Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-05-25
THE COyRTS.

CIRCUIT COURT, JaIgs XIcArtlur.-OwenS
WIson ACT. Anderson: verdict for plaintiff for
S1ST5. Wright agt. Craig; bill OF exception
filed. Crusor & Cant sgt. corporation of Wash
irgtcn: report OF referee fled Sesrle agt. st.
Paul Parish; report OF referee hled and approved
aud Judgment for plaintiff: The Jury was dis
charged for the term Esburg agt. schmidt;
motion fled and overutcd; appeal prayed. Co.
burn agt. TeTIill; salt dismissed. Koch agt.
Schmidt; motion fled and attachment quashed;
appeal taken StOckbridge sgt. Gahck; motion
to quash certioari- Webb Il Beverage agt.
SandersOn & Co; Judgment below affirmed
Van Riswick agt Gilbert; judgment By default
notwithstanding Plea.
POLICE CoURT. Judge Saeu.-Yesterday. after
our report closed, Wm. Lucas was tned 81 for
keeping vicious dog and permitting it to run
al large.
TO-DAY.
Sophia Betty, for profanity, was fined $40.
VIM. Smith was charged with owning a vicious
dog ard permitting ii TO run at large. He said
,,o was not a dog-3nly apuppy. Witnesses were
OConRor was brought into court on a writ of
attachment for failure TO appear to testify
against her husband for assault and battery
after getting out warrant against him, and
was fined 81 James Green assault and battery
on Frederick Seaback. This assault grew out
OF difnculty about kitchen girl, the young
assault and battery on Caesar Atkinson. Cesar
testified that AbsalOm placed his pistol to his
!Witness) back. and threatened to blow his
brains out. For the protection of Caesars
brains, the court fined Absalom 40 and costs
Elizabeth Hamilton, assault and battery on
Kate Bundy, both colored; fined 81. George
nan, assault on Lucinda Hall; discharged on
payment OF costs.
The BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS have directed
well to be sunk and pump erected on The
nOIteast corner of ID and 18th streets northeast
in compliance with petition numerously
signed by property-holders in that vicinity.
THE WASHINGTON Cry SAVINGS BANK, cor
neT 'th street and Louisiana avenue, paws six
81 nr oil ~.
be made and drawn at will.
PRICES Dollar Jewefry Store, No. AZ Penn
sylVania avenue, near y street. received some
beautil al styles of Alaska diamonds and French
etruscan jewelry this morning.
TEE SUNDAY EXCURSION of the LADY of the
Lake to- morrow promises to be a deli ghtful one,
a. Ine ar Is pleasant and everything favorable.
See the advertisement.
The Rev. DIR. Illusions Trial.
In The Huston investigation in Baltimore
yesterday the charge in the matter of the school
girl, Mary Driscoll was taken up, and Mary
and her mother gave their testimony. The
same VIII be continued to-day.
A dispatch 20 then. Y. Herald saws of Thurs-
days proceedings in the ecclesiastical court:
After the preliminary devotional exercises
lucy, The colo1ed woman who occupied the
stand the whole of yesterday, was recalled
Lucy Is bright mulattO of cOmely appearance
ana Is the slTl TO whose house DIR. Huston is al
ieged To have taken one of his victims for his
devoted to Huston, who was her former master
She says she is anxious 70 tell the simple truth
and nothing but the truth. She is a sealed
volume as TO what she knows OF the case and
therefore her testimony to day, except that she
reiterated her contradiction of Virginia Hon.
klns story, is mere matter of Conjecture
Lucy must have been submitted to a very rigid
cfoss-eN9 mination. as she was not dismissed
from he stand until the court took a recess for
LUNCH" 'O'
TIE ACCUSED COUNSEL RELIEVED
1T the course OF the morning the court c0nSid
ered the complaints of the witnesses who have
already been examined, but who, owing to tue
frequent interruptions of Hustcn's counsel WERE.
confused and unable TO give their evidence in a
manner which would dsvelop the whole truth
Itwas warmly discussed by the members. and il
was hnally decided that as no counsel was pres-
ent TO represent the accusers, the privilege
should be withdrawn from the accused, and
hereafter the witnesses will be allowed to tell
thelr tales in their own way, and the investiga-
ton will be so conducted as to give no further
cause OF complaint. By this decision Mr., Mon
roe has been relieved, and a clergyman will
probably be substituted to watch over the inter
Csts OF the accused.
JACK CUsHMAN AND MRS. JACK
pom tue Resembling OF the tribunal Jack
CuShman, co!Ored man, and his wife, Lydia,
were examined. These witnesses were called
upon the part or the defence to corroborate the
st&tt ment of Lucy, which they did. They also
SAID that Virginia Hopkins had told them that
the story OF her seduction by Huston was false
The examination of these witnesses occupied
the balance of the day.
l.. N, LIKE j. ", ASSUMES THE RgsPoy-
sIBlLITY."-The Paris GduI0is publishes let
ter from Napoleon, dated CHS elhuTsi, Nav Eth
ana addressed 10 the generals and command
ants of the French army. In this communica-
tlon the Emperor makes the following ac-
knoWledgIne Mt - am responsible for Sedan
me army fought her@ically with an enemy