Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-04-18
THE CnuRTS

CRIMINAL Court, Judge Cariter.-Yesterday
after our report closed, Lewis Snowden,
charged with assault and battery on Laura
Lee on the ID of March, plead guilty, and was
fined 81. Charls Evans and Susan Evans,
Alias Bell; larceny of goods of Martin McDevitt
were placed on trial, and there being no evil
dence to Implicate the woman she was dis
cha ged, and Evans was found guilty and sen.
fenced to pay fine of SO.
This morning Britty Ann johnson, indicted
for the larceny OF $50. the property of Caesar
Smith, was tried. Smith testified that hs left
the money in his wife pocket, and missed 1t
in the afternoon, and hi daughter, ID years old,
which she did. The jury found a verdict Of
guilty, and she was sentenced to 30 days in
Jail.
THE FOURTEENTH STREET HACK STAND.
The case OF the United States agt G.. f. King
and wentv-three others, for a nuisance, in al
lowing their hackney carriages to stand on
l4th street, above the avenue, was taken up,
Nessrs. Darlington and Merrick for the prose-
euton, and Brent and Phillips for the defence
The District Attorney entered q nolle pross as
to a. u. Keys, one Of the parties charged.
Mr. harrington opened the case, then briefly
saying this was a nuisance caused by a coIlec.
ton of hacks near Willard's Hotel. and read
from Greenleaf the definition Of Ruisances.
.c Mr. rniiIlps, Tor the defence, said that this
States, and was one which did not spring from
any desire to protect the public, but to further
private purpose-Mr. Chadwick and his Clerk
being the principal witnesses. The defence ex-
pected TO show that this hack stand has been
established by law, and the hacKmen them
selves, out OF their private purses, employed a
man TO clean up the manure complained of and
that three times per day, notwithstanding it
was the duty of the Corporation. They ex-
pected TO show that it was not a nuisance to the
neighborbood, but to the proprietors of the
hotel who are In certain cases receiving a per
centage from hackmen Of the fares of guests
of the hotel.
EQUITY COURT, Judge Olin.-Yesterday.
Rnpiey VS.. Rupley: order of reference to audi
tor, and of publication as to absent defendant
Coyle VS.. Coyle; decree appointing j. H. Brad.
ley trustee to release.
ORPHANS COURT Judge PurceU.-To.dav.
the will of Samuel II. Raybold was fully
proven. The first account of John b. Blake
executor of johnson HELEN; second account of
Sarah Z. West, guardian of orphan of Clement
i. West; first and final accout of Margaret Ro.
eel, exeeutrix of Ennols Rozel; fourth general
and fifth individual accounts of Eliza B. Du.
vail guardian of orphans of Andrew jackson
Duvall; were approved and passed.
ARREST OF AN ALLEGED HORSE THIEF
On thursday night last, thes table of Mr. Thos
Graves, farmer residing in Dumfries, Prince
William County, Va, was burglariously en-
tered and fine bay mare stolen therefrom
Information OF the robbery and a description
OF the animal having been lodged at the sixth
police precinct, Sergeant Greer this morning
made tour Of the horse marts, and at Crowns
bazaar, on louisiana avenue, between 9th and
10Th streets, found man exactly corresponding
ascertained that the animal had been brought
there by white man, named James Kelly,
with peremptory instructions to make sale at
any price Kelly was subsequently arrested
and taken to the sixth precinct station house to
await examination before a Justice.
THE RIVER FRONT, April 1S-Fowler's Wharf
Arrived.-Schr. Louie +. Smith, Capt. erie,
from Boston, with Ice for the Washington and
Georgetown Ice Company.
Bro,cn's Whdrf.-Arrived-Schr. Potomac
captain Eldrldge, from Philadelphia, with
coal for S. p. Brown & Sons; and Ada A. FRYE.
Captain Cooper, from Rockport, Maine, with
GOO bbls, OF lime for s. p. Brown Il Sons
HtfiGm d JOliy's Eastern Rranch) Wharf
Arrlved-Remedy, Captain Dashields, from
Philadelphia, with coal for McElroy: schr
Matilda, Captain Spicer Paul, from ST. Mury's
with wood for William d Jolly, and Ipsa-
Was0m, captain Washington, from Kain's
Creek, with wood for williams ard JoHy.
Sailed.-Schr. Remedy, Captain Dashiels,
light.