Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-09-15

4PoLpcs CAs.s-6sfsvs ysssses Williams Mr..
T. C. Magruder came before Justice Williams
complaining that mis- neighbor, Mr.. Mcguire, Lad
threatened 10 take his life. f;sppeared that Ma
CURES ;astle had trespased on aagruder's ground
and be had locked them up in his stable Ma
stable, look them away, and threatened 10 be re-
venyed on Magruder. He was bound over to keep
the peace r...s -,...-.. ~
C6ss stowton (col'd) was charged with so,eiblv
entering the little commodity shop of Bridget
Raades and attempting to rob her The evidence
against aim was that he drewa pistol on her and
threatened to kin her. She gavehim some money
him ami Se vent l hse Which did not satisfy
ing about, helped himself to all the change he
could find, levied on breast-pin. mint of wb3skv
wnlch lie drank on the spot, consumed quantity
of cakes and candy, broke open box o1 cigars
and took what he wanted, went out. and shortly
resurneo, and again threatened to kin her, and
then finally went of. When Offirers {; ormley and
ncnIon arrested him he attempted to draw knife
hearing '-'- '''
Geo. w. Miller was fined s2s. and a 81 costs.
10, Won uon OF the Sunday law In relation to the
selling of liquor.
Befor. Justice Clark MIR and Mrs. H. O. Hood
charged tneir next door neighbors, Mr. and Mrs
george K. Adams with cursing and swearing 40
AZ 10 De heard In the streets. The case was fully
Investigated before the above ma yistrate veste;.
aay IN presence Of an Office full of people, many
defendants originated with servant of the com
piainan's, who was hanging out clothes, and
idhcieo tnat little boy, sou Of the defendants
mad got upon the fence dividing the two hac k
yards and thrown dust her clothes Just s.out O,
the wash" There was also evidence on the mart
OF the complainants that at some anterior period
This same child, who seems by his conduct To b,,
sort OF Ike PartngtOn, had attemlted To burn
the aforesaid servants hair off her head by coming
up behind her and applying lighted box OF
iuclfef matches thereto, an attempt which had
been frustrated by the presence of mind of another
servant of the complainants, who had rushed o
to the rescue Of her cOmpanio at the critical mo-
mcnt and extinguished the CONFEDERATION that was
about to ensue. This like-to- have been st.tl
servant ana the female principal complainant ties.
tined that when the child had been demonstrated
with In respect of the clothes the defendant. had
aided and abetted his action, and had called the
servant profane and ungentlemanly names ami
charged upon her that she had too much whisky
in the mead All this, Ii Was alleged took place
In the back yard and so loud as to attrsc the
attention OF persons in the street 1t was not de-
MED by defence but that the servant had beer,
charged with being intoxicated and that her
nationality had been alluded to In n rather opDro-
brious expression but still not q profane one In
the eye OF the law. 1t was also testified to tina,
the whole affair had been brought about by the
unfortunate propensity of this servant to whisky
drinking, and that on this, as snndry other
occasions, she had been manifsstly under the in
huence of liquor. Again. ii was testified that the
servant talked much louder than the defendant
ana that four story brick house interviewed be.
tween them and the street. the distance bel No
some nifty feet from the line of the pavement
During the trial the Office was crowded to exces,
by numerous male and female friends of b,th
parties, who evinced lively interest in the result
ne magistrate after hearing the evidence, and
listening patiently to the ingenious defence made
by legal counsel, dismissed the warrants and
cleared the Office.