Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-12-09
The jury returned a verdict of not guilty
Wiswall for defence

Wiswall for defence.
EQUITY CouRr-JtKioe Wide.
To-day, Todd agt Keyser; decree author
order of reference. Linville agt. Murdock;
order confirming sale of quarry lands and
vacating sale Of sub. lot !, square 30. Shields
Wis; do. Barnard agt. Ransome; order con-
drming nisi sales and reference to auditor.
POLICE CoURr-Jtsioe Sae1.
To-day, Peter Carrico forfeited collateral.
lagher, VIM. Schofield, and Michael Foley,
forfeited 50 each for loud and boisterous Ian
guage. Frank Stephenson forfeited. James
in the Center market: as Mary MorIsTtv.
alley cursing; IS. John Williams, street pro-
family; 50. Robert Randolph, same charge;
IS. solomon Nelson, larceny of n blanket
from j. &. Lewis; $40, or so days. Eliza Bell,
colored, larceny of pocket book and stii
from Matte Gray, her employer, who testi =
fed that she dropped the pocket book from
her bosom while engaged In dressing her
child, and missed il a few minutes alter
wards, when she had occasion to 60 to q shop
near by to make purchase. Eliza was in
the room at the time, out denied all knowI-
edge of it, and a search of her person failed
TO discover IL. 1t was subsequently, found in
an upper room of the house where they sell
dom visited. There was only Eliza present
at the time. Grand jury; bonds 500: com
mitIed. Ar he Green, larceny of q box of
backing rom Augustus Mason, boot
black; IS. Archie Green, assault on FTqder-
lex Key; 500 and costs, or 80 days. +. K.
Wand, assault and battery on Chas. n HOl-
land; SEA and costs. Albert Stone. larceny of
three yards OF check shirting, worth As cents;
-. Also, charged with larceny of ten yards
of calico from LuttTell & Wines dry goo rs
store This woman is, il is ALLEGED a pro-
iessicLal Shop-lifter, and it was teStified that
yesterday she, under pretence OF purchasing
some goods. secreted this piece of calico nm
deg her cloak, and was detected by the pro-
prie!or in the act S5. AbraIn Reed assault
on Luther Blackwell; ~. Charles Lewis
larceny of blanket from Margaret Welch:
$50, or so days. George II. Coulson, threats
10 Cecilia, his wife; personal bonds to keep
the peace. Sarah Williams pleaded guilty
of shop-lifting pair of shoes from the store
OfHenry Windsor; $40, or 30 days. George
Lamb, assault on Elizabeth Dawson, who
testified that Lamb beat her and said there
was 10 law now for the id niggers, as thav
had democratic Congress; SO. Henry
Lee, assault on John Neal. s. and costs.
TWO SIDES TO THE STORY.
VIM. Coleman, colored seaman was
charged with refusing to obey the orders of
Captain BlackmaD. of the schooner EIthea,
OF Philadelphia, lying at the 18th street
wharf. The captain testified that Coleman
was regularly articlCd seaman, shipped at
philadelphia; that he found he knew nothing
when he got to sea; didn't understand the
compass or anything about the vessel: that
this morning the mate ordered him to some
duty. when he refused, stating that he was
going ashore and get warrant against the
captain FOR beating him on the voyage. Cole
man had no witnesses, and asked to ma Ike
statement, producing a / the same time a
heavy capstan bar with which he told the
court Blackman had struck him on the voy-
age; tEat when he shipped the captain told
him he didn't care whether he knew any
thing about ship or not; that when the ship
sOt to sea the captain commenced system
OF abuse on him, compelling him to stand
for four hours at the wheel: that all of his
fingers were frozen, and that the captain
was grand scamp and bad man. The court
dismissed the case against Coleman and
told him his remedy for the assault was in a
court of admiralty, as this court had nothing
TO do with offences committed outside its
Jurisdiction.