Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-04-10
THE COVRTS.

CIRCUIT CoURT-Jud0e Curtter,
YESTERDAY, h4t tire ~, vs. Bnrwood,s admins
tiss ct al. issues from the Probate Court {: on
hearing.
from the orphans Court on the will of Jennie
l.. Y II ; on trial
EQUITY CoURT-Jttdge Macarthur
Yesterday, Cruit VS.. Coyle; decree quoting
General Term approved. Denham vs.. Webs:
injunction dissolved as to lot and perpetu,
ated as to lot 6. Xanderburgh VS.: Cowdrey;
pro confesso. Coffman VS. Coffman pro con
fcSso order for taking testimony Holland
VS.. Warner; argued and submitted. Moss vs.
Ivey decree to be prepared. Howard vs..
Moses Kelly.
CRIMINAL CoURT-Judge Wylse.
Yesterday Samuel ii; Lusby,, larceny of
guilty Samuel Johnston, alias shorty" bur
glary and larceny; guilty; five years in the
To-day, Cert Solomon, perjury; not guilty.
John Gerholdt, assault with intent to xiii:
nolle pros. VIM. Brown, assault with intent
to kill verdict of guilty.
POLICE COURT-Judae Shell
To day, Jas. Smith, tramp, was sent down
as a vagrant George Washington, do. down
John Buchanan was fined s. for keeping a
cow yard.
STOLEN BOOKS.
Mr.. Bond, counsellor John L. Ashby second
hand book seller, isl Pennsylvania avenue, who
was fined $50 on Saturday last for receiving a
who purloined them from the house of Mary
NJ. T. Ford, asked that the case be reopened
% give some testimony as to me good charac-
ter of Ashby. District Auditor John T. Vinson
j. R. Thompson, r; Stickney. A. NJ. Gangewer,
and others of the Treasury Department, gave
Testimony, as to his good character 1t showed
hat he has stood fair wherever he was
tiOnal clergyman of twenty five years standing
Mr.. Ashby made a statement under oath
Saturday. He commended that he had ! Q
criminal intent but delayed the restoring Of
the books to the owner for prudential reasons,
which were to protect himself and the owner,
and to secure the arrest and punishment of
the thief He "a serted that he supposed he
was acting discl eetly for himself and wisely
for the owner of the books, The most valuable
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keeper of a similar bookstore. testified that he
had never experienced the difficulty as set
forth by MI Ashby, as to the owners of books
claiming that they had been stolen and thus
secure their books, to the serious loss of the
dealer. He could see very well, however
the testimony the court said his opinion had
been somewhat changed. He was not
sure that there was any guilty knowledge.
When the case was first presented TO him
riying to defraud the owner of property,
one of the frequent cases of this character
among junk men and dealers in second hand
goods. He thought Mr.. Ashby had acted i'm
prudently. He did not appear to be sus-
picious man,, and did not take the prompt
steps he should to prevent a fraudulent trans
actions. He oH"lt to have Acquainted the
owner at once OF the facts instead of retaining
the books, but rs he had explained his lien
tionS to be restore them. he would suspend the
case and would give it further consideration.
These dealers should be cautious how thew
purchase goods from irresponsible boys and
others. He wished all this kind of dealers
totake care how they appropriate tt chattelS
OF others through the preteXt of business trans
actions. John Jackson and Edward Hill, lar
ceny of a quantity of whisky, tobacco and
other articles from the restaurant of Mr.. o. Sui
livan. Hill pleaded guilty, and jackson not
guilty. The testimony was heard, and the case
sent to the grand jury. Both were committed.
Addison Lane, colOred, assault on Cornelius
Banks, small cOlOred boy, who testified that
he and another colOred boy ate Lanes break
fast up. and he whipped him with leather
strap; So.