Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-08-13
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POLICE CoURT-Acfin1 .Tidoe

This morning, Edward Dow .eX To wss ar
ra, gned snargea With being l I'D and Soistsr
Gus. Officer MeNeai test Led that he was
corner of 18th and , street northWest' in
which it was believed thieves had hid them.
selves. and be found Downey in the yard
h powneS oeing sworn testified that he was in
ms Eed at his house when the officer came,
ana ne ordered him out, aud he would not 90,
when he pitched him down the steps. Harvey
Thomas corroborated McNeal; S and costs or
playing ball in street; 81 each. Alice Jones
was was charged with profanity Officer Nokes
her husband again. she would mash him.
Alice testified that White was telling her hus-
band some tales on her. and she told him not
comes from Baltimore there is sure to be a
disturbance on account of his talk; 81. Anna
GObrick and Nelly Patterson were arrested
other, and to-day were charged with vagrancy.
Nelly plead guilty. and Anna denied that she
was a '.vag,", but admitted that she was
got out of jail, that She should be let off. The
Court directed them both to give bonds or be
Imprisoned in the wOrk house 80 days. JOS.
ehae kDp playing oa in cd ns Mi
Queen, carrying concealed weapon "a razor;
nd the p cansnsg Fl stePsen Nss1 dis
boy, with others, jumped over the fence at the
Theater Comique, and Mr.. Cahill, for the de-
PENDANT, claimed that to Jump over a fence
tion of the law under which the Information
is laid. Mr.. Padgett, for the government,
said the evidence was that he was there with
number OF others The Court held that if
gather ing OF boys was not an obstruction he
would ike to know what was. The Court i'm
posed fine OF S.. Milton Bowers and James
Williams, larceny of a shawl strap valued at
Is cents; 81 or l day in Jail each. Edward
Green, assault on Louisa Paine fined s.. Mack
Abraham. colOred, was charged with assault
on Mary Brown, also colOred, who testified
that on Thursday night Abraham called to
her and she would not stop, and he followed
her and struck her three times in the eve
Mack used to come to see her, but misbehaved
and she told him not to come there again, as
they could not agree. Abraham testified that
he was passing along on n street, between 9TH
and sth. when he saw her, and she appeared
her to go away, simply, showing her off She
was drinking because her breath smelled of
it; fined S.. Elizabeth Bryan, larceny of So
from Daniel johnson, who testified that he
Acton testified that Elizabeth admitted to get
ting the money and spending it. Officer SAT-
fell testified that she owned to having got the
Dean. assault on Henry Adams, a colored boy
six years old. John Adams, a brother of the
boy, testified that Henry kicked a plate over
with stone. Dean testified that he did not
strike the bow; fined 81. Lee Scott, assault on
Mary Scott ais wife, who testified that Lee
struck her. Scott testified that Mary was out
of night, and he told her about leaving her chill
dren, when she aelZed an axe, aud cut him on
the head. She was too mean to live with, and
he wouldn't stay with her any more. Fined S..
Isaac PiniOn. charged with malicious mischief
by Robert Nay1Or. The latter testified that
while he was here in court Pinion wegt to his
premises, in .O-street alley, and destroyed his
ing, and in the evening they were all pulled
up. Pihion ia his own behalf testified that he
rented the premi~ es, and had allowed NaylOr
TO i've there. as an act OF charity receiving no
MIR. Wells, for the government, claimed that if
the owner OF the property allows party to
take possession and plant crop he makes
seSs him is in the legal mode. Mr.. C. Caring
ton, for the defendant, asked if the judge al
lowed party to live in his house as an act of
did that give the party the right to remain
until the corn has grown and the crop is Sc
cured. The court thought that there had been
costs. The defendant noted an appeal not
Directing to the fine. but being opposed to pay
ing any money which would go to Naylor.
on Jerry Stephenson, who testified that
Fletcher cut him on Saturday night with
razor. On the arm and hand. Stephenson tes-
tilted that he was going from market with
Fletcher came along, and after striking at the
woman, he tStephenSOn) told him not TO strike
ner, ana he turned on him. cutting him twice
with razor. For the defence, two women
testified that they Were going home, when
Fletcher was very drunk and stag ,ercd
against the woman, when Stephenson struck
Fletcher, who had a knife in his hand,
and they supposed the wounds were thus in
tiicted; $40 and costs, or thirty days in jail.
Michael King was charged with assault and
battery On Margaret Buckley, his sister-in-
law, who testified that on Sunday ngnu his
wife Cher sister, and herself were sitting J.
gether, when he came up and cursed her, cali
ing her - dirty, and slapped her,
and told her husband that he dare not take it
up and struck him. On cross examination,
he said that she did not bite him, Che i'm
print Of the teeth being on his right cheek,)
but admitted that she struck him when he
called her go dirty -. Michael Buck
ley testified that on Sunday evening he was
sitting on the doorstep with his wife and Mrs.
King, when King came out and said that he
was tired of supporting his wife and his
mother too, and said something about inter-
ference with his family affairs. Witnesses
wife said something about "a civil tongue
made wise head King then called her
very bad name. and she struck him and King
struck her. Witness and King then got into
q fight. A fine of 81 was imposed. In the pro-
family case against Mr.. King fine of 50 was
imposed.