Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-06-18
THE COTRTS.

CIRCUIT CoURT-JHd0e Humphreys.
Yesterday, Dyer VS.. ScTivener: suit tor dam
ages for assault; verdict for defendant.
Today, Bean vs. AnacoStia and Potomac
River railroad company; motion for new
trlai 0verruied. Sprague VS.. wash DO, ana
motion to reform Judgment granted johnson
Bro. vs.. Faunce; motion to quash attach
ment filed.
CRIMINAL CoURT-Judge Wylie.
Yesterday, Reuben Robinson, convicted. OF
stealing trunk from baggage car at. the
Baltimore and Potomac railroad depot, was
sentenced to the penittn larry for three years.
Robert Byng and Frederick Piper, indicted
for the larceny of notes and papers from So
phia Angler. The latter pleaded guilty, and
the latter was placed on tfisl.
This morning Robert Byng, charged with the
larceny of papers from Mrs. Aigler,was found
not guilty by dlrectionfof the court, and or,
dered into custody to await the action of the
grand jury. Charlotte Beckett, charged with
petlt larceny, second offence, was found not
guilty.
EQUITY COURT-Judge Mac arthur
Barry VS.. Hume; restraining order return
able June y. Ramsey vs.. Daniels; suspension
OF proceedings. Stephenson VS.. johnson dis
charge of restraining order and denial OF in
junction. Freeman VS.. Douglass: demurrer
allowed aiGS appeal to General Term Orme vs..
VS.. District OF Columbia; demurrer allowed
and leave to amend bill Kelly VS.. Rothwel
dismissal of bill with costs.
POBATE CoURT-Regtster Webster.
vest Yesterday letters of administration were
issued to- Mary A. Brown on the estate of ThOS.
Brown, deceased; bond 500. Letters OF adj
mlristratlon were issued to Theresa NJ.
Nauock upon the estate of John d. Nauock,
deceased : bond 800.
POLICE CoURT-Judge SneU.
Yesterday, John Brown, profanity; s. Car
Oline Peterson. loud and bOisterOuS: S.. Mob
ley johnson, same; S.. Hattie Taylor, pros
titute and vagrant, was sent down. Mary
Ellen Wood, alley cursng. S.. John Balm
ger, disorderly; S. VIM McDonal !, VACANT
sent down: Jos. Miller, profanity; s.. John
Burgess forfeited s. collateral for assault
John Mann, assault on Catherine Mann; 500
bonds to keep the peace or 80 days in Jail.
FRANK Steigmeyer, interfering with Pound
master Sam EinStein in the discharge of his
duty: S..
To-day, James w. Winters. carrying pis
tOl $50. Honora Reed drunk and dis0rderly
IN the county:$5 Solomon Robinson, vagrant;
sent down: Thomas Roberts, profanity s..
II. Wilson, and was lined s.. Martha Taylor,
threats to Francis BanniSter: personal bonds
TO KEEP, the peace: Arthur d. Smoot, white
man, charged with horse stealing in Mary
land, was dismissed for want of prosecution,
no one appearing against him. and no requisi-
ton having been sent for him.
young men charged with assault and battery
with intent to kill a colored man named John
ii. Dyson, on the Sth instant. The particu-
iars OF THIS cutting affair was published in the
STAR at the time. Dyson was cut by a harness
makers knife from the top of the forehead
dlagonally down across the LETT ear severing
It entirely. DR.. Smith TOwnshend attended
the complainant and SeWed mp his wound
Dyson testified in court that he was in The
employ of Horace S. johnson, and on the
morning OF the 6th instant he got to the store
rather later than pleased the boys, and they
III reouklng him. cursed him, and he told them
not to curse him, when they both made the
attack, one of them Selling him about the
neck and the other using the knife Dr.
TOWnshend testified that the wound was a
.eVere one, the temple artery was severed and
complainant bled very freely. He compressed
t me artery and took it up stopping the flow Of
eyer since. The court though that the CHARGE
OF assault and battery with intent 70 kill could
not be sustained IN the upper court, and Sug-
gested that new warrant for assault and
battery be made out. This was agreed to by
OOtn SIDES and the warrant having been
amended, testimony was heard over again.
Young Horace johnson testified that he had
the knife in his hand, and during the scrim.
mage Dyson got cut but it was accidental
IhurSton,, the oldest boy was dismissed, and
horace, the younger, was fined $50 and costs