Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-01-11
THE C0URTS.

EQUITY COURT-JIpdQe Willie
To-dSy. hleindienst agt. Bennett; commits
sion to select guardian ad Item appointed.
Locker agt. Gordon; demurrer Overruled
with leave to plead. Alexander agt. Bnul-
din; report of auditor filed. Cooke agt.
Jouan; order dissolvIng injunction. John
son agt. Mitcalf; hearing postponed. Page
Administrative, agt. Burnstine; restraining
order issued. Coltman agt. Moore; excep-
tionS TO auditors report Overruled and part
of proceeds ordered to be distributed.
POLICE CoURT-Jltoige Shell
To day, Allen Williams, disorderly in
church; -. John Williams. warrant, was
other, was sent after Williams. Louisa
Edelin,, profane; -. Watson Green, va
grant; Gown. Josephine Miles, vagraut;
down. VIM. Richmond vagrant; 90 davs in
the chain gang. James ShIpley, indecent
exposure; $50 or 30 days in wOrkhouse.
A RED-HEADED BURGLAR.
McFall Bowen, red-headed young man,
charged with burglariously breaking and
entering the residence of John Avian Doren
No. 10 Pennsylvania avenue southeast on
Saturday night last, and stealing a breast
pin, two clocks, handkerchief pin, sleeve
loops, two shirt studs, one earring, thImble
and ladies shawl, a part OF which were re-
covered by Officer DAILY at a store on Penn
sylvania avenue northwest, where Bowen
had sold them. Officer DAILY testified TO ar
resting him at this place and recovering
some of the property which he was offering
for sale: grand jury.
VIM. Brown, larceny of fourteen wa gon
springs, the property of Thornton Slaughter;
$50 or six months in Jail.
SINGULAR CASE AND MINED TESTIMONY
THOMAS j. McNamee, a young man a1d a
clerk III the pay department, was charged
with assault and battery with attempt to
carnally know Cornelia Shimoneck, a mar
ried lady. Mrs. s. testified that this occurred
at her boarding house on ID street, between
9TH and Sth; that he called at her house to
see her husband, and made improper prOpO-
sails and took liberties with her by force,
which she resisted, and repelled him. At the
conclusion OF her testimony, Mr.. Perry, the
counsel for defendant, croSs-examined COM
planning witness, showing that she had
been in the patients department of the 81.
Elizabeth asylum under treatment for hyS-
terics, brought upon her by a spiritualist
VINO had lived in the same house with her,
by means of table, on which she placed b Cr
hands, causing her TO faint and remain IN
conscious for several hours. Afterwards she
had Mysteries regularly, and her husband
sent her To the asylum for treatment. Since
leaving that place she had been stopping
with her mother and sister until two weeks
ago, when she went to board at tue corner of
Sth and ID streets with her husband. Here IL
was That defendant, she asserted, made this
indecent assault on her last Friday after
noon. lengthy cross examination fol-
lowed as TO the particulars of the assault,
from winch III appeared that defendants bus
mess was 10 engage Mr.. S. TO play some
music AT serenadc, he being a musician.
J0nn W. Collins; keeper of shop near by,
testified 10 seeing Mrs. s. accompany defend
ant TO the door about O'Clock, when they
remained in conversation pleasantly to-
gether, and on separating defendant raised
his hat to Mrs S. and she was smiling when
they separated. Other witnesses who saw
them together al the door testified to about
the same effect.
Mr.. Peter q. Roseberry, an ex-policeman
Who resides in the same house, testified that
he was at home at the time and heard no
outcry from any woman; the children were
quite noisy, and he could not have heard any
one without they had made loud cutlery
Mr.. Wright, clerk In the same office with
Mr.. McNamee, testified to the good moral
character of defendant.
Mr.. Wentworth testified to the same, and
that defendant was a married man. Several
other witnesses testified TO the good standing
OF defendant, after which the case was sub
mitted.
The court stated that this was q serious
charge. one which was easily made and diff
ncult TO prove. There are many circum-
stances connected with the case which raise
some doubt as to the truthfulness of the tes-
tlmony OF prosecution. There liz nothing i'm
peachtng her testimony, yet the fact that she
had been in the insane asylum, and had fol-
lowed her would be rayisher TO the door and
there held pleasant conversation with him,
and other circumstances, surrounded the
case with embarrassments which IL would
perhaps be better for jury TO consider, and
he would send the case to the grand jury,
King the bonds at 81 eco
Mrs. s. is the wife of Policeman Shine.
neck, quite good looking, and was very free
spoken in her testimony