Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-09-20
THE COURTS.

PROBATE COURT, Judge HurqDR reys.-To-,av
the last VIII OF Charles l.. Boarman was fully
proven and admittettO probate and record and
the widow qualified executrix-bond Al ora
The last will Of Thomas Anderson was frIlv
proven, and the last will OF Mary Z. Brown
partially proven.
POLICE COURT, Jlf1ge Mdys.-Yesse-dav affair
our report closed, John McCarty was arraiynei
charged with larceny of three shawls fcom
Anna Hall. valued at Sl3. The latter testifed
that she attended picnic at the parkSnd left
her shawls for a few moments, and on RETURN
ing to the spot they were missing Oaicer
Smoot testified to recovering them atNcCartv's
house on search warrant: Two boys, WIN.
Hart and John Regan, testified that (hey toak
the shawls from seat in the pavilion and SOL
them 20 mcCarty for So. The bovs then wars
arTa:5ned on the charge of the theft and pleaded
guilty. Regain was sent to the reform school,
and Hart fined so or sixty days in Jail. David
Mccoy, charged with stealing fifty cigars from
drug store, corner of 9th and r streets.
1t was testified that David walked into the
store at midday and coolly took them from the
counter and ran off with them and was caught
soon after; sixty DAYS in jail. Hamilton Wilson.
COlored, was charged with stealing morse. Ac-
eordng TO the testimony, the horse was taken
from the market and offered for sale bv accused
at Wallis Bazaar where the accused was ar
rested. For defence, A small colored boy testi-
fed that he was present when Sam Jackson, a
colored man. brought the horse 10 Wilson's sta
be- and sold IL for 81 10 accused. Samuel Jack
son as then aTraigned charged with steal;ur
the horse. a witness testified to having seen
:
81. Jackson protested that party tnft him =
take the horse. Judge Mills said he dill not ba-
Hcye there was any larceny in the case and dis
missed both parties. Sarah Douglass, coloreh
assault and battery on Mary Brown, a Ut.le
white girl, 50.
TO-DAY.
The case of Amelia Herbert, charged with
assault and battery on Mrs. Oberheim, con-
nDUed from yesterday, was resumed, aud after
several witnesses had testified the Judge i'm
posed fine of S25 and costs. Jackson Faunt-
roy, colored, charged with interfering with
Officer Mulhall in the discharge of his duty
The officer testified that in disturbance on
Pennsylvania avenue, after he had made an
arrest of Iisoner, accused nterfered to res
cue him, and threatened to shoot at complain
ant. The case was proven, and he was fined 10
and costs. Spider Brown, colored, assault
ara battery on Henry Stevenson. THIS
was a common knock down out of bare
cussedness, aud he was fined $40 and costs
" IN. Saunders, assault and battery on Henry
Vogler; s. and costs Clarence johnson, a co.,
ored boy, larceny of a martingale; S.. Military
Jones, cOtOred, assault and battery on ROsaua
Dixon. Rosana testified that Military met her
on l. street, and without any cause struck her in
the face; So and costs. Martin, alias Freddy
WEIGH, assault aud battery on Frances WEIGH,
his wife. Frances did not appear, and Nc
Gloss asked that the prisoner be held and an at
tachmeDt be issued for his wife; so ordered.
Richard Campbell, assault and battery on Thos
Jefferson, colored 500 to keep the peace
Henry Piper, charged with stealing a lot of rope,
worth $40, property belonging to the board of
public works; fined $40 or 90 days in Jail.