From the Richmond Dispatch, 8/22/1864, p.1, c. 7

Stealing a Breakfast. – The only arrest which was made by the city police on yesterday was that of a man named Michael Conley, charged with breaking down the fence of Henry Kane, in the neighborhood of the old distillery, and stealing a breakfast which had been already cooked for the family. Mike was committed to the lower station-house for safe keeping till this morning.

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