Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-12-28
THE COURTR

CGTftfT.
To-day, Campbell agt. American Popular
Life Insurance company; on trial.
CRIMINAL CoURT-JsdGe Macarthur.
To-day, Catherine Read, keeping a bsr-room,
(appeal); guilty-fne of sos. Bridget Shea,
do, do. Thos. Hsyne, do, do. District cases
against the following: Jeremiah Quinn, Mary
Powers, II. n. Hirsch, Rudolph Peterson and
EQUITY CoURT-Jados Wylie.
To-day, Whitney agt. BARLEY, ct. al; order
enlarglng time. Stockman agt. Stockman;
agt. Grant; decision for sale. Walsh agt. Rund-
let, and Austin agt. Fendall; bonds approved.
Bell agt Bell order for rule to show cause.
NANNY sgt Lee; order allowing complainant
POLICE CouRr-Judg. Shell
To-day, Michael Mickey, an inebriated shoe
maker, indecent exposure; IS. VIM. f. Dorsey,
Loving Jones, middle aged white man charged
with vagrancy. IT was shown in Testimony
that he Is in the habit of insulting unprotected
Hester Chase, night scudder; sent down for 30
DAYS.
ROUGH TREATMENT OF A BRoTEER-rS-1.v.
Alonzo and Bartlett Phillips, assault and bat
terry eE Thos. Lewis, who testified that he came
nome drunk Saturday night and said something
wrong TO his wife. 1.-The next thing he knew
ne dld,nt know nothin." Scars and cuts on
his head showed that somebody knew something
about II. Counsel for prosecution called a coli
oreo man, a spectator, who testified that he saw
the two Phillips hold OF Lewis, their brother
"a
banDister on the sidewalk. Several blows were
passed by the two in defence of their sister
Mrs. Lewis. This occurred on X, between Az
and 9th streets southwest, and created copsii-
cradle excitement in the neighborhood. Tbev
are all cOlored people, and do not hear
very good names for peace and quiet.
witnesses for defence testified that the porch was
rotten ard broke down, carving Lewis with it,
aad that he was not thrown over Mrs Lewis
In rebuttal, testified that her husband struck AZ
her with a chair, and abused her, when her
brother took her part, and took hold of Thomas
and threw his heels right over his head and hs
struck the pavement, and never grunted, even.
s Sne went to him and rubbed him, and said:
Tom! Toni" but he couldn't even grunt She
then began to scream murder" ON cross
examination she said that Bartlett said to
AIohZo' "Lets throw him over and break his
neck" Sent to the grand jury, and bonds hxed
at $500 each. Andrew Addison pleaded guilty
to assault and battery on Alice BROKER, who
said she was "whelted over the head fearful;n-
$40.
CHARGE OF KEEPING BAD HOUSE.
Hester Long, colored, was charged with keep
ing bawdy house IN the Slashes in alley be-
tween 18th and 18th and L and U streets. les
timony OF two women was taken, establishing
the charge, and Hester told the Judge that il
was put up job on her; that they were down
on her, and she could prove it; but this was a
second offence, she having been convicted of
the same offence before, so the court imposed a
tine OF 800, or six months in Jail.
PONY GASES.
Alexander POney, assault and battery on
the tune OF SO. Minor Taylor pleaded guilty
to stealing chicken worth a dollar; SIS. John
Callahan was charged with threatening MARI,
his wife, delicate-lookiDg woman; that he
would massacre" her. 1t appeared to be hear
say testimony made TO a third person. 30 he was
admonished and discharged. William Harri-
son. colored, threats to Cornelia Harrison his
wife, who testified that he choked her while
asleep in bed Christmas night; SO and costs
and 500 bonds to keep the peace jackson
West, charged with assault on VIM. Hicks; A.
Peter Parker and John Simms, colored.
assault and battery on Isaac Young, an old and
decrepid white man keeping a clothing store.
1t was testified that they tried to steal pair or
pants, which led to words, and the two beat the
old man cruelty. This occurred in Georgeto
Nothing was proved against Simms and he was
discharged, and Parker sentenced to Jail six
months. Joseph Coombs forfeited $50 for car
rying q concealed weapon. Henry Lindsey
larceny of S1.25 from a sick colored man. The
wife Carrie Lane, testified that Lindsey came to
her house last night and asked for lodgings
Her husband was laying at the point of death,
and the accused picked the money out of his
pocket and ran away-she was afraid to modest
him. Her husband died soon afterwards; slO
and costs. Harry Minor, disturbing the Theater
Comique audience; S.. Tom Hines, assault and
battery on his wife, Ada Hines, who appeared
to be seriously hurt. She testified that Tom
beat her feaIfully in her bedroom and every
time he got mad he would come home and beat
her; SO and costs and 500 to keep the peace,