Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-12-24
L OC al Y L US.
IN bach Stand a se DecIded

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Th!s morning in the Criminal Court, Judge
Macarthur, the case OF George Boyd, charged
with violating the hack law, was taken uu
This Ii the test case OF the hackmen about IN
Arlington hCttl, the stand formerly being IN
iGJFt 81 the hotel, Vermont eYepue, between
ami / ttItets The BUafd OF PuDiic Work
changed t,is stand 10 Is y street aui Pennsyl-
va ia ayeLue, bat B0yd claimed the right u
occupy the sts,-d and Tor attempting @ eXer-
else that igEt was arrested. The DIstrics A.
tOTuey claimed that the defcn n1ant ought ID h-
convicted, under the ordinance Of TIE Old cor
pcT3ti0n OF le42s Tor the reason tast the sam
[ ad rot bSCn.J Tealtd BY the act o $50. which
gave the hackmen the express privilege OF o.
cUpy ng the stand in fTcLt OF the "Arliugt0n,' -
aHA that The penalty attached to the old act VI
1872 could tie S1bstitu ed for the violation o. TIL
act Of The Legisiatiye Assembly o. ISL which
penalty had been omitted Ey the legislature
HE defence, on the ether hand. cOntsn led that
the act of the late corp0gatOnOf $50. entirely
abolished aud repealed the act OF 1872 50 far -
IL related TO this particular hack stand, aut
that the legislature having committed cIs4s
oniSSiS in failing TO attach penalty for viola
ion OF the particular EectiOu under which IA
conviction was claimed I'm jh's case, il could
not be suppl!sd by the Court, nor any reference
made TO the act OF l-42, which d'd provide
penalty. 1t was further cOntsnisG that tle a.,
OF io1O bad not been epealed bT any a,t o. the
late legislative assembly, and was still in fIt
force nd effect.
Julge Macarthur said that this case involves
the construction CT a number OF ensctmsnts not
easily recOnciled. lt appeared that the legisla-
hackney carriages, had IN tlv a very elaborate
and minute law, which closes with q clause
repeating all acts and parts of acts inconsistent
with this act. It was quite evident that It was
the intention OF tue law makers TO cover tae
whole ground. In Tega-d 10 one provision, how
ev IT. To penalty is attached, AMI the prOSecu-
ton go back 10 the act of 1912. His impression
Is that lEe act OF II, Notwithstanding the omis-
zion, takes The place of the old Law, snd he had
but little doubt but such was the intention. II
be was mistaken in this view, he had no doubt
L a II a a. ems IN u.
information. IL was quite true that Congress
had given the Board Of Pd5lic WORKS power
IN the scope OF the bOsrd to repeal
law or exercise Legislative authority.
Neither tho Board OF Pubic Works in its pal
miest DAYS, or the Commissioners would have
done so had they examined the law. The laB
OF ISL gives the Board OF Public Works the
right TO establish haCk-sta ands, but does ngt give
power 10 abolish stands established by law. II
the hackmen occupied place not made a stand
10y law they could be arrested under tue com
mon law for ohstructing the streets. He was 0!
the opinion that the prosecution mIst fail.
The jury theTeup0n returned q verdict OF no.
guilty. The District was represented bY Gen.
Brney and \. 4. Birney, and the defendant by
Judge Moore, Nr. Newman and Mr.. CAhill
FAIL IN CORN Lircly R,eensat n Ge9es
TieS.-Yeste day afternoon as business was liz
progress as usual at the grocery OF Mr.. 5. {.
Hill, 10, 92S Louisiana avenue, a heavy crash
was heard, jarring the entire bIiIdlng, aud the
back part OF the store seemed TO be al knocked
up in heap. 1t appeared on examination thai
the rear part OF the third hOcr had given way
III der the weight of quantity OF corn and rye,
from 90 TO 200 bushels, which had bean
there stow ed by MIR. John a. Baker, and was
precipitated to the second 1oor filed with gro.
ceTies, which also gave way, the whole rear
PORTION Of the flooring and contents being mixed
up in a mass about nfteen feet Wide aud ex-
tending twenty 10 twenty-five feet towards the
front or the store. Fortunately there were no
persons in the back part OF the building at the
time, and no one was injured. The building is
ore Of a row of five built within the past year
Tor Messrs. w. III. Philip and Walter s. Cox by
MI X. /. Fleming, and the first and second
floors were occupied by Mr. Hill and the upper
story was occupied by Mr.. John A. Baker, the
agricultural implement dealer, whose estab
lshment is adjoining. The joists appear TO
have been of the usual size and to have run
over four or more inches on each wall, but il Il
supposed the weight OF the material caused
them 10 sag and draw out of the walls. The
damage 10 he building is probably $500, and
MessIs. Hill and Baker each lose more than
this sum, hut as there was much machinery
scales, &c, in that portion OF the building
which gave way belonging to Mr. Baker, as
slso quantity of goods belonging TO Mr. Hill
and the debris has not yet been cleared away
1t Is impossible to ascertain exactly how much
camsge has been done.
MASONIC ELRCrIoNs.-Hope Lodge. No. a1
z. A. A. NJ, has elected the following of cers,
Richard Goodheart, W. NJ; Charles o. Brown.
s. W.; b. b. Tompkins; J.w.; Emil Arctsnder'
son, tier.
stspsbury Lodge, No. "A, F. A. A. NJ, has
elected B. ID. Carpenter, W. NJ; w. W. Cow
Ing, B. w; Z. j. Middleton, jr., j. W.; George
W B BaIoch, treasurer; b. nj. Barker, secretary;
Anacostia Lodge, No. 2I, r. A. A. NJ, elected
W. Ii. Collins, w. NJ; II. Petit, 8. WOE
smith, j. w; X. Z. Martin, treasurer; Jno.
Mclean, secretary.