Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1865-01-11
LOCAL NEWS.

CRIMINAL COURT, Judge FIshsr.-Yesterday,
| VIM. j. d. Irons, alias Reddy, indicted for the
her Sa. OF Daniel Lahive on the I'd Of Novem
per iast, was found not guilty. The evidence
| was 10 the effect that there was q regular row
| going on at the time the pistol was shot and il
| shot. $1,000
| This morning. Isabella Penny, indicted for
| keeping oawdy house, was found guilty
| barrel of flour, was found not guilty.
/ Elizabeth Brown, indicted for keeping a
oawdy house, submitted her case, and was sen
fenced to pay fiue Of s25, anu in default to
imnrAsGnment in Jail for twenty DAYS.
Isabella Penny, convicted of Keeping baw-
dy house, was sentenced to pay fine OF Sos,
and IN default twenty days in iaiI.
In the case Of a. ]. Dean. indcrs,; for lar.
ceny. q nolie prot was entered.
line case OF Christopher Adams, charged
WIN publishing libel against Chrs F. Andsr
soc SUE, was taken up; District Attorney Caring
ton and Mr. Davis appearing for the prosec1-
| defense N W -A''' on ioi VIC
The indictment charges that Charles +. An
ueIson, as an architect, had been engaged in
craving plans for the U. S. Capitol Extension,
ana mat when a bill was pending in Congress
70 pay hlm $500 for the time, labor and ex-
pense OF making the drawings, the defendant
was guilty of malicious libel in writing a
communication to one OF the members Of the
house Committee ON the District OF Columbia,
In which he stated that the plans for the draw
ing OF which Mr.. Anderson petidoned were
not his own but were stolen from Mr. Walter
CORRECTION OF THE ENRoLLMHNr-The
names OF the following parties, not SUBJECT to
draft, were stricken from the list by the Com
missioners of Enrolment to day:
First Sub District. - Matthew Pepper. fur-
nlsned substitute in July, 1864; John XII
patrick, enrolled in Pennsylvania; James p.
Iustn, physical disability; Pat Lynch, do.
Second Suo- District - Theodore TenhaIft
physical disability.
Fourth Sub District.-Selig KohIberg, over are:
Daniel Humphreys, furnished substitute in De-
Fifth Sub District-Geo Haskey, physical
disability; James smith, do; Jacob Diser, do
S,5m SUB Distr1ct.-Joshua Green, physical
Seventh Sub District. -Gwynn Harris, fur
nished substitute in June, 1864; VIM. L. Davis,
physical disability; JAS Henley, do
Tenth Sub District -SamI @ ueen, furnished
substitute in June, 1854.
TlDelfth Sub District.-John Hughes, enrolled
In Pennsylvania.
THE TRIAL OF FREDERICK c. TAPLRY,
charged with having smuggled suffers stores
and liquors to the armies in the field, and to
parties in Alexandria, Va, while he was chief
OF detectives in that place, and receiving brides
to procure the release OF military prisoners,
and also to allow them to escape was resumed
this morning at the Military Commission ON F
street. John J. Huff, Captain of the Commits
sary Department in Alexandria; Rollin Gail,
Captain and Assistant Adjutant General OF
Volunteers, OF Alexandria; and William Edd
and James Coleman, citizens of the same place,
efficiency as an officer Of the accused.
w: Y. Fendall, Esq, was present a. counsel
for the accused.
SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMsTANoB.-Yesterd
Patrolman Leach took possession of a large
trunk left at the corner OF Seventh and l.
streets north Mars cigar storey by McClin-
tock's express. 1t was marked "Miss Laura
Bruce, care of J ID. Barrow" Mr. Barrow
had requested Mr. Mari to receive trunk if
one should be left there, but when the trunk
came 1t had been broken open, and Mr. Mari
declined to receive it. The lady to whom, it
belonged went to the Third Ward station and
Identified her trunk, and also discovered that
though her clothing was not disturbed, her
gold watch was gone. The officers retained
the trunk to make further investigations.