Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-09-18
THE COERTS.
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POLICE CoURT-JIs0tge 1Hus JrO tenn
To-day, before the business OF the court
commenced Judge Mills gave public notice
that all business connected with court mat
ters must DE transacted in open court. He
parties having called on him at his private
Office In relation 10 court business which in
future must not be done.
Albert Donaldson forfeited collateral. Chas
Goodman and Frederick Carr were charged
win firing pistols in the street. Alarms
nave been made quite frequently of late in
i r. street, between l2th ana 18th, In conse-
Gnence OF the shooting of pistols in the
alley in that locality. A little tilt
TOOK place between Mr.. y. h. Williams
counsel for defendants, and the court as 10
The right OF counsel To answer for a client
in the absence OF the latter. The court ruled
against counsel, who protested and directed
The charge. The court reminded the counsel
That instructions must be given his client i'm
private, and not in open court in defiance of
inc ruling; Carr was not present, and Good
man pleaded not guilty. The testimony in
tDe case OF Goodman did not sustain the
charge; he was dismiss I, and the collateral
IN the case OF Carr was ordered TO be forfeit
Cd. j. III. Webb was sent down as a yagrant
andrew BROOKS was sent down for 90 DAVIS
Ior same OnenSe. Jacob Wilson and IOSeDh
thompson were also sent down for the same
CHCLce. IayiOr Hunt was fined Il for throw
ing stones in the street. Samuel Johnson
loud; -. Henry Bush, assault on SuSan
fountain, who testified that she and another
woman went down TO q street wharftO pick
up some fragments of wood, Bush who
had boat load OF wood told them if they
would pltch of part of his load from the
boat To the wharf he would give them some
STICKS. After working for an hour at it,
Bush refused 10 give them any wood aud
laughed ~ them for their pains. They pro-
Tested at this treatment when Bush pitched
them overheard; S25 and costs or 60 DAYS
henry Dorsey was sent down as 2 vagrant
George Pool, proiane; So. Pat Foley forfeited
collateral. William Thomas and Robert
Mickey forfeited. Charles ROgers, assault ON
george Locke; $40 and costs. Mary Moore
pleaded guilty to stealing chemise and pet
tlcoat, for which she was fined $40, or 80 DAYS
In Jail Mary Byers, assault on Sarah Har-
flsCn; 80 and costs. Walter Robinson as
sauit and battery on John Lederer; SIS and
costs
"PUss" OAKLEY.
iuss oakley was stood up again, charged
with stealing clothing from Ella Wilson;
grand larceny. Puss is a hard case She has
just been released from jail where she has
been serving term for a like offence and
has walked right into difficulty again. Mrs
w ilson told the court that this girl came to
her house on I'd street TO rent rooms: she lei
her and the person with her have room;
this was on Saturday last. On the following
Tuesday she missed them, and also missed n
valuable dress AID other articles. The gem
tlenan who came with her introduced her as
Mrs. Fitzhugh. The goods were in a trunk
Whlcn she found locked, as usual, showing
that Puss must nave a skeleton kew to work
with. hr. McDevitt testified that the
r9obeIX was reported to headquarters by
Mrs. Wilson, and he showed her the rog1eS
gallery, where she at once picked out the
picture OF Puss Oakley as exactly the same
as the person who rented her rooms. Tney
soon arrested her, and she confessed that her
men htted the key To the trunk and got the
goods. a portion OF the goods had been re-
covered The case of grand larceny was
made out and PusS was sent TO fail for ac-
ton Of the grand jury in default ofSI 600 bail
ALL SORTS.
LIZA Jane Tut, assault on Emily Ann
Sprlggs, two colOred girls, small affair; 81
Alfred Jones, larceny OF whip worth 81; $40
or thirty days. John Carter, colored, break
ing and entering the house OF Thomas Lynn
united.