Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-12-14
THE COTRTS.


tRlNtNAI IOTRT-Jff1f Hvfir.
Yesterday. Edward McCabe, David x. Sta;ta.
Burton Payne. and Andrew Carter Larceny
nom {. T.. Gibbs; verdict guilty: carter ana
Smith sentenced 10 the reform school during
minority, and PAYNE and McCaDe 10 The peai-
Tertiary for three years. Thomas Bowie was
convicted OF shooting Thomas MadigaD: sen
tence suspended.
CIRCUIT CoURT,fuifc Cartier.
Yesterday. Waters patent heater company ~.
CRAWFORD Hoffman; Verdict Tor defendants.
PoregIine W. Browning ~. District OF Colum-
eia; action for sleo damages Tor tre~SpasS IN
tearing down fence across an alley; verdict
Tor defendant Waters Patent Heater company
" Pierce: dismissed; each 10 pay own COSTS.
Shoemaker agt. sandman. dismissed. Bern
nara agt Shoemaker; judgment. Myers at.
hoy le; motion tot Judgment granted Payne
aSt. National Metropolitan bank; DO. Fa,rar
agi. bowleS: motion for lud rmeEt oieIruled.
quinn a%t. District; demurrer Sustained. leave
10 amend. Lighter aG;. New Jersey Mutual
life Insurance company: do. United states At
Donaldson. demurrer oSerruleL ~, Ncy AFT.
Thomas. dn.
EQUITY CoURr-.gu,iy, ua-trfh,.r
Yesterday. Penn Mutual LIE Insurance COM
pany ~ >earle; =. e.. Bond substituted A. tr,lS-
tee IN place ~ ~. z. iIelmick Same ~ Barker.
10. same ~. Euir.cSS. same ~ Edison: a..
rem Mutual liie Insurance company W
fisher: argued bN Mr.. Eoad. case, ~ easy.
IUe issued nrturuablc pcrclnbsr o. io-S
red.
Io-dsy. hartley agt Hebron: ruud orierrb
into court. Hoffman a'.t Brlda.v. ,y,Sttatoiar
order discharged. paws AIT nuNcA. nrfpS4. II
witness sustained. Walsh Az. hsaiNard. ~A-e
IecrSed, question a~ to henS rn-a:'cd. Queca
AT N'liGdnN, restraining order dis hanged nn
iStinS DIGS Az Robertson; sale ra'iliet ntsi
Deker2 az, peNerS; adminiSl rglorl made parry
ana leie!red, seal agt. porcau~, leave ~ Me
amended hiN. PuTn ayI. kruned .. ,spayt,,ap..
Fec1eCd. Evans ACT ghonan>ap. ,,iaraeu "a
!teW appointed.
PROBATE tOURr-Err.Nl+5 H.,,,..
he>''rdaN. coid,eol Catherine Barnett: exam
nJtioh a. 20 claims closed.
roICK CorRr-JrdJs SneY
To-day. James Kelly. street b'aSphpmy; g.
Ih"naN DAVIS. carry ms pistol IL t,rorsrfJWn:
so or nlariy DAYS Ia latt Charles smith. m
IDLE and suspicious character witbaui vi.,bJs
mearS or support. found lettering ih,nt srls-
shops. WAS sent down ga tie farm cornelius
Brown, loud and bpiSreronS: med -. banned
COOK. colorud YSgTant. was sent down Tor thirty
days George Walker. larceny oi a calf-skin
lrom Alexander II. smith CA The gath ~ Anrii
last; continued 10 TUESDAY. John II. Null, lar
go thIiy days. Henry Waters. keeping an IN
ltct'i'>ed dog; =, oT tel days.
CHARGE OF INDECENT ASSAULT o. TWO YOUNi
GIRLS.
VIA. &. Parkinson. aa elderly man. was
charged in two cases Of indecent assault upon
Two little girls. one. Louisa and the other Ma
tida Brumnger. The two cases Ner. heard
together. Louisa. about ten years old. told the
Judge mat she went into ParkinSous house AMI
IN JEe Ddtk room he took her on his lap aRi
gave her two cents. and assaulted her. She
went nome and told her father Matilda, the
other girl. about twelve Years old, told the court
about the same story. Mr.. parkinson's store is
on pennsylvania avenue. He lives on q,
street, on the Island VIM Brlnninger. the
father OF the girls. testified that "Wednesday
last the girls told him about II. He related
what his children stated TO him. Thursday he
took his children la Mr.. ParNinSOn's place and
charged him with this act For defence Mr.
Henry Lee. undcrt aker. PennSylN anita avenue
Geo. J.. Sheriff, Mr.. John McDeunott carriage
maker, Mr.. Mades ana Mr.. Baumgarten, teSti-
ned a. 10 PaIklnS0nS good character Tilos
Lane. an apprentice To MIR. Parkinson. testified
that he was I'm The shop The day IN question.
and Parkinson did not take the girls on his Ian
for the reason that they were not there They
were there on Thursday, and Mr. T.. gave them
some pennies. but took 40 liberties With thea
Other Witnesses were heard. after which Mr.
PARKINSON MADE statement. The court. after
a recital OF the testimony. concluded that the
defendant was guilty in the cast Or Matilda
ana imposed a line oi Sl0o ard crpSis and SJIS-
pended judgment in the other ease An aIupal
was taken, AMI bonds lNcd At Ssaa. which vera
given al once.
Andrew Brown. threats 10 Mary TiIl'aan: Sias
bonds or 81 days Thomas Hughes. white
tramp. Charged with stealing a pair OF boots
from Francis Profit: pleaded aud was line $40 or
- days. Henry PIather, colored. charged with
stealing two white SONS from a cOuutryinau
second offence: grand jury.
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