National Republican., 1877-02-02
utterlng Forged Car Tickets.

Uttering Forged Car Tickets
The Capitol, North o Street and South
Washington Railroad Company Is tho latest street
car monopoly that has got into operation In tho
District, and has been running now for more than
. year. They map out q line Of travel parallel
with two other routes, and at the same time so
eircuitous as to take in localities not adjacent to
the other roads, hoping thereby to increase the
snanelsi success For some time Il grew f N favor
and was we'll patronired, the company holding
Atthe last annual meeting the stockholders put
IN new set Of officers, who soon after abolished
sossss the esept. III o aos eoS
and the for Sdnd grew
that the expenses were eating up the income, with
The matter was taken into consideration, and
directors Of the road decided 10 return to the orig
inal plan OF selling six tickets for twenty-five
ssr sna a. the or sams time establish dsPots
the proposition was carried into effect the dlscov.
cry was made that bogus tickets were being put
detriment Of the corporation. Trucking up the
clues obtained IL was ascertained that WIN. II.
na tho crime q
before Judge Humphreys. yesterday, to stand
trial upon the charge made. The accused is a
auburn hair and very pleasing, innocent appear.
ing face. There Is nothing about his features or
conduct to mark him as follower Of crime, but
man Of quiet ways and correct habits.
II seems that he by some process came in pos
which wa; formerly used for tickets, tdb and Bearing @
the name Of Mr. Saunders, the first president oil
,hs % road: THIS he carried to an sngrayer, and by
Edward Temple, the present chief officer. After
the die was altered he went to work with It, and
the company, turned out tickets by the whole
sslc and put them on the street for disposal.
san 4S,ts quantity Of them had got into cIcula
evidences Of his guilt, in the shape OF the spur.
tbe case used very fSrcbiy against him. ""T The ,o
Jury found him guilty, and recommended him TO
the mercy OF the court.
"Judge, am not Guilty"
Thus spoke VIM FitEhugh yesterday morning
whtn brought up before Judge Humphreys fnr
sentence, having previously been convicted Of
hishway robbery on Benjamin +. White, in De.
his whereabouts on the night in question, and
said that he was not on Fourteenth street, and
other: He was sorry that the gentleman hal
been hurt and lost his watch, but did not think
an innocent man should be compelled to suffer
punishment for It. which would be the case II
house but few minutes on the night Of the rob.
called him they both went in and went to bed.
ne had heard the witnesses testify, and one OF
them had sworn falsely against him. II he could
shown hts WHEREABOUTS during the entire night.
lie had done nothing wrong, and thought II hard
that he should be sent TO prison for some one
Mr. Campbell Darlington, his counsel, who has
Managed the case with his usual energy and skill,
statea that ewly.discovered important evidence
favorable to his client warranted him m enteriag
ne motion for new trial.
HIS Honor suspended sentence and allowed tho
Atorpey time to perfect the notion
Criminal Court.
Before I..age HuMphrcys.
cfiHislL ABSENT, BUT TRIED AND POUND
a GUILTY.
VIM. Fitxhugh, colored, convicted Of highway
robbery on Benz. r. White, on Fourteenth street,
IN December last was brought out for sentence,
bat his counsel. MT; Campbell Darlington, nled a
second ofisnss, Plead Gaiiis and asked the % mercy
js Nj sson for defsndsn % martin frHf Biana
s sni, ian appeal case and tie accused
.ence and verdict Of Guilty rendered; bench
warrant was issued for Bland, and his recogni.
charged with forging the name Of Edward Tenn.
pie president OF the North U Street and South
Wa.hington Street Railroad Company, on certain
car tickets, was put on trial; tine Jury founI him
Gully, and sentence was suspended.
Supreme Court Of the District.
Before Judges Olln, wyiie, and Macarthur.
Marion Stan VS.. J. W. Starr. This case comes
aa srSss rs aS EaSy az Ssn
month alimony. Case stiil on.
Circuit Court.
beroN Chief Justice Cartur.
INDEBTEDNESS REWRITING
Uros THE HousEBuILDER.
Thomas Il Son VS.. Anthony Halleck. an ac-
lion for goods sold and delivered, amounting to
y, 800; this suit is tho outgrowth of work per.
formed by q sub.contractor, and the original con.
tractor failing 70 meet the obligations that he in
Lewis sse Tie anp or T' ;Sc u
use Of colt ages Nos. Is and lo at Point Lookout
Md. and claims tli5, with interest; referred to j.
]. johnson.
Court Calendar for To-day.
SUPREME CouRT OF THE DISTRICT, before
Justices wylie. olin and MaoArthur.-Nos. q,
silekney; q, Bond vs.. Mediord; 3s, Hardin VS..
20, Coburn VS.. CrocEer; n, Robbins VS.. Hail, et
si.; a., McIntire vs.. Williams.
CIRCUIT Court, before Chief Justice Cart
tcr.ENos. bo Preleps vs.. kImmell; l5l, Toombs
Administrators VS.. Metropolitan Lie insar.
vs. 49, pps sGna'Ga Ss s,Ss
III, Wilson, adminIstrator, &C, vs.. Arricks; III
Company vs. Shepherd; III, Levi vs..
Levi; l7s, Stanton, receiver, VS.. Mcknight; Isl,
SiepeI W. himmeli Lobef; ls2, Townley vs..
Sessier; ~, CIuss, use sc, vs.. District Oi Co.
CRIMINAL COURT, before Judge Hum
Fosbinder, assault with latent 70
XIII; Frank Fosbinder, resisting an oiicer; " -.
liam Walker, alias Walker Williams, keeping q
Vaming. house; VIM. BrOadus, alias Simons, lar
reny; Landon Lee, assault with intent TO XIII;
Charles 4. Wesley, burglary and larceny; bud.
10y Hall, resisting an offieer; George Frazier,
larceny, two cases.
$50.
Opposition to the New District Tax Bill.
A meeting Of citizens was held al the Board
Of Trade Rooms last evening for the purpose 5f
deciding as to what measures they should take
relative to the new tax of centsper to for school
purposes, levied upon them by the bill which