Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-01-24
THE COURTS.
EQUITY COuRT-.I,Ll,o

EQUITY COURT-JtAofoe WUlis.
On Saturday, Savage agt. Savage ct al;
decree vacsting decree referring to auditor.
Strohecker agt. Dayton ct al; decree con-
hrmiDg sale. Prichett agt. Pritchett; decree
appointing commissioners to make parti
tioh. Simpson agt. Simpson; decree making
pro confesso hnal and referring to auditor.
Redfern agt. Dillon and others; decree rati-
Tying sale Larner agt District; decree pro
confesso. Hough agt. TAFT ct al; order rati-
Tying audftor's report. Philip agt. Solomons;
order 10 pay counsel fees, Evans agt. War
den ct al; order of publication. Maughlin
agt: Winder; decree confirming sale. Holden
VS. Lyon; decree dismissing bills with costs
Shepherd VS.. shepherd; case submitted.
Phillips VS.. Butler; decision oVerruling de-
Faux VS.. Faux; decision directing decree
OF divorce in behalf of complainant. Ed
munston VS.. Griffith: amendment to pro-
ceedings directed. Scott ct al. VS.. Cole; re-
straiuing order, returnable February /, 1916.
Long VS.. Long; proof ordered to be taken be-
fore examiner. Green VS.. Green ct al; guar
dian ad Item appointed. Robbins VS.. Rob
bins; bond OF appeal TO general term ap-
proved Johnson ct TX. VS.. Metcalf; restrain
ing order continued in force until hearing
Hickey VS.. Hickey; proof ordered to be taken
alimony and counsel fee ordered paid HOF-
man VS.. Washington Market company: ar
gued by Mr.. r. X. Elliott and Mr.. Merrick
for plaintiff, and by Mr.. Bradley and Mr..
Chandler for the market company; decision
directing decree to be submitted. Goodyear
Dental Vnlcanite company VS.. Talbot; pro
ton estate; reference to auditor.
POLICE CoURT-JtLdge SneU.
To-day, Henry Jackson, unlawful assem-
bly, In obstrqeting the entrance 10 Bethel
Church; So. VIM. Fletcher, forfeited coIlat-
eTal. Robert Warner, cranky individual
charged with smashing In French plate
glass window on F street. near eth, on Sat
urday last; $50 or ninety days in jail. Abram
Page, profane; IS. Edward Howard, a razor
fourisher was rasped for $50 or ninety DAYS
IN the chain gang; John Callahan, cursing;
x oh nrf r1.uN., ~
So; Solomon CharringtOn, forfeited collate-
raj. VIM Walker, do. James Sumby, dis
orderly assembly; So. Richard r. Kemp,
forfeited so being disorderly in church
VIM. Henry, cursing; S5. George w. Hof-
man, disoruerly assembly; So M. f. Hon
KIDS forfeited: Thomas Davis, indecent ex-
posture; SO. Richard Bennett, same charge;
$40. Charles Clark, the same old cripple sol,
der, drunk and disorderly; $40. Randall
Henson, loud and boisterous; SIS John Hig-
gins, a tramp, was sent to the chain gang
Edward Fitzhugh, colored, was sent down as
avagrant. He is notorious pickpocket.
frapk whitney, cOlored, changed with be-
same gang of thieves with Fitzhugh; sent
down. Maria johnson, cursing; IS. Buck
Butler, carriage robe snatcher. Mr.. Hazel
testihed TO his stealing robe from his car
rlage Saturday night; $40 or 80 days In fail.
Anthony Grammar, cOlored larceny OF two
hundred paving blocks from the Agricultu-
raj grounds. Officer Cook caught him in the
act OF u King them; $50 or thirty days In fall
George Williams, alias Washington, larce-
ny OF a bushel Of coal; $40 or 80 days. Ed.
ward FitZhugh and Frank Whitney, col
ored, charged with picking the pocket of
Catherine Monahan at the auction sale i'm
front Of the Star office on Saturday. Cath
crime testified that her pocket book con-
tanned upwards Of 81. Detective McElfresh
testified TO arrestiDg FitZhugh and that
COomes arrested Whitney at the sale. One
OF the prisoners threw the pocket-bo be-
hind the door, and he (witness) recovered il
and returned it to the owner. A colored
man named Kenny testified that he saw
Fitzhugh throw it down. The court SEN
fenced FitZhugh to six months in Jail, and
dismissed Whitney. Richard Hyde, assault
on Patrick Dillon and fighting on the street;
So. Richard Burnett and Thomas Davis,
petit larceny; 60 days In Jail. James John
son, larceny of a wheelbarrow from Rein
humphrey; $40, or 80 days in jail Abe Page,
assault on Angelina Boston; $40. George
Beckett, threats to Martha Beckett, his
wife, who, with her mother, testified against
Beckett, and bonds were required. Alfred
Rollins. charged with malicious trespass, in
cutting down 200 young trees on the farm OF
Theodore Mosher; SO and costs. Andrew
Lane, assault on Robert Conlan; SIS. Fran
ces Evans, colored, charged with keeping a
bawdy house; 500 or 60 days.