of Cedar Run, in Culpeper county, by order of an army officer, and sent to Richmond, on the charge of piloting the enemy in that county.
Whether there be proof here to sustain this charge, remains to be seen.
Supreme Court of Appeals.--The Judges of this Court have reversed the decision of the jury in Judge Lyons's Court, condemning James Slater to ten years imprisonment in the Penitentiary for the murder of William Clarke, in Adams's Valley, several months since.
The prisoner was found guilty of manslaughter at the present term and sentenced as above.
Examining Court in Manchester, Nov. 18th.--William R. Goodman, of Capt. Mosby's company, from Powhatan county, Va., who accidentally shot and killed Thomas Forsee, of the same company, in the town of Manchester, a few days since, was examined yesterday before two magistrates and honorably acquitted. 