Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-05-17
THE COURTS.

COURT IN GENERAL TERM.
TO Gay, Sanders agt. Lyon; argument con-
trial.
CIRCUIT CoURT-JuHtoe Httlplreys
Yesterday. Quill agt. ConDell; verdict for
Plaintif-s12. Maisack agt. bearing and
Johnson; verdict for defendants. Hyatt agt
Harvey q Holden; non-suit. Remington
Sewing Machine Co. agt. Barr; on trial.
To day, Remington Sewing Machine Co
sgt. BsTT; verdict for Plsintif-s25 Ryan
gett & Jones; dose so. Ruppell agt. Stutz;
plaintiff takes non-suit.
PROBATE CoURT-Judge Cartier.
Yesterday, letters of administration were
granted TO Jerome Fitham, on the estate of
John +. Boyle-bond 81 600. The will of Han.
batista De Martini was admitted TO probate
ard record. Letters OF admin istration were
issued TO z. NJ. Boteler on the estate OF Anna
d. Langley-bond $500. The will OF George
Wahl was admitted to probate. The appii-
cation OF Anna +. Smith for letters OF adj
fnipistration on the estate Of the late David
* Smith was filed. Letters OF administra-
ton were granted to w. w. Boarman on the
estate OF Elizabeth Beach-bond Sc 600. The
last Will OF Margaret Barker was 1led. She
dominates John F. Noble as executor. the
will Of Thomas Costello, bequeathing bis
estate to his wife, who he names as execu-
triG, was nled: the viii of Mary Williams,
and order of publication issued. The will of
the late Richard M. Corwipe, bequeathing
n.
Adjourned to Tuesday next.
POLICE CoURr-Judoe S,,eQ.
To day, Henry Colman, assault on Edw'd
Colman; $50, or 80 days In jail. Geo. Sauer
and Maria Slime, charged with ARRAY; IS
each. Frank Douglass, larceny OF lady's
hat; sic, or 80 days. Thomas CAN'T, assault
on jackson MunrOe, a colored boy, striking
him on tre head with brick, iniicting Sc
rlous injury, from which he came near dy-
Ing; $50, or 60 days in jail.
GREEN.
fayette Green, assault and battery on
ma Mar h Green, MS Wife, who testified that he
ne mad given her no support. Yesterday he
came 10 her house and commenced q quar-
rel, during which he knocked her down and
beat her. On cross-examination she stated
that there is suit ior divorce pending be-
tween them. He entered the house where
she was stopping by the back way. He was
sci stated to the court that the object In his
visit was 70 get some letters from his wife's
truhk, which would show in the suit pend
ing that she was In correspondence with an
Otner man. 30 nne and personal bonds to
keep the peace.
A NEW WAY TO PAY OLD DEBTS.
Christian Messacn, assault and battery on
John Taylor, colored, who testified that de-
PENDANT owed him money for wages. He
went to get 1t and the defendant shot at him
Twice with 2 pistol; Judgment suspended and
John Taylor, assault on Christian MessacK;
Judgment suspended and personal bonds re.
quireO 10 Keep Inc peace.
Eugene Boston, assault and battery On
RICHARD Sfmms; 81 and costs. John Craig
assault on Patrick Flanagan; Continued.
VIM. Holmes, larceny of a sledge hammer
from William Hughes; restoration OF ham,
mer ordered and defendant discharged.
Anna Rives, window smasher and alley
screamer, was captured by Officer Sutton,
breaking In the windows Of q restaurant on
+ street and locked up in the station, where
she Kept the neighbOrhood awake by her
drunken yells and curses. She was fired
$50 or thirty days in jail. Francis Poindex-
Ter, drunk and disorderly in Cherry Alley:
So Louisa Brooks, same charge; IS. Clay
Crampton, street curssng; SIS. Arthur Diggs,
throwing stones; 80. Harry Smith vagrant;
chain gang. Elizabeth Smith, was charged
as a common prostitute; personal bonds.
Frank Brooks street cursing; SIS. Mary Har-
~, trespass ON street parking; IS. Aloysius
Reeves, loud: IS.