Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-04-16
TIL T. COURTS.

tIRCClT COURT-Jndqe Cartier.
Yesterday, Grips agt. Douglas Bros; iuiy-
ment or condemnation. Hester and IRON at
StroDgs; Judgment by default. Nlttans agt
FAINT X Washington; do. Boston sgt. Folsom;
To-day, the case of Day agt. the New jersey
Mutual insurance Company is being argued to
the jury.
POLICE COURT judge Shell.
George Churchwell, selling without license;
postponed. Phillip Ashwander, vsgrancy;
workhouse 80 days. VIM. Scott, disorderly as.
sembly; fined IS; Robert Small, playing ball in
street, fined t5. Jos. III. Cook, keeping q dog
which Dit ID. W. Davis; dog ordered to be
killed. ,jehn Hughes, larceny; nolle pros. Dan
plead guilty; fined sis and costs Byron Noerr,
larceny of ham valued at 81; faed $40 and
costs. Laura Pollett alias Green, assault on
A. Rola; fined g. Hannah Caffrey. assault on
Ellen Ash; fined $40 and costs.
THE "LANTERN" MAN AS PARENT
John ID. Adriaans was charged with an
assault and battery on John II. Adriaans, jr.
The latter, rather fine looking boy, testified
that be was in the employ of the Patent OH &c;
that yesterday afternoon, after having received
his pay and made deposit in bank, he left ths
book In the care of DIR. Clever; that his father
struck him, and threatened that DIR. G. would
get himself into trouble. The witness testifei
that he supported himself and his father too;
that his father took all money except that hs
paid for his board, and he had threatened to
send him to the reform school. DR.. Clever cor
roborated the witness statement, and further
lnouent thdt IL was not sate Tor the boy to live
with the father. Adriaans, ST., made a lengthy
statement as to what he had done for the bow
learning him French, English, &C.; that he had
spent the money, played cards, run after girls,
&c. He also produced postal card written by
the son, telling him to look out for himself and
said that he simply took him by the collar. DR.
Clever stated that the defendant beat the bow
with both hands. The boy further stated that
his father on one occasion beat him with a
block of wOos after he had gone to bed aud
another time he run him around the irIor
beating him with his fists and kicking him. He
also stated that the father accused him of
stealing SO. but that money he had earned
himself, and had Used it in his own support
Judge Smell said the circumstances of tina
parties were well known to the court; the law
provided that parents could correct their chill
dren, but in a reasonable m amer. 1t was
apparent that the boy had the right to seek the
lnterpositon of the court, and the court would
interfere so far as to give protection, ami wouId
require the defendant to give bonds TO keep the
peace. The deiendant.-"I appeal" The
court" There is no appeal in this case"
Fanny Miller, assault and battery on lchel
Goodsll. The latter testified that "Fanny did
not do as much TO me as her man did. Fanny
pushed nae, and her man threw ma down the
steps don't want anything done to her," So
Fanny was discharged. Wesley Carter and Ed
ward Williams, boisterOus talking; s. each.
The case OF Lucy Lee, charged by A. H Stamp
with boisterous conduct, was again postponed
until tomorrow.