Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-03-11
TIL = COUNTS.

Police Court, Judge SHsy.-To-iay John
Reed, charged with larceny OF a key OF white
lead, valued al -; pleaded guilty. lie appeared
from the testimony that he had just got out OF
jail. where he had served ont a term FOR a
similar fence, and the Judge fined him 10 aud
costs or thirty DAYS in Jail, and if he was
brought before him on a Ike offence. he would
notify the District Attorney to alIege a second
conviction for the same ofense and send him tn
the penitentaTy. VIM. Grover, CHI aryei with
selling dough nuts in the market house without
. license, was lined S10 an appeal was taken
THE sNriTING GAME or BLUFF.
John Lowry, Henry Thompson, George wads
worth, Henry Howard, James Ryan, AMI Chss
Beckett were pulled up or charge OF unlawful
assembly on X street and New jersey avenue .
and playing cards there fOr money. Lieut.
Kelly and one of his officers made tie arrest
and found the parties there engaged in the ex-
citing game OF bluH, which they were piaying
tor money. The party were all taken 20 the
staten house with "A cigar box filed with checks
and LETT collateral for appearance this morning
and failing 10 come To time, their coll atra al wa
ordered 10 be forfeited.
SAN COLLYRR ON A BUST.
Sam Collyer, the pugilist, WAS charged with
disorderly conduct and cursing on Pennsyl-
ysnis avenue, and paid 3 into the corporation
fund this morning.
rsK gATTL. OF TIN cur ALLEY.
Robert Hoban, charged with assault aud bat
terry on Thomas Mitchell, both .coiored. and
Thomas Mitchell, charged with assault and bat
terry On Robert Hoban. This was a cross d re
sase- From the testimony IN the case it was
sxcitement last evening caused by this pitched
battle. Elizabeth PennelI testified that this
man Mitchell came TO Hoban's house and began
10 abuse him b. calling him all the names he
could LAY his tongue to, threatening what he
would do, and charged hOban with keeping a
fanny house; that the women there were prosti-
tutes, and the men were all thieves whe resided
b. The house. That he would whip him. and
Fith that he struck Hoban in the face and tried
70 pull him out of his own house; that lac went
np stairs and opened trunk and took q large
knife out and went fog Hoban to kill him; that
De pushed him into an alley and threw him
gown and JUMPED on him. and bit his ear Of
ana would have Killed him ii he he had not been
pulled OF. Mitchell was an awful bad man.
me Judge asked ii she was not prejudced
sgMnsi him. She declared she was not, but
rMitcheIls 'buse IL 'd,ckerlous when he gets
started A colored man david Scott) tsstifted
y nearing the noise OF the fight and went into
that alley and pulled Mitchell or when ne
caught witness niger IN his mouth aud bit IL
neayly on. Hoban Was standing in the hox with
bis head bandAged ap. and slood-stsinsd
marks showed tina his ear was gone rbe ina Va
asked Mitchell il he had any witnesses to nross
his case. Mitchell said none but GOD ahovs
The Knife was shown to the judge, which a how
swore 10 seeing Mitchell drop. OHfeers Leach
and Nelson arrested the parties, and corrobo-
rated the story fully Of MtchelI's Zero .ity. IA
the judge fined Mitchell 500 and costs. or siYtv
Gays in jaik and dismissed Hoban. Nathaniel
Ware, profanity in the county; fined IS.
An oPRRA GLASS cAsE.
Phillip Chrisstman, county, Constable
charged with the larceny of an opera glass. If
appeared in testimony, that he was Ievying on
come goods In . howe BY virtue OF an execution
and teok among other things the opera glass