Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-07-19
THE COURTS.
EOrITY CorRT-ff1iyeW ,,D;s

COCRT-JtHIne Hlhe.
Moffatt agt Stewart; decree for conway
ance. SnOwGen agt. Snowden; dec rec of d.
vorce. Boucher agt. Boucher ct al: decree
ratifying trustees sale nisi. C.alIigan agt.
Lee; decree appointing w. w. Boarman
guardian ad litem. Pritche,t agt. Prtchett;
order remanding cause. Henshaw agt Dis
trict; bill dismissed.
POLICE CoURr-Jiuiqe Shell
To-day, Ben Price forfeited collateral for
cursing: Henry Hamilton, fast driving; 500
and 20 days In Jail. Patrick Cronin forfeited
collateral. David Callahan, same. Mary
Ieeny, Indecent exposure; IS. X. 8. Riley,
VIM. Mount and Charles s. Diggs forfeited
collateral. Mary lane Hall and Ellen Rouse
profanity; Is each. john F.. LanstOn, ours
ard bOisterous; s.. Thomas Kee forfeited
collateral. VIM. sutton. charged with dis
tuTbing an assembly at the Avenue Theater
$40. Michael Ryan, charged with disOrderly
conduct Sergeant Dinsmore arrested this
man, and during the time he was Ia king him
10 the central guardhouse Ryan tore the Off
GERS coat. which cost him SIS. into shreds
Ryan was let off. however, with a fine of a TO-
Christopher Tyler and Robert Dowdy loud
and boisterous talking 50 each. David Har-
Michael Farrall forfeited collateral. Bar
tholomew NoOnan, loud and boisterOus; S5
Kobert Phelan. disOrderly conduct; So John
johnson forfeited collateral. Alice Price
and Lena Coleman, lOud; So each. Josenh
Flynn forfeited collateral. Thomas Cole
man, same: Charles Brown, Alexander
Moran and John Beatty forfeited collateral
for dlsorderiy conduct. Andrew Curtain for
feited. Henry Hannah pleaded guilty to being
Vagrant, and was sent down. David NetLle
forfeited collateral. Alexander Webster
yagrant; down. Jas. III. johnson. yagraDt:
down. George Thomas, vagrant; down
Daniel Sullivan, selling LIQUOR without
license. The testimony ia tins case was very
conflicting, showing some hard swearing by
some of the witnesses A fine of SI05 was
imposed an an appeal taken. Mr.. Norris
counsel for defendant, asked for a warrant
against two of the witneSSes-Cramer and
Campbell-for perjury. Charles Washington
ana Patrick Moran, affray; SIS each. Peter
Donnelly and Caspar Rowe, ARRAY; Rowe
was discharged ana DOnneIly fined SIS Dom
nelly told the court that he objected to any
such establishment; but the line was de-
Quoted out of his collateral of 500 Anna
Kelly, larceny of $50 in money; six months
IN Jeli John Thompson, threats TO James
Nelly; 500 bonds to keep the peace. Maggie
Brown, assault on Lula Ross; s.. Henry
Sma,lWOH and Louisa Brown, assault and
battery ON Lucy Brown; bonds u keen the
peace Also, assault on Vim. Brown; bonds
10 keep the peace.
THE GEoI:G WASHINGTON RATCHET CASE
George Washington charged with assault
ana battery with intent To Kill James John
son. This happened on the eth of June
dispute arose between the two at the house
OF The latter, when Washington seized an
axe and broke the skull of Johnson VINO has
been under medical treatment since a pie,.a
OF the skull bone having been removed and
silver plate substitutes; grand Jury. ,John
humphrey, assault and bat tery on Henrietta
Clemson; s.. John Smith pleaded puiItv
10 stealing double barrel gun; six months
in fail.