Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-12-10


CRIMINAL CoURr-Jaloe MacAyfhsr.
To day, Albert Clark convicted OF assault;
fined $40. Columbus Thomas plead guilty
Of assault; fined $40. John johnson, do; IS.
or ninety days in jail: John S0 s6ort sy as as
sault verdict not guilty. Fenton Jackson,
do; Lot guilty. Frank Cole, assault; not
guilty.
EQUITY CoURr-Jwige Yylis
To-day, Thompson agt. Thompson: order
OF reference 10 examiner. Oliver Hurdle AFT
Payne; do. 20 auditor. Barnard agt Ransome;
auditor. National Metropolitan Bank AT.
Cursor; do, do. and awarding possession
CaTIlDgton agt Plumley; decree pro confesso
ct al; submitted. Pritchett agt. Pritchett;
do bowling agt. Boucher; order referring
TO General Term, 10 be heard in the irst in
stance. Suit agt- Tinker; submitted.
POLICE CoURr-J,Ktoe S,eQ.
To-day, VIM. Bolts, Jacob Mackum and
John Williams, colored, were arraiened on
the charge OF stealing a quantity of beef from
ers. Mr.. Emmerson testified thai he had two
cattle slaughtered and dressed, hanging in
bis slaughter house, and that some thieves
meat cut from the carcasses and carried of:
pair OF shoes had al>o been stolen The
beef cost one hundred and forty dollars, and
about fifty dollars worth had been carried
away. He instituted q search and found
portions of the beef in several stores where
the thieves had sold IL. Offiser Robey of the
men in the county, each with sacks fun of
fresh meat. In Bolts sack was found a pair
OF shoes. They made various equivocal
statements as to how they came bv The beef
more of which were at all reasonable. and
they were run IN and locke up. Bolts said
be had bought the shoes IN Georgetown. Sew
eral witnesses who had purchase fresh beef
of these men testified against them Stating
that they gave satisfactory accounts of the
ownership at the time OF the purchase The
case was sent to the grand Jury for action
COlOrpl larPapU II If
bricks valued at "a from VIM. Fletcher; $50
or sixty days. Wyatt III. Cardwell, charged
win assault and battery on j. r. Wheatley;
SIS and costs.
"CoNJURE POWDER
Alfred Dorsey, assault and battery on
Louisa Peters, both colored. Louisa festi-
fed that Alfred had for a long time been nut
ting something around her door and kept her
busy sweeping it of. Every night this stuff
was sprri n around her door and she got
trespasser. She did so and caught Alfred al
Ii, when he assaulted her. a woman was
Win Alfred when they came up, and both
door, 1t was cODjuTe powder. When she
opened the door the woman ran away and
defence the mother OF Alfred Dorsey testi-
fed that she had no CoDjure powder at all,
but was in the act OF knocking at the door
when they rushed out on her and her son
The court said il had nothing to do with the
case of conjuring, but for the assault he
fined Alfred s5. j. +. Whitmore, assault on
AEuItW over; suspended.
THE BIRTH RECORD.
Lucy Jefferson, q colored midwife, was ar
raigned on two charges; first for failure to
register her name at the Board of Health as
midwife; second, with failure to report the
birth OF female infant named Rachel
Brown, at whose birth she assisted as mid
wife: Lucy pleaded guilty to the first charge
and judgment was suspended. To the second
charge she pleaded not guilty, when her per-
sonal recogniZance was taken for the faith
fGl performance of her duties TO the require
UfNn &c ff M low To-
with the same offence, and the case was post
poned until tomorrow, under bonds.
RISE IN THE PRICE OF WARRANTS.
Abram Goldman, assault on Fanny Neal.
II appeared in testimony that Fanny got a
magistrates warrant against Abram, and
that the latter paid her 81 for the warrant.
this ana had A6ram broSent in s on sno T5T
warrant. Abram told the court about pur-
chasing the warrant from Fanny, and the
court remarked that the price Of this war
Jno. Waters, j. Richards, collateral forfeited.
THE CoNJURE STUFF CASE AGAIN.
Ann Dorsey was charged with placing con-
lure root and dirt upon the steps of Louisa
Peters. A question arose between the coun-
sci for the defence (Mr. A. b. Williams and
Mr.. Taggart as to the nature OF the SUBJ
stances and the court stated that he did not
propose TO investigate this. II might be an
article more potent for agricultural purposes
than conjuring. Louisa testified that every
morning she found her steps covered with
something which she could not describe; IL
was like powder or sand on top, but under
meath 1T was black, and spread all over the
steps, and had cats hair IL IL. She kept wash
ing 1t off, and every morning IL would be
there again. She watched and caught the
woman and Alfred Dorsey putting IL on the
steps. The court stated that unless it was
something filthy, like excrement, he could
not be held, and dismissed the case.
lAfter the adjournment of The court, and
Louisa Peters had started to leave the pre-
cincts of justice, Harriet Dorsey, mother of
Alfred Dorsey, followed close upon her heels,
and TO avoid her Louisa turned down the
alley near Fleming's livery stable, when
Harriet ran after her and let fly a handful of
that conjure stuff, covering her all over.
Louisa was perfectly Mortified, and as Har-
rlet continued on with triumphant chuckle,
she at once, in company with her husband,
returned to the court and lodged q new com.
plant Of assault and battery against Har-
riet. The husband told the clerk, Mr.. Prince
that the stuff looked like salt and something
mixed with IL, and he thought il was a clear
case of "salt and battery" A warrant was
accordingly issued, aud the case Is likly not
to end so easily for Harriet
johanna Ge:z, disorderly; S5. Fanny Bel
mont was sent down for vagrancy. Richard
Hamilton, disorderly conduct; S1O Sam
Johnson and Henry Williams, disorderly;
60. John Russell, profane; SIS.