Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-07-20

EQUITY CoCRT, Judge Hsmgsreys.-To-dsv.
Costin ct al. agt. weightman q al order for ap-
peaTance Of absent defendants Lsthrop agt.
LathTop; do. Lang ct al. agt. WtllRer; or'ier
ratifying trustees sale. Roche & ca. agJ. Re-
nOlds ct at; do, and reference TO aEdi'0r.
PoLIcE COURT, Judge Saeti.-ro-ds faUr
cart drivers were arrested and brsgght int
court, charged with violation OF the act recently
passed by the legislature regulating the distance
To be observed between carts in going ever street
crossings. Mr.. NJ ilier stated that he weuld h ave
to enter a nOlle proseeui. aS the act docs not &c
into effect until newt Monday, after which time
offenders will be subject TO penalty OF 50 IN
each case. They were discharged wrth = eau
ton. John Linkins, William Long and James
Kinney, three young men, charged " it'll la thing
in the Potomsc river at improper hours, ViZ a
a, m. and y. III. JhiS has got TO be al intol-
cradle nuisance; S2 each. William Carr,
drunk and prefane on 18th street; So.
William Thompson, drunk and profane in Will
low-tree alley; -. VIM Henry Curtis. c0lsred,
disturbing the peace and quiet OF Georgetown
by loud and hoisteToEs language; 50. Daniel
Bryant. of Bryant's minstrels forfeited HE col
lateral by not appearing to answer the charge
Of giving entertainments at Lincoln Hall with
.Cut license. Jagaes DOsson. drunk aRd pre-
fame; So He was alsO fined - for conteslpt i'm
not answering a summons 10 appear. Ck A.. Il.
New hall was aTragned IN the charge OF
making wIllfnl exposure OF his p.r>G0 TO
school girls. The attorney stsied that ths
one of the most uiatoii"al cases Of the
kind he had ever heard of: fiat he had many
witnesses--school girls-bUt did not wish %
bring them into court. Mir George Miller test,
Htu 10 witnessing some az ms acts, which
unfit for publication. The judge said tn At som
times such cases occurred from parties being
intoxicated, hut here, il seems a. case of will.
full am malicious exposure for the uurposa OF
demOrsliZing the minds of Young girls, and hC
fined Newhall S1O0. aud in default niuet, DAYS
in the workhouse. John Nahoney. assault aud
battery on VIM. II. Barker. sTiet m 4Ster in
Georgetown. Barker said Mahoney pulled a
stel-ladder out from under him, and after wards
threw n fOur-pOund weight. which struck
him on the head, cutting him severely: SlI and
Ilprlnls RurnS and H.,ff
Catherine Brown. This appears to have been a
wanton and aggressive assault. Burns. it was
testified. went into John Browns hOuse and
calling Mrs. j.. an ugly name, caught her by
the hair and pulled her out Into the street
beating and striking her, before her husband
could come to her rescue. The injuries she re-
celyed caused SPANS and sickness from which
she has sufficiently recovered to come to court
TO testify. The assault took place on the ith of
July; continued. Nose Black, assault and bat
terry on Ann Gibson; 800 or sixty days in jail.
Alexander Watson. colOred. larceny of a tow
line worth 81; SO, or thirty days Ia jail VIM.
Mathews was Gned 81 far contempt of court, in
not app airing to testify as a prosecuting wit
ness. Reuben Green, eolored, charged with
assault and battery with intent to Kill VIM.
Carter, on the 18th July. Green said he shot
him in seif-defense. Carter was present and
testified that he was employad as watchman'
and ordered Reuben away, when he fired two
shots, one striking him in the breast. Sent to
the grand jury. in default of bonds.
M, r,;,o. TyAsEISeIoN, D; G ,July 10Th, 1872.
hlT. Eduor: In The sTAR of July l7ih appeared
Gam, well a. Co, by J. w. Slower the erast.r
part q ~hich as rsonal abuse Of Uys-lf Were
IT not Tor the fact that Mr. Slower charged me vi IA
uttering two absolute false hoods, would bot thi.k
nHs ca1ss nin a ,r sJ sS duct sn,5 a.
dtect'rs aprnratHS 90 ths city. and rhsn nofirs
PTomH remedy, IS abSO'E ~ false And again ne
sald' "Eqrdtty ba'se Is ii. assertion thai haze
dir,dHais for SIS" The affida, il which follow.
settles the matter of controversy between u, and
shows that these aones car be bought b. indi,id
pals Tor y Sd and that the man " no max them al
i.ees ershp Of the paten in Mr. CT ane, and lot
in Gamewell Co
COHnty and Cir Of Waskinstos, District Of Cotx,u
II \. Miles, being duly sworn. deposes and saws
that he ls citizen Of said city, ana that in the
FIRE Alarm TteRra ph in said city: that he knows of
his own knowledge that the g1e,s in each 81 the
nine signal boz es pr cured Of Gamewell 4 Co., OF
worthless, and that such d. feet has not this date
been remedied by said firm Dep Jnent furthr says
Fire Alarm Telegraph, in September 1871 he mott.
NJ d said company verbally, through J. w slower,
their agest, OF said defects and that said Slower re-
Piled, IN substance thar at good oHgh for uS
zee mtght hare bought their higher priced 6ores -
peponent further state that. in the of March
place of business Of Chester Co, ut No I0I Center
street, snd that Mr. Che ster then and there in
formed him that Mr.. Crane. of Boston, owned and
controlled the letters patent for tie engine hocse
gong which the firm of Gsmewell L Co. ns- that he
!Chester Co: manufsci ures and sell these gongs
each. NILE
sworn to and subscribed before this 2Oth say
OF July, 1877. IL. CLAY JOHNSON,
Gentlemen Of this city may now Judge Width r the
alleged falsehood charged by Mr.. Slower against
JAS. A McDEvIrr.