Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-08-10
THB COURTS.

fOLICE COURT-JtA1Qe Mttts, pro feD1-
day, Kate Westphal alias Higgins, and Jennie
Coreoran. vagrsncy; bonds, or 80 days Charles Ian
caster, throwing stones; IS; or 30 days Henry Ash
disordsry SIS, or IS days Charles Keeling assault
on " ism Mssruder, who testified that Keeling
knocked him down and kicked him; fined 3 10 and
costs, ard forfeiture Of collateral set aside Victor
Hagsrnan small boy Of 10 or Il years, charged with
line Harris, assault Mary Hillary an elderly lady
striking her with stone in the forehead leaving an
ugly mark: 6 10 aud Gusts, OF % days in Jail
r,, sES uI,t sa5HM.S's sEsARs.
stealing box # SePS am .2
Sherman oftiser Quinlap testified that he arrested
He that they had come from Chandlee' : cigar
store, on street, and took them there, when Mr..
the Secretary, the night previous, with the same
paper wrapped around them. The clerk here cor
sixty days. The box Of cigarsiwas stolen from the
Secretary carriage.
Georeiana Butler, assault on Maria Thompson;
s no and costs Thomas Bresnahsn, assault on Lizzie
TSrd, M. night walker giving her black eye.
company with this iewd woman on the street in the
pTsl0n and trsd to SET him away from her IS
Meany; SO aud costs Georgiana Buckner assault
on Maria Thompson; SO and costs. Victor Hege,
ham, assault ON julia wliam IS Joshua Sns' Bsr rs
assault on VIM Lewis with intent 70 Kill; postponed
10 ltth instant owing TO the condition of the com
plainant.
Frank Logan and John W. Carter petit larceny:
$40 each and costs. The Washington and George,
town Railroad Company fined IS, in addition to
the amount OF licenses for running sixty eight street
cars without obtaining a license for the same.
The amount of license claimed is S3si on
the sixty Two horse and eight horse cars
an appeal was taken on the grounds that the com
pany authorized by their charter To run the cars
without license The will therefore be tested in
the upper courts.
THE PCGH-6ROw FORGERY CASES
The case of the United States agt. Samuel A. Puch
and John 4. Grow, charged with forging the name
of Caleb T. mpkins to two United States drafts both
amounting To : -3i2 ~, which amount was obtained
10y defendants with intent TO defraud the government
of the United States, came up this morning by wav
Of continuance. Mr.. Pugh was present with his
counsel, Messrs. Williams and Brown. and Mr. Grow
Was absent: Counsel for defence stated that the
officials of the Treasury department now have the
matter under consideration as to whether or not
they have any jurisdiction in prosec such cases,
and the probability was that their conclusions would
be that they have none; they therefore asked a post
ponement again until the Treasury officials could be
heard from Mr.. Miller, prosecuting attorney,
stated in effect that the Treasury officials have moth
Ing L. do with the case any further than 10 answer
when called upon IL give testimony. The facts that
the defendants. since the Inauguration of this cau-e
has made the bank whole. and the bank in turn al
made the Treasury department whole, hence the re-
luctance To go ON with the prosecution. He was not
willing time should Ice given 10 the case. IL was
finally agreed that the be postponed until the
18th instant