Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-01-14
THE CDTRTS

POLICE COURT-.yJ0lOe IS,JeN
Yesterday only five prisoners were i'm the
dock, and they were put through i'm double
quick time. John Duncan was relieved of
. for disOrderly conduct. He thought - was
me price, he said, and was not prepared; so
ne had 10 skirIniSh among his friends. aud
hnalIy raised the amount. VIM. jackson
loud and bOiStcrOuS; -. Henry Johnson
c"iored, was run in yesterday by Sergeant
acton Tor larceny of spoons, &c, from the 81.
Teorge Hotel. The officers searched his
Louise ON suspicion OF his having committed
% burglary ON Monday night and found these
spoons, which had been stolen from the hot Il
over two years ago. Mr.. Evans prosecuting
attorney. said he would have 10 enter a no!Ip
lroS. a. TIE statute of limitation barred
hm nom prosecuting; lac asked that the
goods he restored To the owner and that the
PRISONER be released; so ordered. Edgar Barnes
was fncd SO and costs for larceny an over
coat Peter Garrett, cOlOTcl. was callel I'D To
The rail- for larceny of an ovcrcoat worth - :
anu Ia PAR Of opera glasses valued at II, from
VIM. RGwlcS. who testified that they were
lifted from his hall. Detective comm =
found them i'm z pawn ShOp where Pete
had SIOuted them for a friiie. Peter
denied having stole them, and said
Il colorcd man got him TO put them
IN pawn. This story dont't take worth n
cent Win the court as IL has been told too
often. and he was sent over for six months.
James O'Ncal and Thomas Jennings are two
Station-hOuse lodges. They travel from one
>tatlOn-hOuSC To another. dividing their
patronage. and thus escape The charge of va
grancy. They often meet in the cells and
compare experiences in Il friendly way
Last night they met in the Capitol Hin
station. Jennings was quietly Slecpin
on the plankS when ONeal came in
ana being III bibuiOU> state gave Thomas
DAB III the nose with his right
and told him To lay over and give her room.
Thomas was already driven 10 the wall. and
couldn't lay over. O'Neal repeated this sort
OF persuasion, and the StatiOn-keeper was led
to interfere 10 separate them. The belligercnt
had no - To settle with the court and was
sem down 10 work u out. Elijah Davis. col
olcd. was fined s. and costs for stealing OATS
from officer ArnOld's stable. Geo. Neidheim
was fined so for larceny of a coat worth &;
from George Shafer.
To-day, Thomas Banks. a heavy set negro
black as The hinges Of midnight, was charged
with stealing a market basket. cOntainin"
an assortment OF produce OF the value Of 81
The evidence being direct, the Judge play
iuliy directed him 10 deposit $50 and costs
with the marshal. or goodbye Thomas for
one moon! Josephine WOrthin9ton. a HIulJ,a
a" pare. forfeited n collateral of five" for
public profanity. Mary Nutrell. for the for
'Icth time al least. plead guilty of vagrancy.
ard WAS passed down and out To the farm.
John Goodman, loud and bOiStcrous i'm the
county: -. VIM. Easton being drunk be-
came reckless, and publicly cussel To an
amount considered by the court TO be of the
value Of 81 Robert Hutchinson had the au-
dacity To disturb the awful stiffness of our
sister city of Georgetown. and paid n V for
the luxury. Charles Williams, larceny of n
coat and q quantity Of bacon; SO and costs.
Frank Whitney, contempt of court: 81. Pc
Ter Idy Tor, larceny of two boxes yeast DOW
der-Wanted make a ''raise'-S20 and costs