Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-09-22
THE COURTS.


CRIMINAL CoURT-Jadgs Humphreys.
Yesterday. w. II; Myers, charged with the
at Baltimore, pleaded guilty, sentence deferred.
POLICE CoURT-JudJe SacU.
To-day, Rodger Carroll, disorderly in the
county; s.; Henry Barber, vagrant, was cent
to gutter cleaning in the chain gang ninety avs.
John Hilton, cuIsing on Lafayette squ2 e; So;
al }, c. arged with tTespassing on the park; IS.
k'Cnard lianchon, cursing; SIS. Lindsay Jack
son, same; So. George Carr, same, SO. John
family in Georgetown; SIS. Charles Neal, alias
Oh les Batter, disturbing the GeOrgeton i
denizens; IS. John A. Nightingale, John
Jores, james HagaD, and VIM. Smith, (who
went 10 the dog Tight were charged with dis
orderly conduct at FOx's Ferry; s. each.
blanch Davis, profanity; 50. VIM. HenSley,
loud and boisterousi s.. Harry Manning, for
teIted IS collateral. Lee Robinson, loud and
bolsteroUs talking, 50. Theodore MeaTs, driving
On parchment; 81.
a CENTER MARKET CASE.
John I. AilswOrth ant Thomas BoH5ics
were charged win breaking market stalls in
the Center market house. Mr.. Buudy, for the
defence, made motion TO qUash on th3 ground
that tie law under which the charge was based
had been repealed by the act Incorporating the
Washington market company, private COM
paHy. He explained thai the often &, if any,
was simply tresp9ss On private property, and
not wrong against the public, and that the
court should Lot lend itself to redress private
gTi eVAncc without a law specially authOri liz ng
such prOoecC lon. The court reserved ruling,
anu lAO " lLIlG -cSs NEIG LCAIu. 0lEs =,
superintendent of the market, produced the
contract between the company and defendants
wherein il was stipulated as to how alterations
OF stalls shall be made, and described how the
stalls in question had been altered to salt the
business Of selling refreE ImeGts.
Mr.. Birney lied attention to the law author
iZlng the company to make all needfuI rules
ard regulations for the government of the msr-
ket, aha among the rules made W a. the Que reg
Ulating the arrangement of the stalls, which in
this c. sc bad been violated, and which, he
claimed the Market Company had the authori-
t. 10 prosecute. at the conclusion OF the tasti-
mOny, the court reserve its decision.
Anderson Long, colored, charged with gra I'd
isrc,ry of grOceri !, valued at SOP, from NJ al
olson Whilple on the 18th day OF March last
An abb was attempted to he proven, but the
neces airy witnesses not being present the case
was cor rinutd.
THE EFTEEPRIsING BOOK AGENT.
VIM. Eichelberger, book agent, (charged in
n'nc separate cases with false pretences, and in
o-e case with larceny, all the cases being in
reference TO bibles worth about SO each, which
l. Is charged be Obtained and placed in the
pawn shops was before the court, and thr0u Oh
ton, ard bonds we q fixed at % 600 for his an
pearance before tie Criminal Court. Mr.. Gloss
stated that there were some thirty. two instances
reported where defendant, hC obtained bibles
THE private ioffiCe of Mr.. Gloss was crowded
with the owners of books who had lost them
ard large stack of family bibles on table
were being pOTed over, the psWnbrOkers look
ing on ashast at the prospect OF losing their
aCvPnces msde upon them.
Dennis McAulitfe was charged with selling
liquor without license and fined sos.