Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-03-25

CRIMINAL CCURT. Judge Cortter.-Saturday,
kutger Teal, convicted OF forgery, was sentenced
10 one year in the pententiary.
To-day, Mary Kiley (appeaD, selling liquor
without license; guilty. Thomas Hurlihy tdo),
do; guilty
THE LIQUOR CASES.
The motion of MIR. Hiue to quash the informa-
ton charging VIM. Sweeny with selling liquor
without license was argued, and the Courtover-
ruled the motion TO quash. Judge Cartier re-
marked N at in an Indictment il he saw such q
defect he would sustain the melton, but he
would not allow technieality to defeat the law
in this offence. Here were ten or fifteen OF these
Offenders against the law whose cases are pend
ing on the decision in this case, some of them
selling liquor 10 mere BOYS, as were proved in a
case last week, and he is asked to allow these
parties TO go free-simply because the papers
contain the word .'W hereas." He would not do
1t, and remarked that il gave a great deal of
pleasure to him to punish such parties, and he
intended to see that the fnestwere paid.
POLICE COURT, Judge SneI-To-day, James
Alexander, charged with being drunk and pro-
fame, was fined 80. NJ. F. Tye and james Peters,
two soldiers. loud and boisterous talking in
Georeetown; fined 50 each. b. niamin Frazier
and Thomas Davis, disorderly in the Northern
market; fined SO each. Charles e. Duckett,
drunkard, pleaded guilty TO being drunkard;
the judge thought him guilty of both charges
and sent him to the workhouse. John Kauff-
man, loud and boisterous talk on F street: fined
So Richard Murray and Nathan Ashton, drunk
and pToiane; fined SO each. Agnes White pro-
fame and drunk on 9th street; the Judge said she
had been before him 80 often that he fined her
So, and notified her that he won q send her to
iall next time James Hickey was fined 3 for
cursing Charles Fox. same offense; fined IS
George Price and Daniel Bundv, charged with
obstTucting the entrance 70 a church and bt hay-
ing otherwise disOrderly; fined 80 each. wm
III COuson, an athletic young man, was charged
with assault and battery on Charles Dana, an
cd German, who is employed as far-man ar the
railroad depot, by knocking him down on the
track and cutting his head quite seriously. The
OLD man came into court suffering considerably
from tie wound, and appeared some what de-
lITlous. Ir. Dove was sent for, and after exam
inatiOn pronounced his wounds not of a serious
chaTacter, and Coutson was fined SIC and costs
LIZ muel Rivers, young man, pleaded guilty TO
malicious Tespass, in breaking down the gate
OF gentleman in the county, and was fined s.
Eark Hampton pleaded guilty TO the larceny of
chickens valued at 81 and was fined go. Nancy
Harris, larceny Of 81 yards OF calico was tined
$40. Asbary Jones was charged with larceny
OF lady's lunch basket, which he was
trying TO dispose of for a trihe at a low
GROCERY in Louise alley; case con inuel.
William II. CoalsOn, charged with carving a
concealed pistol. This is the person VIII, as
saulted the old man, Charles Dana, at the rail-
road depot. 1t appeared that Coulson was
somewhat intoxicated, and, upon leaving the
car, missed his hat, which he charged the old
man with taking. This led to a dispute among
the employees OF the road and Couisop there
upon drew ont loaded pistol after first knock
Ing the old man down; 1ned $40. David Craig
charged with assaulton Frederick Barber; fined
50 and costs. Thomas Penn, charged with
assault on John L. Taylor; fined So and cost
Recess.