A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > District of Columbia http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=323 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=32494 Submitted by: Susan Article Title: Washington Star Article Date: January 20 1853 Article Description: Criminal Court Article Text: Edward Mooney, the boy who was charged with robbing the mail, was found guilty and recommended to the mercy of the court. Rosetta Campbell was tried for larceny and the case given to the jury yesterday evening. There was a drunken woman named Mary Hanessy in the watch-house this morning. She was send to the "Farm" for safe keeping. In the criminal court today, the jury in the case of Rosetta Campbell returned a verdict of guilty. She was sentenced to one year in the county jail. The case of Wesley Grant, Negro, for the murder of Sam Davis, Negro, was taken up. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ DC-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com