Monday, December 25, 1865 — The daily dispatch
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to justify the detention of Hickman, he was
discharged.
James Smith, a youthful vagabond of some J
twelve years, was charged with having been '
drunk and disorderly in the streets. He had ■
a white woolen comforter wound around his
head in the place of a cap. No one appeared
to testify against him, and he was released
with the usual admonition. Smith left the
court-room with such an erect and soldier