Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-11-20
THE COURr.

Sh.rt. Daniel hcp"nsll, Jan srev ard n;,ty Nil
iDr concealed wc-rcs; P.irieS Hsrs :, fsr ears.
ss s:9s for a Ssias 0q S nd ';
IS for dhtRrtins the peace and euiet of Gessge-
res GhsrIe,i. Jasnsos sam sa e ese.
julia Jsckson, Hem ietta Garter, ksry Ana Dorses
Su.hei and Ss IL eo.I oS nile 's se sser 81
his Be, sos 70 2. r-gusar eesness Of late, and the
and Jerd.y esaeSs al. party 70 With H tss:s bass
,ser on s,s psse ses gi,gs thea Al, l,stSrs let
Iep.tiiien q the ossnee John Rosne, assault, aud
battery on Emma kosne, his wife, IS and bonds TO
Williams; sie and costs Charles asv kia,, assault
and battery 90 Jacob Eisemas: sl0 and costs. Dan
sac; So or thiriy day: n ss Robert sSstoS,
asesolt end battery on hsry, his wife IL appears
?. ndes. John cohsn. Assault and battery on Alice
Turs.r, who told the Judge that Johu cursed her
back 70 him, when he Knocked her over the irsnins
board She as ironing clothes At the time; so she
sde hum ran out Of the house; SO and bonis to
Joseph Chin aud WAN Boy ID smith, charged with
ssssultibg and robbins Clement s. Ford. This
that he was on his way Sonaa@it vas very t darS
men by rest snrsut and ash ed them 10 put him Oh
t1e night tssck They replied that they were yer,
started 10 GO and then two men folose him ont.
SssI b@ 1ns nS9eTss saTa G tbs
on tS The nSts, ana Parts q thsn we're lst in hi
two polio men came up and took dim nome H.,
tqiIy recognized these two men as the principals
them Gems out Of the aur ant and The u5ge san,
the case to the grand jury.
MlsCELIANEOUs.
Wallace J. Dodge, Isrceny Of a gold watch worth
500 and badge worth $50, the property of 4 au
sent TO the higher court Richsrd Rob-, vas lined
go Tor selling LIQUOR on Sunday.
Joseph Meosoey. charged with G violation of
the United States postal laws by restoring Cancelled
ss ussd time o. AND
tam ps 80 ws,hed; pleaded not guilty Messrs. VIM.
Eli Gle, oolor.d man, 10 the employ Of the Pen.
sion Office testified to having been sent ny Mr. J q
had purchased them on sevsrsl occasions. Here q
number were shown him, some Of which he reoos.
NEE NJ a. ,nose ne hsd purchased, by marks which
Mr.. Tabor, clerk in the same ofice after looking
6rongS 70 him By sse 0f he hss
them in the presence of Gale in order to Identify
obtained them for the detectives BIZ iostruetons ~
the chief Of the Pension once.
here Carefully examined the stamps With IL insr%
cancellation. He was in doubt as to some Of them.
BY aid Of his glass. This witness was subjected to
After hearing the Testimony Of Mr. oGsitin,
druggist, who stated that Mr. McOooey had applied
parks from stamps also, the testimony Of Detective
McElfresh as to finding number Of old stamps In
postponed
Pattie Lane, disorderly assembly; forfeited coll
latsral-S2O. Alfred B0ldin, cursing; IS. Isaac
T Shnsop s asrsnt. was sent to the workhouse
man charged With interr9pting theatrical enter
allen a ssyng 2Psn an excavation in
S.. George Anderson, eOiored, was fined $50 or s.
days 10 Iail, for carving pistol Joseph keeter,
T Raub was charged with maint aiming nuisance
BY keeping place where bones are ground and soar
yeseT Portugal was sent to the wS Sgi
house. Robert Hickman, assault on Peter Fox
an' on sIa Mary. Han Tsns SIS BOND. ;Aq To
hep .I ,v The b peace, and fined 20, or 80 days
head; 20 and costs. Lizzie weldon, assault aud
leaders IN his len hand and causing the loss Of ali
his fingers on that hand. This occurred in a low
Division, and from the testimony it appeared that
the girls were both intoxicated and after an alter
and made lunee at the throat OF ri named Psrks
Warrington, and Jones came between them Just In
small cut ON the hand Another charge OF the same
kind was made BY Parke Washington, and the court
sixty days in Jail in each case.
THE CASE OF MCOoEY,
charged with yfoistton of the United States postal
laws, was resumed at o'clock.
John q. Nicholson testified that he had purchased
stamps from defendant for other parties 81 differ.
G. w. Roosevelt, q clerk in the Pension Off ,e tes-
tined that be had received some stamps from Mich
olson had been requested TO purchase them from
him. He returned some OF them, they had no mu-
cilsRe on them. and they looked rather pale De
feEdant gave him others in place of them, and he
used them.
David l.. Getz, a clerk in the Pension office, in
charge OF the msi room testified that the mails for
md first stamped with the date of their recent
this has been the duty Of Mr. McCOosy. What loose
stamps are found among themails bave always been
regarded as the property Of this STAN ping CLERK as
perquislte, his salary being quite small This has
been the practice for many years. Another duty of
Mr.. MeCooey has been to cut open the letters and
arrange them for distribution among the clerks
Sometimes loose stamps are found among them,
which are enclosed for the purpose of pI the
such purpose, as the department have their own
81 amps and can use no others. OF course such fugi
tive stamps are taken by the clerk, a. has always
been the custom. Sometimes envelopes already
stamped are enclosed, designed by the sender 10 be
returned In such case in removing the stamcs the
mneilage would necessarily come of.
VIM. yodrsy, who filled the place of Mr.. McC ooey
during his leave OF absence testified that he took
possession Of all fugitive stamps during such ser
aware Of this custom, and clerks in the habit
OF purchasing such stamps for private use.
Benjamin g. Fuller, clerk In the mail room, cor
robe rated the testimony OF former witnesses.
The case was still In progress when our report
closed,