Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-09-25
THE COUNTS,

EQUTTY ICoURT-JuGge Humphreys,
To-day, Huntington, trustee. sgt. Walker ct
al; order refusing to correct decree.
Beard, trustee, agt. Murtsgh ct al; order
oyeiruling exceptions to answer.
POLICE CoURT-Judge Shell.
To-day Augustus Cogy, Lucent exposure;
Maggie williams, enticing prostitution; IS.
John Yeatman, forfeited collateral for throw
ing stones. Dennis O'Connell, a vagrant, was
sent NJ the ehSp gang
lateral. Nathaniel Hall, profanity; s.. Jedson
Harriet, loud and boisterous SIS. john Scha-
fer; throwing stones; %. John Gsskins. as
Francis Smith, stealing one gold ring valued
at so, plead guilty, and was sent to jail 60 days.
NOVEL "PINT" OF LAW SEEM THROUGH A
(sTovRPIPE) GLAss-DARKLY.
Rudolph Petersen was charged with selling
liquor in less quantities than one pint without a
license. The evidence in this case was taat the
liquor (beer) was sold in "stovepipe' glass
The attorney for the District, Mr.. A. A. Biz
ney, claimed that it was impossible TO get q
pint of beer INTO such a glass; but admitting
that 1t held pint, was not the place tipping
house all the same, and the proprietor liable :?
The court sugs ested that as this was an lmpor-
tsnt question the case should be carried up.
MI n. ii. Miller, for the defendant, said that
he would not object, but his client bad been al
ready the subject of numerous experiments.
The court reserved Its decision.
CHARGE OF FALSE PRRTBNCES.
Madison Whpple, charged with obtaining
money by false pretenceS. Nelson Tune testi-
fed that he called on Mr.. whpple and asked ii
he was the party who had advertised in THs
STAR to sell some notes; went there at the re-
quest OF Mrs Mary A. Nevins; asked by what
property the payment of the small note (fOr
SC1O) was secured, and he said that ct the cor
ner OF Sd street and New York avenue.
Gross accommodating was in August last;
Whtpple did not offer to take him out to see the
property.
Mrs. Nevins testified that she called on Mr..
W. in response to the advertisement, and asked
about the note for $3.50, and he said that the
property was on New Jersey avenue, and had
on 1T small house; it was assessed at 81 ,OO1.
He did not state the location exactly, and she
relied on his statements. On the last Saturday
in August witness gave him S15 to bind the bar
gain, and on the LIST of September paid the bal
ance, amounting in all to s520.14. He then hand
ed her the papers.
On crO1s-exsmination, witness said that she
had loaned money before, but never on a deed
OF trust. Did not go to look at the property,
nor DID she get any one TO look at it.
The deed of trust conveying lots Nos. 23l, 233
AID 235, square No. ?, village OF MontellO, was
John s. Slater, of the assessors Office, testi-
fed that MODtellO village ia located on the
Washington branch of the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad, about \ miles from the boundary.
Witness turned to the assessment books and
said the lots were assessed last winter at $50
each. The assessments are based on the actual
lash value.
W. F. Hartman testified that he wrote a note
to Mr.. Whpple. and he came to his honse; IN
derstood that he had no property in he Dis
oiee' ioi "a ~ tnat NiOihlly MAS roIu At .l0J
per acre, and the three lots make about one
seventh OF an acre. The expenses of making
this money would be about $50 or so.
After short argument by Mr.. Miller, the
court said that the party relied wholly on the
statements made TO them, and paid the MONEY!
So far a. this property is concerned as security
It might a. well be in the moon. He would have
to hold the party for the grand jury.
A HOWLING DOG.
Lucinda Taylor, maintaining a nuisance in
keeping a barking and bowling dog, pleaded
that "the dog did bark; he is a rat terrier, sir,
and will bark when the bells ring, and howl
when he cannot get the rat he is not nine,
SIR" The court made the order to abate the
nuisance by shooting the animal.
THE ALLEGED BOND FORGERIRS.
The cases OF the BOyd's and j. F. WAYNE.
charged with the forgery of registered Treasury
bords WIS calIed-Messrs. w. A. Cook, l.. CT
Hine and Enoch TOtten for the defence Mr.
II ne a. ked for severance, and the case of J. F.
Wayne was first taken mp, Mr.. Cook appearing