Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-02-16
THE COuRr.

CIRCUIT CoURr-Jtd9s Carter.
dict for plaintiff. Williams agt. Webster; do,
s5.SN Hardness agt. Contine; verdict OF plain
tiff.
EQUITY CoURr-Jadge Wylie.
To-day, Everett agt. Everett; order pro con-
fesso, sc. McKibbin agt. McKibbin; do. Brssi-
bury agt Bradbury; do. Dessey agt. Wheeler;
decree for sale. Easily agt. Easily; order nisi
confirming sale Of square 3. Hanson agt. Barry;
decree final confirmation of sale and auditors
report. French agt. French; submitted. In
decree appointing John welch guardian OF
committee Bsllmon agt. Mason ct al; order
pro confesso. Waltemade ct al. agt. Martin ct
al; do. Elliott, trustee agt. Lemon eft al; do.
and confirming auditors report Dole agt
Conner; decree of sale. Ssnborn and King aSt
wDonogeae, order for receiver to pay certain
order ratrfyiDg trustees report of sale and
reference. Jones, trustee, agt. Wiley ct al; de-
cree Tor sale Bryan agt. Gunnell er al; Or
DER appointing +. w. Jones trustee. Reed agt.
Maiach ct al: submitted on bill and answer.
Crandall agt. Washington City Savings Bank;
rule on receiver to pay certain claims. Coyle
sgt. Coyle; decree for sale. Young agt. McCIel-
land; referred to auditor to report value OF in
fant's interest.
POLICE CouRT-Judge Shell.
To-day, Frank Foreman was charged with
stealing five market baskets valued at eighty
cents each from a store corner of 18th aud ID
streets northwest. Frank is an old offender,
and has served time for assault on several or
casions. The evidence was strong against him,
and the court fined him $50 or Jail. John Ross
was charged with assault and battery on Chas
Franklin, who testified that John struck him on
the head with half a brick yesterday without
cause. He showed his head TO the Judge and
the proof was sufficient. Officer Reese testified
10 seeing the assault and making the arrest OF
hoss. When arrested he was drunk, and after
he was locked up he destroyed the cell windows
and broke up the benches; $50 and costs. VIM.
MCGEE, assault on Samuel COylngton; So. Ed
ward Butcher, larceny of some COAL SO and
costs. Henry Hamilton and Gertim Solomons
charged with engaging in an affray; s. each.
Frederick Friedman, assault and battery on
assault and battery on Lewellen Ashton; as
and costs. Nancy GIllison, assault and battery
on Jane Klines; So and colts.
ROUGH CUSTOMER
John Smith alias Anderson Scott, was
charged with larceny of a pair of pants. This
is the same colored man who assaulted and re-
sisted Ot1cer Findley in the dock of the Police
Court on Saturday. 1t was shown in testimony
that Scstt seized the pants from in front OF a
Clothing store on ! tn street and run away, but
was overtaken and secured after much resist
ance. In the prison dock he behaved himself
very rudely, and on being remonstra ted with by
MIR. F1ndley dealt the officer heavy blow in the
lett eye At the conclusion Of the testimony he
was fined $50 and costs. He was also arraigned
on charge of assault on, and resisting Officer
Flndley; Scott SAID he was drunk, so the Judge
let him of with fine of $50 and costs, and in
oefault three months in jail.
THE ALLEGED GAMBLING-HoUsR CASE.
In the case OF the United States against b. F.
cooley, charged with keeping a gambling
house, the prosecuting witness failed to appear
and an attachment was ordered to be issued for
his arrest and the case continued.
SMALL FRY.
Robert Hunter, profanity; So. James Smith,
John Moore, Sarah Lloyd, and others, forfeited
collateral for profanity. George Stobel was
hned 81 for driving on the sidewalk. David
SOl0mons, same charge, 81. Julia Williams
forfeited collateral for disordery conduct. VIM.
Ross, charged with disturbing the performance
at the Metropolitan Theater; -. Patrick Leigh
same charge; So. VIM. McVeigh, same; a.
Traverse Ford, fast driving; $40. Timothy
O'Connel was fined So for driving through a
funeral procession. John Wells, Cursing; S.
Luther Gassaway, loud and boisterous; IS. Lu
Robinson, same charge: as