Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-08-07
IN OOURTS.

To-day Az JCRT-Jmdge Humphreys:
s trJn;i,G JndantS entering on property-re-
str raniins order. Blankman agt Cassin: re
lasS.r, i order continued. Riggs agt. Doug
Mo. auditors report ratified. Miller agt
A. ~ 1,kins leave to amend answer. Washington
: atket COMPANY agt Blacksmith; trustees
bond approved. Blacksmith agt Smith ct
al. leave to amend bill. and answer with
drawn. Magruder agt. Beall ct al; order to
file publication.
BANKRUPTCY CCURT-Judoe Humphreys
To-day, F. II. Finley and ]. B. Walker; ad-
Indicated in bankruptcy. Jos. p. Herman:
hearing postponed.
Police CoURT-Acting Judge Walter
To-day, Eugene J: Ball, disorderly; S., or Is
Smith, do collateral forfeited. Michael Tighe,
d. do. Dennis Sullivan d.; do George
Stephen Fitzgerald, destroy ing private prop
e1ty; fined IS, or days. Mary j. Brown, pro-
family; do. John McLain, injuling private
Brown, disorderly: fined S, or Is days. Alex.
hangston, profane; s. or days. James T.
Reynolds, assault; collateral forfeited Fat.
peIt: fined sic, OF jail 30 days Thomas Bailey,
q coored boy, assault on Augustus Leech, on
words Bailey Bale went off and nd came back
put aoxn onf Bailey s' aroppea 'Gs ston @ and
cut him with a knife in the side, making
wound half an inch deep. Bailey testified that
he asked these boys for light for cigar,
MATCH" and ran him, and ore put his hand
behind him and said if he ran again he would
take rib out. He then stopped and the boy
struck at him, when he cut him with an
eraser: fined $40 and costs, or 80 days. Geo.
Godfrey, small boy, charged with an assault
and battery on Hannah Edwards, was ar
raigned. Mrs. Edwards testified that this boy
rnf ov,I JcflN
with his brother about the watermelon, and
when they took it out and found it green, this
boy threw the melon back in the store and
titled that the melon was rolled in and struck
Mrs. Edwards. For the defence, George testi-
fed that he rolled in the melon after Edwards
testified that the melon was rolled in. Mrs Ed
wards said that the melon did not hurt her:
fined 81, without costs.
THE NINTH STREET CASES.
VIM. Thomas was charged with an assault
on VIM. LyleS, who testified that he went into
a restaurant and the bar keeper put him out.
Thomas struck him in the face, knocking him
senseless, and after he got up he struck him
again. Testimony for the defence was to the
effect that Thomas was in the restaurant at
the time Lyles was struck, and the court dis
Thomas w. Raynor was arraigned on the
charge of resisting Officer Duvall, who testi-
fed that Thomas was pointed out as the party
who assaulted Lyles. and he arrested Thomas,
and Raynor intsTfered and assisted Thomas to
break away from him. RaynOr testified that
he was waiting on some customers when the
difficulty occurred, and when the officer took
hold of Thomas he told him not to arrest him,
as he was not the man. Thomas testified that
faynOr advised him to go with the officer, and
if he had not he would not have gone. He de-
MED that Raynor pulled him into the reStau-
rant. MIR. Chase and Mir. Scott testified that
RayEOr did not resist the officer. The court
imposed fine of S. without costs.
In the case of John Scott charged with an
assault on Henry Voorhees,, by shooting,
continuance was granted.
Thomas 7. Dawson, assault on Fl. c. Jewell; ;
continued. Margaret NJ. Lain, charged by
Mary Dillon with threats to ''Squlver her. with
knife; personal bonds