Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-02-04
the couRrs.

COURT IN GENERAL TERM.--To-iay Chsret
pnsd STATE: oBTe an deesop 6,s IN
zion fer new tri,l on cxcerticn.; Washington Cit,
ast. Mcigs, argument commenced
CIRCUIT COURT, Juice Carrf1.-To-siay, Phil
brook ast Cook; lca,e 70 smrHd Brent sgt Ma
ssl g. Bitidle sst. Hamilton; feave to amend Bo
%In ss Smith Smith, q s"ffi y ScIsa and O'en
PROBATE COURT, ysdes Ola To-day
Josephine Bryant q4alihed as administrator
bond s4D. $. A. Fitzhmsh aaaliSsj siminis,ra
TIKI 18th the will annexed, of ANAer FItzhngh
POLICE COURT, -Jrdss SnsiL-On saturia,
last in the csse of Mccormick, char ged with selInl
feeSive nfSrmaiion ~as raised By Mr. TaS 81 S
counsel for defendant, and in which he moved IN ar
counsel ORDERED the motion 10 be eniersl on III,
records and dismissed the accused.
Michael Shea; S. James A Lewis, charSsi viii ri
breaking down and carrying ava, The fence abou
Res cSaFssa Mh Se ssm s1i on seef Ses
collateral, and an attachment was ordered 20 be is
has been watching for these parties. ' and eaush
them on Saturday night in the act Theophilu.
valued at ss; sixty days in Jail Also charged Il
stealing one door mat frona the house Of Jesse
slS bonds to kecP the peace. John Lacey sharSeSi
john Eaans % joseph William. iam Clan nl
and John Kemp, all same charge; SIS each.
Orpheus Alexander, assault and battery on Eliza
E EcL ss Pat pcnohpc assault and battery on
keep the Eea1s Tilman johnson; assanlt aud bat
, M on w: HI Lesi eolorsd; slo and costs WIN
without lleense, and counsel noted an appeal; $50
was arrssned for crrsins oa b.SeSs Within,
license three separate charges. one for Keeping
ahs the osr a4 Eespnf
s hs er'ass tn the cr the aEPd for
ne Of ss in each case in addition 'r rm pf e1ai
estate agents were charged With failure 20 remny,
snow from in front Of an qnoccuPiel house Of which
they are agents for the sale of the property. Thy
limited merely 70 the SALE and not to any further
SINGULAR STORY OF WITNESS.
selling liquor IN less quantities than one pint with
out n mcense The place is located a. the corner f
e have taken place on the ?Oth Of January oftieer
Hardin testified 20 seeing Mary Smallwood come out
eummoning her to appear at court to- testiy on the
day following; but her failure appear the ca
to court. This morning Mary Snslwcod came ne into
court and testified that on Saturday morning, the
to appear, Mr. Sweeney sent TIVE coiered men to- heq
house to induce her not TO appear but on her ex-
her TO go to Sweeney's house, where Sweeney and
his wife renewed their Inducements TO her not 10
make q cent by doing so; but finding persna.
sion did not accomplish their purpose, they
IN room Wnere she was Kept all dav.
and at o clock In the evening colored man, named
Johnson, with another she did not know, were EN-
poyed to take her 10 Alexandria that she declared
she would not go with them; but finding her deter
mined not to CO. they forced her to the railroad
station with them, where Sweeney gave her az and
tickets we're procured for herself and Johnson and
In defiance of her protest she was forced the
aud landed in Alexandria, when johnson took her TO
a tavern, where she was detained against her viii
until The next Friday, just one week. The officers,
IN the pIeanime, getting an inkling Of what had
taken place, went in search of Mary and discovered
her IN the tavern Aforesaid She released at
and brought before the court The judge after
listening 10 this singular story, fined Sweeney the
appeal was taken, and bonds in the sum of : 80 re-
CURED Tor appearance. The attorney has the matter
under consideration of taking action against ali the
parties concerned in this transaction.