Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-01-05


TIE TRIAL or THE MAYoR.-Thc trial OF
nr J. 3. johnson. the Mayor. Tor an assault
oaa battery. committed while acting under
oolor Of bis office, upon Augustus, Bryant,
enbiro man, was begun in the Corporation
,.rrt this morning. The facts adduced al the
tr;al showed that the complaining witness haa
hasn arrested ard brought before the Mayor
w tbn charge of obtaining money under raise
W and had been found guilty OF tie OIL
iaoos and sentenced by the Mayor to receive
fftsen lashes, but the execution OF the sentence
Ind been postponed upon the promise o. the
nr;soner TO quit the city. Subsequently bryant
admitted another offence by breaking lnto and
snterinp house Of i'll fame, kept by eolorea
conan named Goorgana Day, on Royal street,
hetueen Princess and Queen. Upon his arrest
md conviction for the second offence the Mayor
nvecnted the deferred judgment and ordered
tho whining to be done by the sald ueorglana
Dav in the station house. There Is no au-
,hority vested in the Mayor by law 10 impose
corporal punishment III cases oil assault anu
battery aud the prosecution was iounceo upon
the supposition that the punishment hau oeea
applied 10 the second case, which was as'auit
and battery. The deeuce was that the old
sentence only had been carried toto execu'
tioD, During the examination OF the Mayor
he went on to say. TO the jury thss the Corpora
ton Court had DO right TO try the fece Court,
and in SUPPORT OF the statement produced
,ackape Of PAPERS, among which was u pub
Iished decision OF the Supreme C0uci OF APP
reals At this juucturc Judge lowe promptly
ranped the witness to order aa1 said:
''Dr. Johnson you must sop. want 1t
distinctly understood tina. this Court has the
right to try tho Mayor the c;;y for the offence
OF assault and battery.
DR.. Johnson-l have the decision OIL the
Court of Appeals, which says this Court mas
40 right to try the Police Court.
Judge Lowc-rhcn sir you will have to go
to he Court Of Appeals
The Mayors testimony concluded the aFi-
lsnce, add the Commonwealth Attorney be.
rau the argument Tor the Commonwealth, and
asserted that the Mayor had set himself above
The law, but be was only the creature OF the
!aw, and not superior to It. The speaker efltl
..ised the official conduct Of the Mayor, and said
his acts could ouly be Justified by the luhaoi-
sants Of the CanDibaI Islands.
at the conclusion Of the argument OF the
attorney for the Commonwealth, ar. Albert
Stuart commenced the argument for the dc.
fence. coutcDdlng that the punishment had
been Inflicted for the FIRST offence Of petit lar
eeny, and was perfectly just6aba under the
law
The instructions Of the Judge were then
given aud the jury retired to their room.
After a short absence they returned with
verdict Of mot guilty.
NJ +. CuURCH.-Thc attcndauca at the
services held in this church is Increasing Yes
,erday afternoon the meeting was of highly
interesting character. 1t night the pastor
preached from Isaiah SD chapter lst verse
Awake, Awake put on thy strcogh y zion.
The sermon was an urgent cali to the church 10 |
put away sloth and lcthargy, and grid itself for |
wo,t. At the close Mr.. Webb stated that be
did not intend to address himself specially to
the uuconverted until the members OF the |
church were ready 10 60 heartily into the work,
but If any one present desired prayers he would |
be glad to be notified OF the TACT. Ooe young
snan arose. After prayer the congregation was
dismissed. The person referred to remained
1or counsel and instruction. There are many
sndcatious that these services vii! prove sue
cesslu!, notwithstanding the unfavorable season
in which they arc being held. kaV. ". Z.
Webb will preach to night
GERMAN Co OPERATIVE BUILDING AsSo-
,lATloN.-The German Cooperative Building
Association, NO. -, ne!u ltS tulIu aUuudl uSCt-
;pr at Harmonic Hall last night.
The following officers for the ensuing year
we're elected: President Robert Portuer Sec
rotary, j. Schneider; Treasurer. l.. Stein;
Directors, j. Fl. Reid and B. I. Price, to serve
for three years, the others holdlog over; Irus-
tees, Park Agnew, Joseph Kaufman and Roht.
Hell, jr.
The ANNUAL report Of the Secretary showed |
u very fiattcring condition Of the Associations
affairs
The Beard of Directors have declared d!yi
deuG of % per share.
5000 we're sold at deduction premium Of
forty per cent.
The messing then adjourned.
EpIruAsY.-To- morrow will be Known in |
the Catholic, Episcopal and Lutheran churches
as the feast of the Epiphany OF our Lord 1t
IS celebrated 10 commemoratlon OF the coming |
Of the three wise men from the cast 10 adore
the infant Saviour, when they were mlrac-
ul0uSly guided by a star as related 10 the sec |
pnd chapter of St. Matthews Gospel. 1t re-
ceivcd its name Of Epiphany or manifestation
from the fact that Christ then first manifested
himself TO the GcDtes. The Catholic Church
also celebrates on the same day the baptism Of
Christ and his first miracle Of changing water
into wine at the marriage feast at Cana, IN
Gaee. la that church it is observed as u
holiday OF obligation, and Masses will be said
in St. Mary's Church at six and ten o'clock to-
morrow morning.
REuUIsIrloN-Mr Edmund Burke, Com
mouwealths attorney for Alexandria county,
received this morning from Gov. kemper the
necessary requsiton on the Washington au-
horities for the surrender Of John Diamond
and Addison Spillman, arrested IN that CITY
some week or two ago for the robbery OF Mr..
L. y. Greeuough's residence, near Fall
Church. The prisoners will be at once brought
to this city and lodged in Jail.
FATAL SCALDINa.-A little boy, aged about
TOUR years, son of Mr.. James Rcedy, who lives
at the JUNCTION OF the Back Lick and Telegraph
roads, while playing. around the store: Oh
Wna,osIor ,be p,,lled over a not OF boiling