Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-01-04
THE COURTS.
CRIMINAL CoURT-Jt5

CRIMINAL CoURT-Judge Macarthur.
Yesterday, Willis Wooster, charged with
larceny, was acquitted. Robert Johnson,
charged with keeping faro bank and gam
ing table in a house on f street northwest,
near 18th; not guilty; Elijah Pearce, charged
with Larceny from Oak Hill cemetery; not
guilty. The jury in the case of Horace s.
Johnson was dismissed at 12x last night,
having been unable TO agree.
TO-DAY.-t Before Judge OinI
This morning jeremiah Costello, charged
with receiving stolen gOods-a barrel of
whisky from VIM. Mcguire, stolen by Al
bert Colbert and Sam Campbell alias sam
Patch, who plead guilty and were sentenced
to three years each in the penitentiary-wa
put on trial. Mr.. Mcclure testified to the
barrel of whisky having been stolen from
his door. VIM. Stepney testified that he
went with the other boys with a wheelbar-
row TO the corner of 7th and p streets, and
Patch went in the store and came out say
ing, "Come on, Al, it's all right" and they
went over and placed the barrel on the bar
row. and they wheeled il to Bates alley
from whence they subsequently took it TO
CostellO's where 1t was delivered.
a large number OF witnesses were ex-
amined for the defence, TO the effect that on
the evening in question the defendant was
in his bed sick, and under the care of DR.. A ,
Behrens; and therefore he could not have re-
ceived the barrel. The case was still on trial
when our report closed.
CIRCUIT CoURT-Jlutge Cutter.
To-day, Morgan agt. Moody; verdict for
EQUITY CoURT-Judge Wylie.
TuPper agt. Topper; order for appearance
Van Dozen agt. Van Doren; do. Tyler agt.
Buchs ct al; order continuing Injunction
Hurst ct al. agt Fry ct al; order ratifying
auditors report, &c. Boston agt. Boston; do
Grant ct al. agt. MOrseil ct al; do. Brewer
agt Baily; order authorizing trustee TO pay.
Stanton, receiver, agt. Johnson; order ratify-
ing sale and references to auditor. Evans
agt. warden; order appointing w. r. Lord
attachment. McCook agt McCook; order re-
curing trustee TO bond. Washington mar
ket company agt Bakersmith; decree for sale.
Gautier agt. Gleason; bill dismissed. Rob-
bins agt. Robbins, decision declining a trust.
Plumb agt. Straining; decision holding fund
until minor children are made parties.
Hibbs agt. HibbS; order pro confesso and
reference. Herr agt. Scott; decree for con-
veyance. Appleby agt. Winston; ordered to
be entered settled and payment for special
improvements prohibited. Duane agt.
StrainiDg; order enjOinIng garniShees from
disposing of fund. James agt. Stewart; de-
cree pro confesso.
POLICE COURT-JtUl0e SaeR.
Today, Celia Butler, larceny of $50 note
from Mrs. Williams; $40, or sixty DAYS in
Jail. Charles Dinges, assault and battery on
Mary Lavender; 81. Counter Johnson, lar
eeny of two bushels of coal; $50, or thirty
Good; SO. Margaret Carroll, assault on
Elizabeth Howard; So and costs, or ten days
IN jail. Augustus Briggs, assault on Alice
Briggs; Il. Norman Carter, assault on John
johnson, bad case of cruelty, in which COM
plainant had his teeth knocked out aud his
tongue cut nearly in two; S100 and costs, or
six months in jail. John w. McKelvy
assault on Joseph Simms; continued. Thos.
Doyle forfeited collateral. Joseph Boyle,
disturbing religious assembly; IS. John
Jones forfeited. Alexander Taylor, cursing;
s.. Silas Chase, same; IS. Amanda Robin
son, disorderly; forfeited collateral. Anna
Middleton, same. VIM. Pryor, loud and
boisterous; S. Henry Ewell, profanity; s..
James Mcdonald, do; IS. VIM. Boxday,
disturbing the neighborhood by shouting: IS
Albert Taylor, threats to Susan Garnett;
personal bonds to keep the peace. VIM. j.
Cook forfeited collateral.