Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-11-08
THE COURTS.

CRIMINAL CoCRT-JIsdge AGc 4 rth'T.
guilty: fined IS George A. Seal plead guilty to a
charge Of assault; sentence suspended kobert Dor
pended Frank Ferguson, charged " til RAPE on
anna J. Lea, small cClOred girl, wa3 placed
To day, the trial Of Ferguson, charged with rape,
was ss'nsd' ahd the 1nr! I0und SeEgci Oh guilty
and asked the court to lie lenent. Tile court
c@mmSn. and the frequency Of it made one regret
that the former punishment-the death penalty
could not be imposed. In this case he wuul q imp
sentence 81 rwelyc years ia the Maryland peniten-
tiary,. stephen Turner, charged with assault ON
by setting adog on her, causing it 10 bite her,
found guilty nnd sentenced to six months 10 jail he
Iair gcrfcld, charged with forgery, a taken up.
Messrs Riddle, w. A; Cook and J ii Cook for tie
CIRCUIT CoURr-Judge Ctutter.
To-day, Webster Bro, agt. Rawlings yer lict for
juo sInent entered. Van Ortwick agt. Walters; YER
dict for defendant.
EQUITY CoURr-J,0'ge Wylie.
agf W arc order Of sale Ford agt Ham iton: sale
ratified. Mcdaniel sst. HAYES; bill dismissed.
PROBATE CoURr-JuIge DIN.
tor c the estate IF hHa Mos6T ss
STNO. Edmund W Woodruff qualified ~ executor
FeX Martin quae as amn GSarT Of a. Ann Mar
TN, tcceased-bond Sl0O0 Maria DoTotha Friess
qualified as guardian of the orphans of Christian
Frederick friess, deceased bond S2,D.
POLICE CoURr-Judoe Sseu.
To-day Mahala eyenson; ,colored, charged with
r'aciuE filth on the clothes of Mary Gray ak ng
malicious trespass l. was shown that the woman is
insane, and the court continued the case for SEN
teuce, taking her husband personal recognizance
for her appearance. In the meantime the physician
II To examine the condition If the woman Samuel
Proctor, charged with carrying a sluIg shot; plead
guilty, and the court imposed the lowest fine; %,
ana defendant took appeal. Victoria Burke
and ate Go-ng, were sent down a Migrants. Ran
Gall Henson sent down again fur vagrancy.
Maggie Hughes, same; down Harry Williams was
nncd - Tor stealing piece of pie worth five cents
from poor peddlaI. BENJAMIN johnson was fined
$50 for assault on John Butler Samuel Butler
sent To- Jail sin months for larceny of several
ticlos from Joseph :. MtTTl.
TBE BCECEELL BU R6LAaY.
AdClphus Burgess and Thomas Davis, two Colorad
burglars, arrested last evening, by Detectives Noss
and tiaroc, for breaking into the grocery store OF
y. W. Burcheli the other night and stealing wine,
cigars. money, &c theTefrunI, were arraigned Tor
the offence and plead d not guilty The warrant
also charged second offence of petit larceny. Mr.
Burche described the manner in which his store
was entered. and " hat had been taken away. sam
Butier. Coiored, one of the party, who turned
states witness, testified that he was with deen ias,
and stood in 'front.' Of the store, street, having
been instructed To rap on the store window when
any one approached; defendants went down into he
alley in the rear and broke n and took the articles in
question NItpsiss shared the spoils with them. De
tcCtye Noss testified arresting the defendants and
ldtntIhed The second offence was proved ~ the
court records and defendants committed for a. ion
of tie Cranu jury.