Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-02-19
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To-day. SULLIVAN b. Harmon WAS on mo-
ton OF Mr.. Browne. admitted 60 the bar
Lewis Seibold was appointed = constable.
Allen sgt. Allen ard Wright sg'. Tibbtts;
mandates at the Supreme Court OF the United
States fled. Esrhart agL HoliZclaw; dts
misscd. Ballard Paving Company sgt Man
OF certain certificates from the Board OF Au-
dit IL was admitted that the holder had
purchased In good faith, with notice, and
The court decided that the holder has an
equitable right, so far as such right does not
interfere with the equities OF other parties
and directs that the certificates be disposed
81, and after the payment OF the notes the
surplus be paid n the proper parties:
Judge Macarthur delivered the opinion OF
the court, and Judge DIN disSentei. Pail
Ups and Riddle agt- Coburn; Judge MscAr-
thur delivered the opiDion OF the court. re-
verslng the Judgment below-Judges Cartier
and Nylie dissenting. The question in this
case was whe Their jud gment is a bar to the
lien after an undertaking TO release the lien.
The court held that 10 is not. for the surety
does not undertake 10 pay the debt, hut the
Savings and Trust Co: decree below re-
affirmed
POLICE CouRr-.hatoe sueR.
To day. Alice Foot. disorderIy: 5. Sana1
Skicmore, throwing stones, -. ChaS Clark
disorcerly; IS. Jeremiah Maxwell; - Robt
Stuart, vasrancy; bonds or workhouSe
Maud Acton, do. Rebecca BeTkles, profane;
n
Thomas Lee, colored hackman, charged
with assault and battery on Sylvia Bowman
by driving over her without stopping 20 see
what damage had been done. The Testimony
showed rather bad for Lee, and the court re-
marked that persons who have horses seem
10 think that they have better right OF
way than the pedestrians. The contrary is
Inc fact. Drivers should exercise eXtraOrdi-
rary care in the observance OF the rights OF
pedestrians, who are entitled TO the same
rights and even more. There was a hearileSs
shown Y ha ri xar ff,g ,fe
and ne must suffer Imprisonment six months
In jail.
ALL SORTS.
William Hughes, a tramp was sent down
IoT ~ Gays ria Price, l6rceny OF n pair Of
colsets from Nellie Hurdman, worth al lined
50 and costs. Frank Brooks, a rowdy- Ioo,l-
ing yellow fellow. was srraigned on The
charge OF knocking down aud robbine Juli,Ig
1ohen, a peddlar OF shoes and slippers in
en- Snetneias alley, thursday afternoon. Co
men testified Ihat he called ont loudly Tor the
police and murder, when his aSSaiIao,s
dropped the shoes ard ran. Here the charge
OF robbery was dismissed. and for The aSSault
Julius was fined -, or 10 DAYS i'm iail John
peterson, coloTed. charged with committing
rape on Matte Evans, a colored woman.
az her service place. on X, between 18th aud
l4th streets. Matte testified that John came
there one night while her employers were
absent at the Theater and took advantage of
her. This was IN November last He prOI,,-
lsed 10 marry her and save her from ruin on
condition that she would not prosecute him
On cross examination, the witness admitted
that she had been intimate with him on one
occasion subsequently,. The court stated
he would have TO dismiss the case as The
act OF intimacy admitted since the offence
alleged was entirely at variance with the
charge OF rape. jobs Lewis and James
Smiler, diSOrderly conduct: fined s. each
Charles MCGEE was charged with treSpaSSs
upon the grounds Of q. Kimbsll, agent
MIR Kim ball testified that he was attorney
for The heirs Of whole square of ground in
the eastern section OF the city; that defend
ant went upon The ground and carted of
the whole surface soil and sold II to the per-
sons engaged in grading and identifying the
capitol grounds for upwards OF - ,O0O sixty
days in jail.