From the Richmond Dispatch, 8/25/1862, p. 1, c. 6

Police Court. - Before the presiding magistrate, on Saturday, were Milly, a slave of Mrs. Agnes Bigelow, charged with trespassing on the premises of Mrs. E. Hancock, ordered ten lashes.--Lucy, a slave of Wm H. Leach, charged with trespassing upon the promises of Mrs. M. Taylor, ordered ten; and Milton, a slave, charged with stealing two surgical instruments from Dr. Chas. Bell Gibson, ordered fifteen.

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