Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-11-17
THB sOURT.

wxuneeuay, Joun u. w llson, last driving;
verdict guilty John Shea, barroon; nolle
pros. George Thecker, keeping open on sun
day; verdict not guilty.
YESTERDAY.
James O'Day, disorderly; Judgment below
affirmed. Griffin 3. Reed, selling Iiou,r
without license; verde: guilty and fined
liquor without license; verdict guilty and
sentence below-f1ne of sI25-afirmed.
,o "A LIVERY STABLE CASE:
John w. Willis, charged with keeping a
livery stable without license. Mr. Jordan
for defendant stated that Mr.. w had at a
cost OF SIS goo to 900 600 erected q stable ana
the Commissioners refused to allow the col,
lectOr TO issue a license to him. The court
said that he had no power TO aid the defend
judgment entered for $50 aud costs. with a
stay until decision can be obtained In the
General Term. Catherine Bailey, selling
A. b. keyes, running coach with out license
In this case the point was made that the
legislature exceeded Its powers in passing
me act and also that the act OF Congress OF
July 1Ztn, 1916, repeats SO much of the license
act as conflicts. The jury found q verdict OF
guilty and he was fined SIS with costs; eye
cution was suspended to allow the case to
60 to the General Term for decision. Luke
W. Knott unlicensed bar; not guilty. Geo
EeIof, selling on Sunday; not guilty. Marx
McAtee, unlicensed bar; judgment set aside.
John ward. ipjuring property; nolIe pros.
LIQUOR CASES.
TO day In the case of Henry Sch warren
i neIg, indicted Gd for keeping bar without
Judge Macarthur In directing this action
fa1d II was not grocery case, and he was
glad TO see that the jury In the latter class
1t seemed that the licensing OF groceries TO
sell liquor by the quantity 10 only to cover
Ietail by the small. This tippling business
nesses had been frequently spirited away,
AND Oftentimes perjury was involved In such
cases He would chow no mercy In such
mr. hn MAJ
from Its past acts, that but little mercy could
be expected In that quarter.
EQUITY CoURT-Juolge Hylie.
Yesterday, Williams agt. Scott, Truesdell
Wiley; decree confirming sales. Hilton aet.
H1ltop, do; auditors report. Carroll agt.
BIight, trustee; auditors report remanded.
well ct al. overruled. Daley agt. Mathews;
order denying Injunction. LinvilIe agt.
Murdoch; auditors report confirmed.
POLICE COURT, Judge 8ae2.
Sarah Honesty, Octavius Honesty, and
Susan Honesty, assault; SIS each or 10 days
In jail. Alex. johnson, threats; bonds to
Keep the peace John Blackness, larceny;
Adgelay and Reuben Perrin ,affray; Adgeley
feited collateral. NeedhamI Winters, as
larceny; $40 or 80 days G. + Compton, as,
FAULT; $40 or so days; appeal noted: prge
Handy, threats; bonds to keep psac4 pa
10 days in jail. Edward Roach, assault on
OFFICER Thompson; SO and costs Henry
Ball and John Ball, assault; s5. William
each. John Gray. cursipg in Louise alley;
90. James CANT, disorderly; S5.
FINALE BURGLAR.
with an infant in her arms SS was c Ssd
with burglary in breaking into the house OF
MT: Charles I. Sawyer on Tuesday night,
committed to jail for the action OF the grand
Jury.
THE John c. Callahan mentioned in the
STAR. as Corrected with a not 1@ sT noS,s
on 18th street. Is not John O Callahan, pain
ter, cornsr OF 18th street and Pennsylvania
avenue.
TO DAY.
Henson Perry, threats to Celia Thomas:
500 bonds to Keep the peace. Jonn Hopkins,
colored, larceny OF two gallons OF whisky
Hunt thTeatS to- gzze snoW os Sonss
TO Keep the peace. George Smith, larceny
OF three chickens from Judge Willie. plead
ed guilty; $40 or sixty days. WIN. Jones,
with bOotblack box and q brickbat. Com
plainant was seriously injured. He is an
employe In the Continental Hotel, apd was
sent by the proprietor to drive the Crowd OF
boys away from in front Of the house, when
this fellow got back at him; $40 or sixty
HoratfO Maryman, q constable, was stood
mp 70 answer to cnsIge of assault on
Bruce Dent. an old cOlored man, who testi-
ned taat defendant came to levy on his hogs
for debt. Witness did not understand what
he was after, and could get no explanation,
and tried to prevent him from taking them,
when defendant and his son and nam
named Green jumped on him and beat him.
They carried heavy sticks, and one of them
carried q bowie knife. The court said he did
not approve OF this loose way OF constables
seizipg property exempt by law, but If the
officer was acting with the proper papers he
was sufficiently protected for the time being
The assault was not justifiable in the opin-
ion OF the court, but the remedy of the COM
piaiEant was IN q civil sntt against the con-
stable. Another witness testified that
NEIyman read the paper to Dent, and then
went to the pig pen and said he could take
the swine. Witness said some OF the hogs
were his and Maryman tried to keep the
pigs from running out OF the pen, and he
then called for knife and cut the horse
loose. For the defendant, William Green
testified that Dent knocked the pig pen over
and let the pigs run out, when Maryman
went to the stable and got the horse. Robert
Maryman testified to his father reading the
execution first TO Dent, and to the latter
knocking the pen down and letting the hogs
out. Witness tried TO stop the hogs, and his
father got the horse, when the alteration
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