Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-12-28

A SEWING MACHINE CAsE-Yesterday after
noon, Mrs. H. T. Trumbull made complaint be-
fore Justice Smith that Mrs. Elizabeth Davis
did abOnt the Sd instant, feloniOusiy carry away
sewing machine valued at Sis, from the
premises OF complainant. To-day, at O'Clock,
the parties appeared before the Justice with j.
8. johnson, ESD, for the prosecution. Mrs.
Augusta Trumbull stated that she had lost a
sewing machine, and that she next saw it at the
house OF Mrs. Elizabeth Davis The machine
was valued at s4s, it was given her by the ladies
OF the Treasury Department at the instance Of
Gen. Spinner. The money she was informed
was raised by subscription with which to pur-
chase IL.
Mr.. F. A. Aiken, for defence, asked If Mrs.
Trumbull had ever been called by any other
name? She answered that she had not. When
the machine was taken away from her she was
in the workhouse, and when she returned home
Mrs. Williams stated that the machine was
brought to her house by Mrs. Harris, and that
bull failed to pay her board that she would not
retain the machine for payment.
TestimOI was then adduced by Mr.. A. T..
was abandoned, and orders were given to Lieut..
Noonan to take charge Of anything belonging to
Mrs: Trumbull, as she had been sent to the
wOrkhOuse.
Lieut.. Geo. X. Herrick, the property clerk
being sworn, stated that he had received an Or
der TO take charge of the property from Gen.
Spinner, Mrs. A. &. Harris and Mrs. Green as
the machine was loaned to Mrs. Trumbull with
a promise Of ownership in case she proved
worthy.
Mr. johnson thought that these persons had
no authority to give such order.
Lieut.. NOOnan testified that the children were
almost naked and destitute, when he took them
from the house Of Mrs. Williams, where Mrs.
Trumbull had been stopping when she was sent
away.
Justice Smith decided to adjourn the case
until tomorrow at 3 O'Clock, when he said the
machine In question must be produced in court.
A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE CHARGED WITH
MALYEAsANCE IN OFFICE-District Attorney
burlington has filed in the Criminal Court
(yudge FISHERY an information against Richard
II. Marsh, charging him with malfeasance in
Office as a Justice of the Peace. The first count
charges that said Marsh, about the 5th Of Nav
last, went before John II. Goddard, a Justice OF
the Peace, and made affidavit falsely, wickedly
and maliciously charging j: McClary Perkins
the 18th Of May Ee S the oee OF
Justice Cox, committed an assault on him.
(Perkins;l the third, that on the 10th of April,
1889, All affidavit was made for the removal of
the case of Davidson agt. Perkins from before
him, and he (Marsh) did wrongfully remove said
case to Justice +. NJ. Chaplin, who was not the
nearest magistrate, as required by law; the
extortiOn in charging 81 for his fees in
the case named in the preceding count; the fifth,
that on the sth of December he (Perkins) was
arrested on a warrant issued by said Marsh,
charging him with having assaulted +. X. Allen,
and he Perkins) filed an affidavit for the re-
moyal of the case, but Marsh refused, and he
then asked tnat the charges DC investigated, put
Marsh refused him hearing, and required him
to bail, and he presented r. }. Pullman as his
security, who made affidavit that he was worth
more than the amount of bail, and Marsh
refused to accept him; but after keeping him
for long time in custody he accepted said
Pullman; the sixth, that said Marsh, about the
18th day OF April last, appeared as the attorney
of Davidson in a case before Justice Chaplin, and
also In q case before Justice Cox on the 18th
instant, contrary to law.
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REAL ESTATE SALE.-JOshua Whitney & Co..
brokers, have sold to John b. Clark part of lot
1, square 757, fronting a feet on Maryland av-
enue, between I'd and Sd streets east, with an
average depth of 1870 feet, improved by two
story brick house, for 1000.
SENATORS AND MENBERs.-Dont fail to no
tice the advertisement of Joshua Whitney s.
Co., brokers, in another column, offering for
sale those elegant residences now being GEM
pleted on the north side of q street, between 9Th
and 10th streets.
LARCENY OF VEsTs.-Yesterday John Henry
a cOOred boy, was arrested by detectives Miller
and COOmes for the larceny OF two vests from
John G. Celany, at the G0rbutt House, and he
is held for o hearing.