Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-02-27
THE COURTS.
COURT IN GENERAL TERN.
] he Court in General Term met this
sdges DIN. MNlie Ma Arfhrr. and IL

N.
The Court in General Term met this morning.
Judges 0lin, wylie, Macarthur, aud Humphries
present.
I'VE FARR DIVORCE CASH.
judge plin DELIVERED the opinion OF ne curt IN
decision O. 6 J Jnass WIFE i'm IN dae the In m
Judge Olin SAID that the bill asked for divorce
married as he Supposed widow with one child.
hut be claims that be ascertained subsequently, that
the time 1S Il ns the LII he was 3 VI IN R f ey
with strumpet and the real object Of the bill
had been shown thai the woman was living fer Il
specially in Brooklyn, and he thought II a. n.
handed 10 the District Attorney and ~, n NJ
epted for perjury as i was clear from ae evience
PROBATE CoURT-JId &c M,
To-day the win Of The late Her ~ =. Gnnnen wa.
fled He CONSTITUTES Reuben Bacon his executor,
being house No 4sl street o,h dnrn, sIuaiS SO
Mfe sD %P Sb ,hd real estate Jointly his
nituTe, and TO h's son, Franklin b. GmneIl, his
piano, the gGrtr:its q Violet Hinton deceased the
An exsmp,l copy Of the viii Of the late John John O.
Ames, OF tince George county Maryland, was filed.
n Jameson, the sum OF $500, to be obtained from
he proceeds of the sale Of two houses G, between
l4th ana IN streets, in this city. The rest OF his
property he divides equally between his brother,
y ArDes end his sister. Mr.. c. IL. Hall, win of
John Van Rswick filed petition asking to be re
hasley: WHICH was granted, aud the order revokag
Ietter> issued On same estate L. James p Hamilton
IA
force and effect
CIRCUIT CoURr-,J,alge Cartier.
To-day, Coughln agt. Poul on, tissues from the
was heard hut not conciuied Griifth ACT q Hars
Judgment below affirmed. Motions occupied the
POLICE CoURT-y,alge S.eR.
To-day, William Curtis, siX-foot coiored mar,
was charged with stealing three drums worth "a
defence was msde and the case was sent to the grand
Jury; Curtis was committed in default of 500
~ "a alr nf hoo fr,rr,
colored man named Mathews who saw him snatch
Taylor dropped Them in the street AMI ESCAPED The
boots were recovered and ylor arrested: fined 30
or sixty DAYS in jail; pptal noted Sarah Greenisaf
htters' charged with taking come stockings from a
battery on John F MAJ SO and costs AM Ma ana rs
marked to the court that he thought it pretty Light
line for so rough assault. Jason Case larceny OF
shirt worth 50. colored woman testified that
she was ironing the shirt and turned to get a hot
rowdes opened the door Of her shanty and snatebad
Il ami run of; fined - and So additional pay Tor
the Shirt or SIN months in lail.
TR0rBLE IN COLORED CHURCH.
nGina, Mlthers, G3lored, disordcry in the Fjrs;
DaP'lst church, ana Peter Lewis and Richard John
son, charged with the same. Charles Henry jenkins
testified that he was deacon in the church, Brother
MEhers, Brother Lewis and Brother Johnson, who
naa been turned ont Of the church, came there and
forced their way I'M they were not good standing
haNpe been expelled from the church; they were
formerly deacons, but had been turned out witness
tod them they could not come in, but they insisted
anu showed theRse Ives in with some women witness
went for them and policeman came to his aid bui
they got TOO Tar; good deal Of noise and confusion
occurred witness elected in January last: thcir
minister is VIM ii Lee; these men were expaijad he
cause they refused to make any ports of their stew
SIsip 20 INC Thdich. Cross-eNamined by Mr..
CIotS :IBT0ther Lewis was permitted to enter the
door Brother Whers and Br rSdbPs ggsSt the
helping him; Jenkins tried all he could to preserve
cbm, Nv u ~ q. Deeh coHhrhgd as Deacon as tho
cuiSh rhles dld not require #. Washington Hoh Is
tstlhed that lac Is deacon Of the 1t Baptist church
Them brOt hers, although they have been cxrIgicI
from the chnTch-rushed in contrary to OF lers ana
keep record of the proceedings of your church.
YES y"ur Honor have il here" He went down
yard long, covered with writing. Mr.. CLOS ,h
Iected on the ground that the record should be kept
tom TO keep their records shingie it must be adj
united. Mr.. Gloss requested to look at the paper
1ecord was not signed by the pastor of the church
line wines med that the minister only signed
-O.i..s Qrney said he was sorry that he Was
not posted up in relation the rules lie read from
sonny Webb the clerk Wherein II apEssrsa oy
these s- men had been turned out by decisive vote
trouble brewing for some time in that church
1he pastor was elected by a majority Of IS votes
ned that he knows Brothers Lewis, Withers and
II0h iiI "I1heTs was not expelled to his own
records in order to make them legal. He always
sh Sm men WHEN they are made out and Presented
Tor the reason that the records were NOT always
jenkins and other brothers, now acting as dea@ons
have never been confirmed ''
BY the Court DO YOU recognize the - men ths
defendants, az members of the church. | want a
sqnare answer
Witness could not answer
Mr.. Gloss explained To the court that this old man
hithers and the other defendants had built m M.
church; and held the deeds To the property fh"y
went there last night for the purposp of ciyin,, M
the deeds and relnquishng ali right and Title 10 tL
property in order to have peace and quiet Whii,
at The door they were pushed in by some of tha wo
night
fhe court said it appeared that the pastor or m,
church was not willing TO say which are tn. nc
knoWlcdgcd deacOns and he wonld dismiss IN. /. $50
They must seek remedy BY civil process If there wa
any dispute about the property.
A MISCELLANEOUS LOT.
Joseph Parker, a yagTent, was sent down John
erfan, loud and boister0us talking: 81 AIica
Fitzgerald, cursng: So. Thomas Frazier cur.jng
IN Slate Alley; So John Quincy Adams, charged
sent down as a vagrant. Edward Perry same charge:
down. Morris Harper. same. down. Henry War6.r
ana charles Jenkins coiOred, charged with assault
and battery ON Fannie Coleman, an old coI0red
woman who testified that they made the assault on
her last night IN the First Baptist church Brother
arTen was not there when she first went there 1r
She saw Brother jenkins. She wanted to Sc her
son who was III there Brothers Jenkins and Warner
LOth struck her they seemed to be quaTTeug there.
they were trying To put Brother Withers ont kEif'
ness is a member Of the church, and ont the srst
money IN the contribution t. help to get Ii nm Ma
net struck her a back ba 4ded lick. and she said
brother w arner, what Id You strike me fUrz'- He
r5ld t,I had had trouble enough with the women
Harriet Robinson test flied saW Brother Wsrp"T /
ana Brother jenkins both hit Mrs Coleman: these /
Wo brothefs mad been for long time trying Ia YET a
'plt ~ the church At this point the case was con
lhued until next Tuesday. john Riley, larceny of |