National Republican., 1877-12-12
District Courts.

| CIRCUIT CoURT-CHIEF JUSTICE CARTTER.
| Leighton Va. Carpenter ct al; Judgment rs tc
Carpenter. Mctilue va. District OF Columbia
Judgment for plaintiff for s2s5. 0'Brion vs. Richie
bury out
CRIMINAL COURT-JusTIcE oLIN
John Hughes, previously convicted Of petit lar.
ceny and this being the second onfense, was sen
fenced to the Baltimore psnitentiary for one year
Cephas Jones' colored, indicted under two counts
for attempting TO commit rape and rayishinR Miss
FLORENCE u. Smith, hfteen year, Of age. on the Sd
Sl . HSsemeer ,S last mSs srrsgned for trial This
a. the time 81 its occurrence, In which Miss smith
~ the dusk Of the evening was dragged from near
Brutality and ser and .SsTs
ACT created such an excitement In tho neishbor-
hood that shortly amer the accused was arrested
perpetrator Of tho deed, Il became manifest that
no STOOD good chances OF receiving
SUMMARY PUNISHMENT,
and for his own preservation and In order that he
might receive fair trial. he was committed to jail
and speedily Indicted. Some trouble was expert.
enced In obtaining jury, but finally that difficulty
was overcome, and the trial progressed.
ed the Government, and Messrs. y. A. Newman and
A; 4. Birney appeared for the accused
a. The frst witness examined was Florence B
and fully recognized the defendant as the man who
waylaid her and beat and violated her person. In
order to save the witness the pain OF relating the
testimony OF the bodily injuries that she received
the defense admitted the act Of the ravishing hut
not that their client did 1t. which she subsequently
swore to
Miss smith was remarkably cool and unembsr
raised. and gave her testimony in clear and ds
sanlted.
Mrs Josephine G. Smith, the mother Of the Young
The house on The night In question, and that She
iainted away on seeing her In such a condition
He. clothes were torn and bloody and her face cut
Mrs. Sarah A. Stafford saw Miss Smith within
two minutes after she was injured Her under.
clothes were muddy and bloody and her person
She went into the alley the next morning and
found button and a piece Of blue cloth attached
had dropped. She also found two small pools of
blood In the alley.
the night Of the 5th Of November last He went
into the alley the next morning with ono Of the
prisoners shoes. and found some Of the tracks that
THE SHOE FITTED EXACTLY,
and In an intersecting alley they found more foot
prints corresponding with the seize of the shoe and
also 10 William Buffers yard. into which the man
Is said to have gone. There were only few tracks
Officers d. A. Felt and s. J. Block, and Lieut..
John +. Kelly gave cumulative evidence on these
points The latter testified to the defendant saying
~ .ne time OF me arrest that he hoped 1t was not
Ferdinand 7. Bergln saw the accused at the house
oi, NilIlhm Butler on the night OF November 8, He
asked Jones where he got all the mud on him
and he said he was a hod. carrier and fell down.
Maria L. Butler had known the prisoner nearly
Two years, and knew Miss Smith, and remembered
the night she was assaulted She saw Jones on that
night, between seven and eight o'clock when he
came 70 witness back door lie raped and she
said Who's there p and he replied "Let me in
Maria" She asked him what IN the name of God
was the matter, and he replied that he was slIr.
and there little hell back In the al.
ey. HIS clothing was muddy, also his hands, on
ne inside, when he came in.
ais wife. ~
Miss Mary Norton testified to tho accused follow |
ng and passing her In the street that night
without concluding. the court adjourned until |
his morning.
SUITS ENTERED.
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md j. +. Renstead VS.. j. NJ. Lata for specihc per
and to recover $4,000 r. 2. h T. Co VS. |
saah Stewart ct al; 10 correct defects I'm descrp
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;orcoran VS., O. II. johnson: for rent " D. Quail |
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