Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-01-06
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CRIMINAL CoURr-yustoe Mac yfsur
Yesterday, John Campbell. charge OF un-
lawfully carrying on q bar-room: not guilty.
valentine Geiser, same charge; ON trial.
TODAY.
valentine Geiser, keeping unlawfully a
naf- room. was convicted; motion In arrest
The Judgments of the Police Court wsye az
nnned: James McCullom profanity. same.
cog hghting; r. II. Lee, violating game law,
Shu fdwari Allen. keeping bar open on
suh.ay. John Shea, keeping a bar Joenl; on
trial.
CIRCUIT CoURT-J,eige Grtfer
To-day, tarmoiy, agt. Whitney, action for
breach of contract; on trial Jones agt. Bal
timOre and Potomac Railroad, action for
damages by having leg cut off; jury out.
FarII. CoURT-Jtstge Hyise
To-day, Carter ct al agt, Grant; decree for
al. - ,.,il,, ara nuckel ACT. Mondel ct
.~Iuer for injunction. Warner agt. Warner,
decree pro confesso. Ferry agt. Edwards;
dismissing bill
POLICE COURr-Jpige Smell
To-day. the cases are few and devoid OF in
teTest. There were number of cOllaterais
Tor various Offences and six or eight drunken
bumlners sent down To do grading in the
g s, banks at the workhouse in default OF
the levy. Samuel Parks. Il hackman, was
pouhced upon by Sergeant Vernon, inSpec Tor
oi hacks. for n violation OF the hack laws.
considerable sparring occurred between the
counsel about the law which seems to he
about as Clear as mud; finally the Court inn
posed fine of -. from which defendants
counsel took an appeal. Richard Brown,
cOiored, assault and battery on Silva Brown,
his wife, who told the Court that Dick came
home from the wharf with a bucket fun of
oysters and had been drinking; he threat
elied to AXE all the skin off her daughters
Iack-her daughter is by her first husband.
witness took her daughters part. when Dick
drew cOwhide and ordered her (witueSSl to
stand up. She wouldn't Go it. and he
wEelted her across the back dreadful: $40
ana costs. and bonds to keep the peace.
John Brown. n colored cartman. was jerl<eI
by officer West in the act of cruelty beating
ms morse with n large club. Brown resisted
the officer, and bit him in the arm and kicked
him. Some half dozen citizens. seeing how
IT was, came up, and all hands tossed Brown
INTO his own cart, and one held him there
While West drove him TO the ststion-house:
rasped for $40. Alexander Hunter. colored
was stood up fer larceny OF q so Treasury
note from John PiZinger, in GeorgetoW n.
John testified that il was taken from his
money drawer during his temporary absence
from the front part of his store. Geo Nash
colOred man. who entered the store with
Hunter. testified to seeing him mount the
counter and pull out the drawer. At this
point Hunter who was standing in the dock
spoke up. and pointing To the witness said,
Judge, that air feller got half that money
his SELF which Self-cOnvictOn cost him 80
and costs or sixty days. Benjamin Thomas
a coiored man, appropriated nine bushels OF
sh1pstutf belonging to Jones & Co, and was
pressed into the chain gang in default of $50
hne. l1he name of Af. August DERRICK err
roneOus1y appears i'm our report of the pro-
ceediDgs of this court yesterday in the list OF
names of bummers who forfeited collateral
for diSorderly conduct, &c Mr.. DERRICK is a
respectable business man of Washington,
and the charge against him was ObStructing
the street with packages in front of his own
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