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=32576 Submitted by: Susan Article Title: Washington Star Article Date: January 26 1853 Article Description: In the Courts Article Text: In the Criminal Court the jury in the case of the white youth William J. Shaw, charged with an assault and battery with intent to kill, yesterday returned a verdict of guilty. Judge Crawford sentenced the prisoner to four years' imprisonment in the penitentiary. The case of the free negro James Bowie, charged with assaulting John Lee with intent to kill was given to the jury yesterday, who returned a verdict of guilty. Thomas Goss was tried for resisting an officer, and was acquitted. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ DC-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com