Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-05-13

'Na' 'he DINER day Mr. T Barnard of This .i,
arrested at the instance of Mrs Adelaide II
,ole'u' on charge Of rape. The defendant g,vs
oa,i 70 appear at the Central Guard bouse for
NJ % ,ses,ls anon Of the charge Yesterday,
Nj d presented himself with hi. conn.,
Wshef Lenox, Esq, to answer TO the cba,gs
,,sH Justices Goddard and Dom The prose
M, Vines was called, and did not appear
.. uy MS counsel, expressed an UNWILLING.
ness 10 drop the matter without full investius-
ZION, and also declared that he should he abls 10
P;ose the utter falsity of the charge from begin
ming 10 end. After waiting upwards OF half an
hour Tor the prosecutrix TO appear and She no,
appearing, Justice Colds I'd stated that inst nrior
70 h ,esvng bis office TO proceed to the Guard.
house he mad received a letter from Mrs Poletti's
9soand, over the joint signature of himself and
we, IN relation to the matter in hearing, which
Mr. GODDARD then read the following letter
Win the exception OF suck portions Of IL as
would not be made out, the manuscript being
almost perfectly illegibIe, viz
"Ansef this as am pleading of Won a re he onelv
that healed my Orokend hart
JOHN A PoLRrr1
WAsHISsToy, May 9th, 1855. THE date of
letter In the original Is April 9th, and has been
crossed out with pencil, and the above date in
serted in pencil Sir to your Highest Onor I
wish that you would let that case drop which
my wife brote before you on FRIDAY Nav in
slant. Ii was don with thout nv Noeino env
thing Of 1t unteli sor II in the papers. "a few
Ines, a. TINS point are scratched out with d pen
Gil, and are entirely unintellipible The letter
then goes on 10 say bring il not up il Won do
1t will put me in my grave before my time. NV
wife is within. Of stopping of it
(husbdnd) JOHN A PoIErTI
(Wife) ADLAID III PoLETrI' -
After the above letter had been read the ease
was dismissed and Mr.. b. discharged Mr
naInara alleges that for six months past, in
nuenced by her representation of her extreIn,
poverty and destiintion, he has been assisting
the prosecutrix with pecunary pIatuities from
time 10 time. and that he has been assisted m
SO doing by other charitably disposed persons
Below we append the statement Of Justice
Goddard, which speaks for itself:
The charge made before me by Adelaide IL
Poletti against T. Barnard, OF committing A rape
on her, came on for final hearing this day before
me Alter having summoned the said Adelaide
10 appear before me and give evidence, received
communication signed nv the said Adelaide
ana her husband John A. POletti. requesting me
10 dismiss the charge against Mr.. Barnard |
had In the meantime become fully satisfied that
Tue whole charge was base fabrication and
having been Joined in that opinion by Justice
DOM we unhesitatingly dismissed the whole
case, j. III. GODDARD, J p.
CRIMINAL COURr-Tc-!ay, George Johnson
and Augustus Heissler, charged with II e murd
OF Mareellus Stoops, Were brought into court and
srTaigned, and plead not guilty.
This case bad been set for trial to-day Mr.
Key, for the United States put in motion for :,
continuance of the case to the june term He
stated that his reasons for the motion were he
believed, good and sufficient, and which reason.
he felt IL TO be his duty as p1bic Once o., ,yi,h
hold. "
The motion was resisted by Messrs Radcliffe
length
The Court, after going into the detail, set forth
IN the application. sustained the arguments of
tne District Attorney, and granted the contin-
nance asked for.
George Creager alias George Williams con-
Vleted OF the murder of William Farrell was
brought into court, and sentenced as follows
AFTER replying to the question put by the Judge
a. n fhaF h. hxH
tence should not be pronounced upon him that
he bad nothing to say"
George Creager, you have been convicted of a
helnous crime. Your trial, il will not be d eniPd
even by yourself, was fair; and your defence was
conducted with zraf and great ability bv the
counsel selected by Yourself your friends IL
Is sad spectacle TO see a young man. said to he
not more than nineteen or twenty wears Old stand
ing up In Court to receive a felon's sentence An
eAcelient character, for such the proof shows
yours 10 be, has been DESTROYED in a nome nj and
prospect as bright as that Of any person of the
same aye and condition in life has been blasted,
and covered with darkness, by one great crime
from the effects Of which, in some shape or other
you can never relieve yourself. Time, expert
ence, and reformation on your part, NAV bring
ABOUT forpetfulness. or at least induce silence on
the part Of others; but YOU will remember what
they may be willing CEaEitably to cover This
offence against Divine and human law was per-
Petrated al the door of one of those fountains of
crime, which do more TO destroy good morals
and corrupt the young than all other causes com
olned w enever criminal is made of a
deadly weapon, and death is the consequence
4 hold II he the duty of this Court mon con.
vcton, like the present to exercise all the power
the law has conferred upon il. The sentence is
that you suffer Imprisonment and labor in the
Penitentiary of the District of Columbia for tbs
period of eight years"
The petit Jurors were then dismissed until neat
Tuesday at ten o'clock, a IN.
TIE BALTIMORE AND ONO RAILRoAD-The
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company met in
al vest
Rad master, vice Wendell BollI.an resigned and
Silas MeMurphy assistant road master. vice H.
Ttgmyef resigned The revenue for the month
OF April was SIS, $50 Is, as follows:
Main Stem. NV Va Wash Rr
Passengers 80. s63l>3 ~ 81 100 ~ $40 2Ig Is
Ffeight......- 49,S92 III 293S % 1854 q,
Sab 3sj Is $50, i6s II s3s .753 10
The following is comparative synopsis of the
business Of the road for seven months OF several
past years