Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-07-28
The Courts.

POLICE COURT, Judge .Sneii.-iffer our report
,losed Yesterday, the following eases were d's-
United States VS.. Robert Dyreriorth, for as.
s1uit on Louisa Barber. Tbs IL the scuord time
The defendant has been before Ibis GOVT for =
'sault ON this colored girl. Some t..r.s woaks
s'rce he was fined SlO end &c : lGr ike of
fence. The evidence showed that Gu tue "A
treIant The accus ed threw several empty bottles
from hls yard INTO his neighbor's yard at the
omplsinant, and once bottle went through
The window, breaking two lisN'7 of giass. lie
ato drew pistol and pointed it al her. aud a
BOWIE knife, with which he Threatened % eft
her ID heart out, and used tbreateni.g Ian.
guage at divers Otbcr times. Several wE.icsses
were examined for compile ant, ana the Charss
teemed lnlly sustained. Aver hca N: tce G.. =
until to-day, in order to hear o.re frI her t
tTopy. MIR. A. G. Pid6ie apr" red ioG - sacn.
Anna Brady and Margaret HagG- ~. ca.-.ci
aud costs.
VIM. d. Davis, charged " ith vasranoy.wosd a.
nv "a, etf-r receiving some whole Oire siylce
not 10 be brought up again.
Frederick Hawkins, colored, charged with
profanity and usiug obscene language in the
siCCets: fn,d - ana costs.
Thomas Brown. charged With assault and bat
tery ON Jacob Jewe,t. plead guilty: iinci 81 aud
costs.
Daniel Long, a noisy and unrrly witno =. wa7
committed - the basement lookup for 4; hoIys
Tor contempt OF court.
Pat. Hourihsn. John HOurihan. And.e w Gle
son, and Z. L. HCshley, charged With commit
ting an ahray on the 4th OF July, at Letters
Garden. was called, when Mr.. Clos asked that
the case be dismissed, there being 10 viva :
present, and the case being row before the
grand jury; TO ordered by the court.
TO-DAY.
The case of Robert Dyren. crth, Tor assault On
LOUISA Barber, which was con- .nued / ON We
to-day, was called up. Mr.. G. Ever, chef o.
the room in which Mr.: Dy reDtorth is employed
In fhe Second Auditors Office, was called TT.
my That lie (D) was present at his Office at the
time the assault is alleged to have been IN ds
Ihe Court stated that the attempt to prove an
alibi, in bis opinion, had not been sustained:
that no evidence had been produced BY defence
TO dispIove the statements IN the allegation. He
hned tue accused 800 and costs. MIR. Riddle
asked the Court to Tx the amount of d ill for An
appeal, and SEQ was the amount fixed
Eliza johnson, charged with the larceny of a
gold watch; case dismissed.
Beverly Carter, colOred, charged With being
a vagrant; fined 50 and costs ana i'm defsu,,
committed to wOrkhOuse so DAYS.
Robert Thomas and John Mack, char ged vs. ith
in default committed 70 workhouGe 60 DAYS
The ca.e OF VIM Lilly, LOT airaplt and 81, tery
On Geo. Gov nan, wGS ct for August 9Th.
Robert buchanan, for 'anlt on Nathaniel
Wen; not srstained, and case dsmi-sed.
Frederick Harris, charged With larceny of a
pic; case dismissed.
.;obeit Stokes, cberged with 8, sault on Eliz
anefh Stokes, his life. plead elf defence: fined
: and costs, and in default to be committsd 10
jail - DAYS.
Washington Giles, colored, charged with
wcs hound in the sum of 800 to keep the peace
ElIZab Dixon, colOred, charged WITH threat
70 Washington Giles; held in the sum of 500 ID
keep The peace towards him Tor six months
sam Ward, charged with assault on Martha
Dung. 10th colored, plead not guil.y: fined II
= nd costs, and in default TO go to wOrkhouse 20
laws.
henry Smith, coored, charged With behay ing
IN dsorderly manner, plead guilty; dued =,
and IN default TO be committed 10 the work hon. q
fer ninety days. The facts in this Csc are to
i 'sersting for publication.
Dav al Long, charged with assault on VIM. o.
homas. This is the unruly man who was COM
nist"d TO the cell for weight hours yesterday
for contempt of court. The officer who re-
moved Long from the court was assaulted bv
: IN, and the Court lined him s. and c2Jt5, and
n default TO be committed to Jail thirty DAYS.
Hamilton Knowles, charged with disorderly
,onduct IN Georgetow n, plead guilty; fined II,
md costs, and in default to be committed to the
EoThhOuse twenty days.
freNIous 10 Adjournment Judge Smell ST Zen
hat Mr.. Grav would ho,.. rne eourt for few
LAYS, during his absence from the city. He was
going East, and should take occasion to visit the
police courts in New York and Boston to witness
the administration of justice in those courts.