Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-11-02
THE CQNRT6.
CRIMINAL COuRr.,Judqe Wulie


Yesterday, Dennis Cady, assault; nolle pros.
entered. David II. Thomas, having in his pos
session and Offering for sale lottery tickets;
To-day, William Thomas, forfeiture set aside.
Allen Mason; do. Henry TaliafeTro; committed
TO Jail. Lewis Frazier, resisting officer; motion
for new trial OyerIuled and sentenced to 30 days
in Jail. Frank Hydeman, convicted and SEN
fenced for four years in the penitentiary; mo-
ton for new trial Overruled. Stephen Ander-
son, convicted of assault with attempt to conn
init rape on girl and sentenced to one year in
the penitentiary; motion for new trial over
ruled.
CIRCUIT CouRT-Judge Cartier.
This court was engaged in hearing motions
to-day.
EQUITY CoURT-J,dge Macarthur.
Yesterday, Garrett agt. Garrett; recommitted
TO examiner. Thornton vs. Adler; temporary
restraining order issued.
PROBATE CoURT-Register Webster
Yesterday, letters Of administration on the
estate of the late Bartholomew Oertley were is
sued to his widow, Elizabeth A. Oertley; bond
5000. First account and distribution by the eX-
ecutor of the estate OF Josephine \. Hart
passed. Third general, final and individual ac-
counts of Samuel Cross, guardian to orphans OF
Mary f. Greenfield passed. WIN of John Sulli-
van, late OF Georgetown, was filed for probate.
POLICE CoURT-Judge Shell
To-day, Patrick Waggaman, for profanity.
was fined S.. John Lubey and Mary Walsh, dis
orderly: s. each. Henry Coleman, profanity; IS.
Wise Williams, vagrancy: bonds or workhouse.
Henry E. Morris, profanity; s.. John WanStail,
violating building regulations; continued w.
II. Ross, larceny; continued. Isaac Sykes, as
sault; continued on personal recognizance:
Waters Beck, larceny OF a fire crate, plead
nudity: fined s.. James E. Clarke, larceny OF s25
from Mrs. w. &. Finney-a Notwithstanding
case, in which Clark attempted to swallow the
money! Jail six months. Griffith Carlton larceny
OF a coat and jacket from G. f. Tmms d Co.:
Jail six months. Henry E. Morris, assault on his
wife; IS. stephen Neenan plead guilty yes
tefday to larceny OF watermelon. He was
sentenced to 30 days in jail, and for assault and
battery to 60 days. Geo. H. Addison, larceny of
S22 from Mrs. Elizabeth f. Alexandria, pocket
picking case; jail six months. John o. Lowe,
assault on Eberhard Trllsheim, who testified
that Lowe struck him with his fist and bit him
on his fingers. Lowe testified that he went to
1'rusheim's house to collect small bill. and
Trusheim and his daughters attacked him.
Lowe was fined s..
STRUCK DEAD BY UNTowARD IMPORTATION
John Bough of Al Washington street was tried
In the court of special sessions before Justices
for aSsaulting John Kelly with a wooden block
The men live next door to each other, and lately
quaTTelled. 1t was alleged that BOugh threw
the block at Kelly, as the latter was passing by
his own house. IL was proved that the act was
unlntentlOnal. The court taking the statement
of Kelly into consideration, sentenced Bough to
ten days imprisonment and imposed line of
SIS. \ young woman, SODbng bitterly. asked
in the TOmb3 yesterday morning to see Warden
Finn. As he appeared she was entirely over
come and fell fainting 10 the floor. It was the
wife of John Bough. When the father of BOugh
returned home on "Wednesday evening he asked
for his son. Mrs. BOugh weeping, told him that
he had been sentenced. With cry OF astOnSh-
She watched alone with him all night. Warden
Finn at once admitted the wife into the presence
OF her husband, and subsequently Judge DOno-
hue released the prisoner--iN \. Sun, LIST.