From The Mirror

(The punctuation and spelling are as they appeared in the original document.)

April 11 , 1876

A YOUNG WHITE MAN, hailing from an adjoining county, was arrested on Saturday last, charged with stealing a pistol from a Negro, and carried before Justice M.M. Rogers, at Dover. The Justice heard the case, found the prisoner guilty, and sentenced him to 30 stripes, which were duly administered by the officer charged with that duty. This is, we believe, the first instance, in a long while, in which a white man has been subjected to the lash in this county, and it should serve as a warning to others similarly disposed, as the Justices of Loudoun seem determined to act upon the suggestion of the last legislature for reducing the criminal expenses of the Commonwealth—without fear, favor or affection.