Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-11-02

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plaintiff.
CRIMINAL CouRr-J,x,oe DIN.
To-Day, VIM. Colley, charged with larceny
sSssY on and aoe S q 2
Was found not guilty, and the Court admon-
ltbed Dim hereafter not TO attempt sucn
PIscticsi 5oses nor 70 borrow peoples horses
A SHOOTING CASE TRIED.
Wm; OBr1sn, charged with assault and
battery on Wn: +. Grant, with intent to
shooting him. was srraiSned1Gen. Hsntis
and +. p. Gloss for the defendant. Grant
tesnnsd TO the shooting, but could not say
INA. VBrien vas the person who nred the
down, and be fired just as he arose on his
Knees. q. w. Garner said he could not
swear that O'Brien was the man, but the
size; be bad either Q black moustache. or
blacked lip. Benjamin Klopfer testified that
he was private Waterman; saw the shoot
tSiDs ABOUT Shooting soe c OF tSs csos
when Garner dOwned him, and Is O'Brien
got up be said TO Grant, "You want it, and
nrtd. Robert Connell testified TO the shoot
ing, but could not recognize the shooter.
The man had been tripped and knock ID
down by Garner; he wore q moustache and
thinks he was taller than O'Brien. William
trouble. but could not say who shot; it was
man with black moustache.
The defence called James E Sherwood.
Daniel CaSy and Jerry Sullivan, who testi-
ned mat OBrien wore no moustache, and
the hrst named testified TO seeing a party
run away after the shooting, an entirely
different looking man from the prisoner.
some few minutes were spent In waiting
for Nicholson. witness for government, bur
he did not put in an appearance Cou lssl
argued the case to the jury, and in abont
ten minutes they returned a verdict OF mot
guilty"
POLICE CouRr-yu,ue S.,ep.
To- day. John T. Kelly and VIM. Knott.
two white men. were up on the charge of
ing, corner OF 18th street and New York ave-
Due, and carrying away some mantel orna-
mepts. Mrs. c. testified that she had retired
G 20 6ed ABOUT ABOUT II o'cr6ck, nIst securing the
mitted about 2 O'Clock In the morning. Ser
geapt Perry, OF the sixth precinct, testified
to making the arrest, and detailed to the
men in front OF the house when he arrested
them. Subsequently Kelly owned up to
where he had got the articles. Both were
each. Emanuel Lacy, assault and battery:
$40 and costs. James =. Carroll, threats OF
personal violence to J. r. Mason, who was q
witness for defence In case before the Po
prosecuting Witness 500 bonds to keep The
peace. Hester Connolly, assault and bat
terry on Martha Poole; S5 and costs
BENJAMIN Miles forfeited collateral. John
r. Temple, loud and boisterous; SO. George
GaylOr and George Phillips forfeited. VIM.
Smothers, colored. charged with street ours
ing; IS. Mary WEIGH, do; SIS. Chas Scott,
loud; SIS. Paul jackson, violation of market
rules; $40. James DOdd, street cursing; e5
William CuIraD, q suspicious and idle fel.
low, without visible means OF support, was
found lettering about the streets and tlppling
houses. This brother Of the notorious JnO
Currap. Detective McDevitt testified that
after Curran was arrested last night witness
took from him memorandum list OF houses
ip the city and In Baltimore, some OF which
have been robbed. The court sent him to
Wood, Carl Darpell, Israel Long, Clarence
Adams and Edward Robinson, all small
boys charged with throwing stones In the
street; continued. John Armstrong, for
feited. j. +. Temple, who was fined in court
this morning for being drunk and disOrderly
at Milliken's hotel last night, was disorderly
on leaving the court and taken in and fined
another IS.