Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-09-03
THE COCRTS.

EQUITY CouRT, Judge Hsmpkreys-To-day
Barbour and Hamilton agt Taylor ct al; order
Collins aga. Ferguson ct al; decree substituting
Q. II. Dickson trustee. Skinner agt Skinner;
decree decree appointing r; 5: Davis trustee to seil.
be drawn. Clay and Lee agt- Smith; do. Tag
CART aet Taggart; do. Ewing sgt. Fuller; or
Ssush act. Nut; deeqse anal air ra,nestion sale
ard reference TO auditor TO state distribution
account
PoLICs COURT, Judge Mlis--To-day, the
case of Joseph y. Roach, charged with obtain
ing money under false pretences, was post
poned. Washington NeGrsw, Chss. McGraw
and Thomas Conway, assault and battery on
Mclaughlin and Wesley Adams, assault and
battery with intent to commit a rape on Louisa
Spsnna; postponed until Thursday next. Frank
1urnbuTke, assault and battery on Dias al John
son; 81, without cost. Kate Murphy, assault on
Mary Greenwich, striking her with q loaf Of
bread over the eyes. Mary testified that Kate
got offended at her, and called out in front of
her house, 4" Come out here, you dirty moll,"
and she went out, when Kate fired away with
her loaf OF bread; dismissed. George Yantis,
charged with assault and battery on Sophia
Betty, by using grossly insulting language, and
afterwards striking her in the street; s. and
costs. Sandy Boyd, assault and battery on VIM.
n. Burke, both colorrd. Burke testified that
Boyd struck him over the bead with his rum
briiler;" S3 and costs. Emma Tollier, si00
bonds for making threats to Cstharine Robinson.
john Lew was charged vita threats OF violence
TO Philip Bruce. Levi keeps a small grocery
shop and Bruce testified that Levi sold him (BO
pint of black molssses for the best OF syrup,
and when demonstrated with he went for his
pistol TO shoot him; 500 bonds to keen the
peace. Agnes Jones, larceny OF quantity of
old iron; IS Joseph Lee. coored boy, larceny
OF a picture valued at 50; reform school. Fanny
Thomas, loud and boisteIous talk on eth street;
So. Henry Turner, colOred, profanity; S3. John
Mathews, carrying concealed weapons; $50.
Rhoda Carter violation OF cart law in not MAIN
tanning the required distance; a. Thomas
Cesar, same charge, forfeited his collateral; -.
Margaret Evans, profanity: s5. John CarbeTry,
a small boy, failure to main the proper distance
between carts; So Charles Brown was fnei Is
for disorderly conduct in Georgetown. Carrie
Brown forfeited her collateral; 50 for profanity.
Franklin Benner and James Levy; same. Nelly
Smith, same. John Meredith; same. Albert
Paris, So for cursing. Edward Bsche, cursiny
on the street; So. Jeremssh Mccarthy, for
F4snk Wam nSs sS"ss IN
Mackey. charged with enticing prostitution; a.
Thomas Costello, charged with selling liquor IN
less quantities than pint without license; post
poned until next Friday.
FIPTY CENTS roR A GLASS OF LAGER.
Mr.. Fritz Schoible, keeper of a restaurant,
was charged with refusing to sell whisky to
Stellar Davis and other colored men; also,
charged with failure to have list OF prices dis
played in conspicuous place In his place OF
business. Stellar Davis testified that he didn't
want the wniskey, and only asked for it to see
II the proprietor would refuse to sell to q negro.
The five witnesses had previously agreed to 90
proprietor. r. H. Murray, ooiored, testified to
about the same effect, and that they had been
charged 80 cents PEI glass for lager, and that
the people of the house positively refused to sell
Davis a glass of lager Tor less than 30 cents. to
be paid in advance. Samuel Williams, colored,
testified to the same. After the testimony was
over, Attorney Miller read over the law to in
struct the judge in all its bearings and rehearsed
the same speech he had previously made before
Judge Smell. Mr.. Hine, for defendant, agued
that the law is invalid, and the District legis-
lature had no right to enact such a, law, an
nulling mans license, which had been entered
int by the authorities, therefore the act was un-
constitutional, and would be so ruled by the
courts. Again, the law does not prescribe what
q man shall charge for his property. The case
was in progress when our report closed.