Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-04-04
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CIRCUIT COURT. yudce NaeArtksr-To-day,
kaess Cox aSt SsSsS' ss%s sss Sys
Holden, same agt Sincell, Mcdaniel agt.
Holden; judgments by default final. Potomac
Steamboat Go. agt. Plant; Judgment confessed.
Link Il Black agt- Hillary: motion fos new
trial Cispperion agt Evening Star Go. ct ali
ame to plead given defendant. Cromlin agt.
Fowler; on trial.
EourTY COURT. yr5ee Wyli..-To-day, Wood
ward agt Neitzey; order 10 issue restraining
order Reed, trustee ,agt. Wallach&Fisher ct AL:
order to issue injunction. Collins agt. Collins;
order sustaining demurrer TO bill of review, and
dismissing said bin Litehfieid ct al. AIT Nor
ris; order correcting deed. Thyson agt. Gal
liant; decree substituting W. II. Ward trustee.
Birch agt Birch; order of reference to auditor.
Van Riswick agt. Brown; order per co.fesso.
Carpenter against Carpenter; order directing
payment to defendant. Enoch agt. Enoch; de-
cree OF divorce rincalo mctriAOnit. IN re Louis
and Louisiana Worcester; order substituting
trustee.
POLICE COURT. Judge SReg.-Yesteriav after
or report closed, Charles johnson, charged
WI Nth 1.-THE the larceny Of pal, Of boots valued at
90 days In jail. Lewis Rivers, char ed with lar
ceny Of four chickens, worth 81, belonging TO
Mrs. simmons. He was fined $50. or GO days in
and resisting Off Ger A. P. McKenna; fined sio
and costs, or 20 days imprisonment.
Henry Atkinson, for assault and battery upon
Jacob Levy, was fined SO and costs. Thorn
Smith, assault and battery on H. j. z. Benson;
fined 3 and costs. Mary Taylor, assault aud
battery on Phiilis Jones-both Fighting alley
denizens; fined -. Thornton Parks, assault
aud battery on John pavis-both laborers; fined
50. James Smith, charged with assault and
battery on Patrick Brady, and robbing him of
50. Mr.. Brady lie an invalid soldier and en-
poyed Smith, hack driver, to take him TO the
Soldiers Home and return, and before starting
they both went into a restaurant TO get refresh
ments. Smiths charge was So, but the old man
being poor he agreed to take him there for s..
Brady pulled out IS to pay for refreshments
and the change was laid ont to him. when
Smith reached out and took the whole of
the change. On his way TO the Soldiers
Home Smith stopped the hack at . restau-
man was asked to pay the score. Here he de-
manded IS, pretending that he had not been
paid for his services, and TO convince Smith, the
old man pulled ont his purse to show him that
he already had his money. when accused
snatched him out of the hack and took another
50 from him, and left him to get there the best
manner he could. The judge sent the case to
the grand jury, and Smith was committed in
default Of security. August Metzler, charged
with carrying concealed weapons-a pistol; fined
SO. Four school boys were hned 81 each for
playing base ball in the street. Edward Lam
caster, for being drunk and profane on the
street, was fined S. James Carter, loud and
boisterous talking on the street; fined S. SAINT
James Wood got drunk and cursed i'm public,
for which he paid the court s3. Elizabeth
Storrs and Anthony Myers, same offence, paid
50 each. Elizabeth was here Yesterday and
paid IS for the same offence, but had not got
over her drunken spree when she was snatched
the second time. George jackson and Daniel
Buckner, charged with an ARRAY on the road
leading from Georgetown to the Chain Bridge.
where party Of laborers were engaged in Law
ing the water main. The difficulty grew out OF
an accident TO derrick used in the work, and
led to general scrimmage. jackson was fined
SlO ana Buckner dismissed. Recess.