Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-07-28
THE COURTS.

CIRCUIT CoURr-Jutye Humphreys.
The case OF Langdon ast. Evans was on
trial to-day.
EQUITY CouRr-J1soe Wyi1.
To-day, Dodge sgt. Free linens Bank: de.
cree modified. Potomac Steamboat Conn
pany agt. Upper Potomac Steamboat Com
pany; restraining order modified so as to
allow the dredging of the dock at the foot of
NJ street. Esputa ct al agt the District: bill
dismissed. Clark agt. Peugh; decree con-
firming auditors report.
POLICE CoURr-Juctoe Smell
To-day, James COrcoran. a vagrant was
sent down. sarah Hall, drunk and disor-
derby; 80. Elizabeth Pindle and Mary Glea-
son forfeited collateral. Albert Bennett, coli
o-ed, assault and battery on Henry Haag;
$50 and costs, or sixty days in Jail. Jenny
COrcoran was sent down as a prostitute and
vagrant Frank King, assault and battery
on Gabriel Walker; nolle pros. John II.
Burke, profane; So. Lemuel Jarboe forfeit
ed collateral for keeping unlicensed wagon.
John Dougherty, disOrderly; as.
THE ALLEGED BRICK-YARD THIEVES.
Edward Flaherty was charged with the
larceny of six hundred and sixty-six bricks
from Wilson Z. Brown. brick manufacturers
Mr.. Brown testified that Flaherty was in his
employment. and was entrusted with the
hauling of brick, to deliver to the purcha-
sers, and instead of doing so he Appropriated
one LOAD 10 ms own use, which was intended
TO be delivered TO the Deaf and Dumb Asy-
lum. Officer Saffell testified to seeing Fla
merry crop the brick in an alley. He arres ted
MN Ior larceny; when defendant acknowl-
edged tnat he stole the brick; that they be-
longed TO Mr.. Brown, and were intended for
the Deaf and Dumb Asylum: SOS or thirty
days; an appeal noted Edward Flaherty,
charged with the larceny of a load of brick
from Thomas Martin. THIS was a similar
case. Fiaherty owned a horse ard cart, and
was en- plnyed y complainant to haul brick
rom his Kiln TO his customers Several! Wit
neSses were heard, among them Lieut. Eek
lCH. no testified that after his arrest at the
station house, Flaherty Acknowledged hay-
lrg stolen SIX or seven loads of brick from
Nj y c.,rI
to Mr.. Pepper for - per load; six months
in jail; an appeal noted. Edward Flabertv
larceny of one load of brick from Joseph
HelImer. This case was in all respects SINH
lar TO the former ones; sixty days in iail.
Bords were fixed at $500 in all three cases.
john Pepper, charged with receiving G6s
DriCRS. Knowing them to have been stolen
pleaded rot guilty. Messrs. w. J. Miller and
A. A: Birney appeared for defendant. Mr..
Martln testified that he saw bricks in "A
stable on one side of the alley and also In n
stable opposite; saw some which he believed
were from mis- yard. Lieutenant Ecklofr tes-
tlhed mat Pepper resides on 7th street. be-
tween ana \; spoke 10 him about the
bricks; asked to see them. and F. showed
them, say ing that he bought them from Fla
heriy al = per thousand; had a conversation
win r. IN ne presence of p. There was no
effort made to conceal the bricks: PeDper
said that he lad done some Timing for Fla
herty father. who paid part in cash, and he
TOOK bricks for part. Flaherty denied this
statement. tlaherty was called. and the de-
convicted. The court ruled that the witness
was competent, and after being warned by
the court that he was not required 10 testify
10 anything which may be used against him
he testified that he had left bricks at Pep.
perS; had not been paid for them; was 20
have received St per thousand. Mr.. Heirner
leStlflt that there were from ten % fourteen
thousand brick at Peppers; the run OF the
klln was worth s. 50. Michael Hagan teS-
tined THAT he had delivered four loads OF
brick at Peppers; had been in the employ OF
Martin Il Bro, and delivered brick fsom
Martins 6iln at P.s, had agreed 10 give b i'm
brick at - per thousand; had received pay
don't know how much-but had not been
pald Tor all II was about three weeks ago,
tIaherty was the first one who told witness
10 Gump the brick there, and did so before he
saw Pepper, and haued some afterwards
Pepper knew where he got the brick Owen
- hare. j. X. CaSsin, Theodore SheckeIls
Eugene Mccarthy, Huguely and others fest
lned 10 The good character of Mr.. Peppar.
The counsel argued the case, after which
JuCge Smell said that he could not come to
such conclusions on the case as presented as
10 convict, and he was compelled to acquit
on this charge
Mr.. Pepper was arraigned on another sim
liar charge, receiving 666 bricks, the property
OF Joseph Heimer, and he was ACQUITTED
Timothy Gallagher, jr., and Catherine Gal
iagher, threats; bonds. Frank King, as
Sauit; nolle pros. j. III. Merrill, assault aud
battery on Mary Williams; bonds TO keep
the peace.