Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-08-01
THE COURTS.
POLICE CouRr-,y,utos Mus r,

Yesterday, Arnold Snow, profanity In
Franklin Square; s10 Richard Scott, same
charge; So Joseph and James EIms, disor-
derby conduct and indecent language; IS
each. Frank Humphrey, profane; IS. VIM.
Johnson forfeited collateral for indecent ex
posture. Charles Davis forfeited for street
cursipg. VIM. Cabill was bucd SIS for very
bad talk on Goth street. Jenny Corkrille,
alley cursing; So. Benjamin +. Grimes for
feited 81 collateral for sweeping rubbish into
the street. Jonn Sullivan, trespass on street
park; forfeited. James Mulroony was re-
CURED TO give $50 bonds or go to the work
forfeited collateral. Mathew Taylor forfeited
collateral. George Green. Lee Stewart, John
Williams, VIM Cole, Robert Bowie and John
boisterous language at the Center Market;
SO each. A ma Washington, a vagrant and
prostitute, was sent down for ninety
a aays ro Wsley Baker om SseyyD q sun
don's scow boat; two months in jail
Hannah Gheen was sent down for prosfitu-
tion and vagrancy. Angeletta Allen,
was sent down for 90 days. She was also
fined IS for contempt of court. Patrick Far
rell, indecent exposure; s5. Robert Main,
John Grouse. assault and battery ON q wo-
man; So. John Thompson, alias John Mil
Ter, malicious trespass; IS. Washington
Augustus Cullen, larceny OF II pounds of
lead, worth $3.50, belonging to the District
government; $40 and cosIs, or 30days. Harry
Us
John L. Owens, assault on Charles jackson;
81 and costs. Charles ii. KettIer, larceny OF
q whip from Samuel Oppenheimer; $40 and
costs sns or rn two months in jail Anthony
Haskins; 800 bonds to keep the peace.
Richard Bassford, profanity; 50. Washing.
ton Alexander, Nero Briggs and John Wea-
yer, colored, charged with highway robbery
in the county, and assault on Henry Gable,
a German, who testified that on returning
home from market, Saturday afternoon,
70 OF hror, hxIA
men came up behind him, and, selling him,
one of them holding a large knife to his
breast, demanded his money or his life. They
took all his money-sixteen dollars and some
small change Complainant resides In
Uniontown, and the assault was made at the
fully in the court as the men who attacked
him, but said 1t was In the night time, and
that he could not see very well. He could
Iabores nndeT so VERY y, Se ana tnerei6se
cross xamtnatian. For defence several col
ored witnesses were Introduced to prove an
alibi. Alexander and Briggs were held in
$500 bonds for action OF the grand jury, and
Weaver was dismissed. Jas. Peyton, assault
on Henry Matthews, special officer; three
months In jail. Fred; Barber, assault on
on Sarah Curtis. hiswif $40, or two months
Margaret Sullivan. charged with keeping q
bawdy honse in Slate alley $50, or sixty
days In jail.
Patrick Burke, p,ofane; IS. Michael
Gellespie and Catharine Gellespie; disor-
der; 8. George Baker, DO. Tony Coleman
and Sam Wheeler, do. Catharine Grant,
do; SO. George DuvaIl, profanity; collst-
eral forfeited. Teresa Johnson, do. IS. Bar
Clayton and Malinda Brooks, do.i $40.
Thomas Sicily, profanity; IS: Michael
Cavanaugh, disorderly; as. q. w. McLane
profanity; S5. Nathan Thomas, do; col at
eral forfeited. Jefferson Minor, cruelty to a
horse; SO. John Blown, unlawful bar; S10
appeal. George Baker, assault and battery
on Officer Hess; $40. John Clark, assault on
collateral. Norris Carroll and Daniel Shea
han, ARRAY; SIS eacr. Dennis Long, ASA lt
on John Saunders; SIS. Henry Z. Baker, as
sault on David Wagner; $50 and costs. Ap-
peal TAKEN Henry Garnett, larceny of some
carpet bags from the store of II. 8. johnson;
pleaded guilty. Lizzie Garrett, wife OF
Henry Garrett, charged with receiving the
stolen carpet bags belonging to Johnson,
and con cealing them, knowing them to have
been stolen. The property was valued at
$40. The case was suspended to give the
prosecuting attorney an opportunity to
change the information making the value
less. SO that IL would come within the juris-
diction Of the court. Frank Brown, assault
on VIM. Tidings; SO. VIM. TidinRs, assault
on Frank Brown, e cross nre; IS. J. A. Col.
battery on John de Baptist, who testified
that Gibson made an attack on him with a
large knife. Mrs. JOIN de Baptist's testi-
mOny cOrrobOrated that OF her lord and mas
ter, and the court imposed q nne Of SIS. Alice
Adams, larceny OF Lizzie Majors alpaca
ekiIt and petticoat; $40. The case of Anna
Ray, charged with keeping q disorderly
house, came up by way Of continuance. The