Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-01-27
TIE C0IRTA.

COURT IN GENERAL TERN.
To-day. Ford < Bro agt. Cornish; argued.
FRI mrs and Mechanics Bank agt Hill. de-
cree below affirmed. NJ. J. Mullins and
Richard Trunnell were appointed cOnsta5les.
PROBATE CoURT-[,edge ON.
Yesterday, in the matter of the estate of
John Clark, which has been contested. letters
To Gen. MuZZey were revoked and new letters
OF administration de eJnis non c. {. a. were or
dered TO be issued TO Mrs. Harriet {. Miller,
ofBaltimOre. The last will of Joan 1. Essex
was filed for probate lit. Essex bequeaths
all his estate TO Chas. VI. Matthews. in trust
for the use and benefit of the teStatOrs chill
dren, and he appoints Jacob W. Powers as
their guardianl; order of publication direct
Ell The last Will of James b. Humphrey. de-
wishing his estate to his wife. Agnes j. Pun
phrey, for the use of herself and children. was
filed, and order Of publication directed. The
last viii OF John Hughes, bequeathing lot
in square 53S to Mrs. Casey, was filed, and
publication ordered. The last will of Moses
p Swami, devising his estate to his wife, was
also filed, fully proven and admitted To pro-
bate.
POLICE COURT-JteiGe Shell
To-day, Chapel Gray. assault and battery;
-. Henry Lewis, larceny of a coat from
poor boy; SO and costs or thirty days. Bur
rell Johnson, assault and battery on Lewis
Cook; $50 and costs. Lindsey Wallace and
Frank Turner, larceny of some boots from a
shoe shop. The proprietor testified that one
OF them came i'm with the pretence of making
some purchases and the other robbed the
store while he was giving attention to his
customers; six months each in Jail. James
O'Neal, charged with maliciOusly breaking
the windows Of house No. 1902 Pennsylvania
avenue: $40 and costs. Geo. Moore, prOfane;
81. Francis Grinnell. loud and bOisterOuS;
50 Thomas Moore. disOrderly conduct: *.
Jason Case, a stOut-lOOking bruiSer. with his
face covered with scratches. was sent
down rs vagrant. Mary Johnson,
prostitute and vagrant, was sent down.
Nathan Ashton. vagTant No. 3. and pro
feSSiOnal chicken thieS, was sent down. John
Quincy Adams. Simple-mindcd old street
walker. was charged with vaCrancY. and
sent down with the others. John Norman
and George Fields, cOlOred, charged with
burglariously breaking open and entering
the house of Reuben B. Clark with intent 10
Of4k and NJ streets southwest, and was en-
tered by the back way and several boxes of
cigars, hams of bacon, tobacco, and other
articles, which they sold to some small retail
dealers. were taken OFF. Officer Kearney
testified that Norman cOnfeSSeS that they
broke into the store and house and took the
articles named, portion of which they sold
TO Mrs. Kemp. The case of the accused
was sent TO the grand jury, and Mrs. X. was
held in the sum of $500 to answer the charge
of receiving stolen goods. Sergeant Leach
and Officer kearney. of the LIST precinct
worked faithfully in this case. arreStng the
parties and recovering the goods promptly.
QUEER PROCEEDINGS.
Mr.. Evans, prosecuting attorney, entered
nOUe prOsePsi in the case of Ellen Wolfe,
charged with keeping bawdy house, stating
that for some reason which he could not
understand, the prosecuting witness in the
caSe-One of the female inmates of the house
had not been brought i'm by the officers who
had the papers. He did not state who the
officers were.