Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-08-20
THE COURTS.

Pc-rCR CoFRT, judge Snsu.-To- dav, A.
ired hendriek, petit larceny OF q knife, pleaded
Ter, assault and battery on VIM. Edinburg BY
knocking him down In the street without cause
and running Of; So and costs. Hannah Digs,
assault and battery on Maggie Curtis. These
were two apparently respectable women. The
at air was rather trivial in its character and the
judge fined the accused S3 and costs Hannah
asked leave to free her mind afterwards, but the
judge said ii was rather too late, she havins,
pleaded guilty. james Stokes, assault and bat
terry on Solomon Kemp; SIS and costs. Ella
Jackson, assault and battery on Ella Washing
TOT; IS and costs. Phil. Moore, assault and bat
terry on Thomas Washington, who said that she
anu PM were arguing religion, when he got
mad and hit him wild a stone;- dismissed.
alter Redmond, assault and battery on An
thony White by making three passes at him
vita razor and then ran of, leaving the
razor on the ground; three months in jail The
Jndse remarked that this razor cutting has got
70 be put stcf 20 and he would fix no fine in the
case.
WOULDN'T MARRY HER.
yohn Z. Cole, threats of personal violence to
Alice Turner, colored. Alice told the Judge
that John had promised to marry her; that she
had been living with him for some time, and
thinking 1t was time TO talk business she asked
I,n 20 Pe,Iotm ms premise he said he had got
marry and threatened TO Kill her If She said any
Thing more about Ii. The threat being condi-
tonai the judge dismissed the case. George
Simms, assault and battery on Charles Boteler,
colored; So and costs.
$50 FOR A LITTLE FUN
John Manuel, assault and battery on Chris
tan Excl. Ii appeared in testimony that man
named John Waller, with Mr.. Excl, was riding
by in wagon, and spying Manuel asleep in a
cart, Waller, in playful way, cut him with a
WIFI, Thereupon Manuel jumped up and
caught tour pronged manure fork and flung
II at Waller, striking Excl instead The fork
struck on his back, and the prongs glanced
over bis head, one of them cutting the scalp to
to the skull bone; SO and costs. John Waller,
assault and battery on John Manuel by cutting
Inn with his whip. The Judge fined him so
ard costs, remsrking that If be had followed
the maxim OF minding bis own business there
would have been no injury done.
Edward King and John C. Brown, charged
with the larceny of sc from a drunken man. The
judge said if there was a larceny more contempt
able than another, IL was in stealing from a
drunken man. He sentenced them to thirty
days each in jail Henry Summers, assault on
Lewis Summers, colored; GO in Jail. Charles
Smith, charged with assault and battery on
Susan Nailor by knocking her down and stamp
ing on her; continued.
A COMMERCIAL AGENT FINEp
nenry Taher, charged with practicing the
business of commercial agent without license,
pleaded guilty and was fined S205, or co DAYS in
jail. Accused asked leave to withdraw the plea
which was granted him and the testimony was
taken, which showed that he was selling UNI
breliSs by sample. The judgment was reaffirmed
and defendant appealed and bonds were fixed at
ssoV 10 prosecute in court above.
Ann eastman, strong-minded looking
women. charged with swearing on the street,
said Of course she talked; when asked to plead
she Kept saying that "Of course she talked -
"the trouble was that her child whipped com
plainants child, which made the mother
wratly;" 50. Charity Parker, coored, charged
with stealing some silver spoons and forks VAL
ued at Si5. 1t was testified that Charity gave
the articles to another colored woman, and re-
quested her to sell them and divide the proceeds
between them. The officer arrested the accused
and recovered the silver; fined $50, or three
months in Jail; al appeal was taken and 500
bonds required. James Snowden, assault and
battery on julia Morton; So and costs.