Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-03-07
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THE COURTS.
CRIMINAL COURT, Judge Contradictory,
George Lawson, charged with an assault and
battery on his wife, was found not guilty.
THE CASE OF SHEA.
The case of John Shea, charged with receiving
stolen property-the watch of which Mr.. Meter
was robbed, and for which four parties have
been convicted and sentenced to the peniten-
tiary, the search for which az Shea's house led
to the homicide of Officer F. NJ. Doyle--was
taken up. Meter testified to the robbery, and
S'mms, who was only one in the attacking gang
who escaped conviction, was called to the sand.
but knew nothing of the watch being sold al
sheas except from kearsay. Lieut.. johnson
testihed to recovering the chain and to Shea
asking to be taken 10 Detective Coomes, because
he had had transactions with him before. He
found at the house great deal of stuff such as
instructed the jury that defendant was entitled
TO verdict of not guilty; that the law required
that the party should know that the goods were
stolen, ard proof to this fact was not offered.
The jury returned a verdict of not guilty. Bar
| Tett for defence.
TEE CHARGE OF KKEPISG GAMBLING HOUSE.
Messrs. Moore and Bright entered a motion
| for arrest of judgment I'm the case of Martin
LaTruit, on the following grounds:-1st. The
ofierce is not charged to have been committed
| IN any specific place. I'd. No proper venue Is
! laid in the indictment. Sd. The verdict finds
| defendant guilty on the first count, and not
guilty on the second; and the two counts being
| but different mode of charging the same Of
| fence, the verdict OF not guilty on either count
| entities the defendant TO be discharged. 4tb
The Indictment, though containing two counts,
charges, in fact and in law, but one offence
and no judgment can be entered on the verdict.
Floyd Stevenson alias Thos. Stewart. char yed
with burglary and arson. 1t will be recol-
Iected, III the latter part of January some beds
were fred in the American House, and after the
flames were eZtinguished the accused was found
In bis bed with his clothing on except his coat,
and subsequent a pair of pants belonging to
Mr.. Painter were found in his room. The
jury returned a verdict of guilty.
Ten appeal cases have been set for tO-mor-
row.
CIRCUIT COURT. Judge MacArtLur.-To-day
CALI x 90: agt Hermann and Schneider agt.
Gallant: judgments final. OwenJ Wilson agt.
Anderson; verdict for plaintiff, $1,000.
POLICE Court, Judge SneH-To-day, william
Winters and Gottleib Tipman pleaded not guilty
OF indecent exposure, and Winters was fined s.
and Tipman dismissed. Margaret Hughes
charged with drunkenness and cursing on Water
street. Georgetown: fired SIS. Frank Allen
VIM. Burnett and VIM. Conlan, charged with
unlawful assembly; fined s5each. Albf Hughes.
charged with stealing pair of shoes valued at
$3.50, pleaded guilty, and was fined $40 and
costs. William II. Barker, market master in
Georgetown, who was before the court yester-
day ON charge of indecent exposure at the
nlaiketh mouse IN that city, as reported in yester-
10 TIE STARS report, which he said was incor.
rect, stating that the offense was not committed
IN the market, but outside OF it; and another
point was that he did not understand the Judge
TO administer reprimand, but dismissed the
case in consideration of the circumstances set
forth by him. The Judge replied that he had
no jurisdiction over the newspapers.
The BOARD OF PUBIC WORKS have award
ed the contract for hauling material of all kinds
rom any point on the river, between II street
and New Hampshire avenue, and to be deliver
cd to any point where wanted for use between
10Th streets and the Potomac river to John
ConnelI, at 32k cents per ton. They have also
awarded the contract for hauling materialfrom
Clark & Co.'S, Wn. Guinand's, and JOYS
wharves, to be delivered at the property yard
on Georgia avenue, to Williams, Jolly & Co, at
80 cents per ton.
The board have also ordered the repair of the
pumps on 9th St, between ID and southwest:
North Capitol and G SITS. northwest; Sd and 7,
SITS northwest, and on o St, between LIST and z
southeast.
The UNION STREET RAILnoAD-TEe Enter
PRISE an Good Enthusiastically afternoon the
ste ckholders OF the Union Railroad Company
met at the office of s. p Brown & Son. and
elected officers for the ensuing year as follows:
Jacob II. Kengla. president; A. H. Herr, treas
EIep; 6ro0ks b 1 Williams secretary; Jacob H.
yer, e. w. Hayden, A. P. Pardon, and A. p.
Brown, directors. The salary of the president
was hxed at s., $50 per year.
OUR GRAND OPERA HousE-Edi,or Star.-
HOW about it? Are We going to have it? The
nothing would pay better, and every interest of
the city demands it. If commenced right away.
at the opening OF spring it could be finished in
ready for the Inauguration ball, &c. Who win
have the honor OF leading Off, in a substantial
way? X.YZ
THE REV. DR.. HUSTON, whose name has
been rather prominently before the public OF
late III connection with the so-called "Balti-
more scandal" passed through this city yester- |
day on his way to WarrentOn, Virginia, where
the conference of the Methodist Episcopal
session. The charges against DR.. Huston are to |
be investigated by the conference.
OYSTER AND FISH MARKET- Roor7 IF Hahn
Inspections. -lnsPector-Gen1 Gatcbell reports |
the arrival and sale of marine products as fol- |
lows: sloOp Amelia Capella, $50 punches fish; |
white hsh sold at zoe. per bunch. yellow at 25c |
But Few oysters remain on hand at the wharf |
and OF inferior quality Prices range from DC
to a5c per bushel. Condemned, 100 bushels oys- |
ters.
SMALL-POx.-Two deaths from smallpox are /
reported by the Board of Health within the last |
twenty -fOur hOurs-one the child of Daniel
Genau, on 9th street, between ID street and |
louisiana avenue, and the other a child of Mr.
Sehaffer, corner 9Th and streets.
SETTLRD.-The cases of willard agt Willard /
involving the division OF the Willard Hotel and |
NJ ansi0n House property between Messrs JOseph |
Z. and Henry A. Willard have been settled, |
compromise having been affected.
ALLEGED CRUELTY To ANIaALs-Inspector
General Gatchell caused the arrest of Beverly
WARTS for cruelty to animals for working q
manned horse, and he was fined So and costs
SEE ADVERTISEMENT of joint discussion of an |
question by the Everett and Y. NJ. /
Z. A. Lyceums.
c. BAUM informs the ladies that he sell. a /
be autiful real hair curl for 50, at his Corset L
Factory, 4oS 9TH street.