National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1878-02-27
THE LAW RECORD.
BUSINESS IN THE COURTS YEsTER-
DAT.
ut the City Hall-The Bogus Real Estate
Transfer Cases.


District Courts.
CIRCUIT coURT-cHIEF JUSTICE CARTIER.
W. Nottingham We. Baltimore and Potomac Rail.
road Company; verdict for plaintiff for 500 dam
ages. Brown ct al. vs. Bennett: submitted TO court;
Judgment for plaintiff for possession and costs.
Nourse 4 Middleton vs.. Mcnamara; referred to
William =. Mattingly, esq.
PROBATE couRT-JUsTICE oLIN.
IN estate Of Gregory Cornell, deceased, letters
of decentralization granted to Joseph H. whitt'cscy;
bond 500 IN ~ estate Of Elizabeth barrett, de.
ceased. Orlc! ofpuhl!cation made. IN re will Of
Ellen :. clark deceased articles mentioned IN
p7uisil Last wiil aud testament Of George ".
paSchnl filed. In r. Thomas j. Middleton guar.
Emannri Sna" es s SScessrJ yem,oTy y of re ~
Spinl estate returned in cstat' u john >i"u'Sa
deceased; petition for letter "f Gdnri'trNt:on 10
Dorinda Stcpoc petition Of Richard smith tor let
tiers of administration. In r,Cstate OF = J. Digs
deceased rule OH executor Ia show cause.
EQUITY CoURT-JUsTICE MACARTHUR.
DuImesc vs.. Kendall plea 70 ,tand for answer, rs
inr ~ It goes with leave t. file further answer In
twenty days snow vs. District Of Columbia or
dcrrd oil the calendar, bccauNe the case Is IN the
general term. Bell vs.. BFudpy; new trustee up
pointed. MCCuy VS. Wheatley etAi.: sale confirmed;
reference auditor. Jackson VS. smith ct al leave
To Judgment creditors IN intervene Hilton vs. til
more ct al; injunction prohibiting the disposition
OF funds IN ''ilmnres hands until further ur'icrs
Jackson Bro. & Go. vs.. BlsCkwuud ct nj. motion to
discharge Tcslranng order uvcrrnlcj lienault ".
llenault bill dismissed by consent, without preju.
dice u plamtiMs rights Ia file another bill. Smith
vs.. King decree for plaintiff.
CRIMINAL CoURr--JUsrICE wYIIE
The cases against General o. D. Howard have
been postponed until tomorrow. Mir Riddle
called attention to the status Of the rf John X.
Brooks. and asked the Government intended to
push the prosecutions nirthcr for IN tie face Of the
verdict given ON Monday last 1t was useless to go
further In the defense, and they had about con.
cludcd to plead guilty.
Here was Brooks with seven years son.
icncc already imposed conviction In another ease
aud awaiting trial in third one He could not
sccwhy the ends Of Justice would not now Gc salts
fed with the prosecution reached, for man Of his
age Mr.. Bruoks, after serving out his time II he
lived TO do II, would Ia every way nay the penalty
Of the crime. lie did not know Of any instance
where such a continuous chain Of indictments and
persecution had been persisted In Icy the Govern.
mcnt lciOTc this, aud was unable to understand
the object or Whist they hopci t" gain by It, They
could not sci upa better or clearer defense than
was done In the perjury case, and they were salts.
ned that verdict could not be obtained from Slr
Jury, especially aacr charge Ike the one the
must proceed, then they might well plead
guilty for 10 Try and Rcqut their client, already
'"''''','' IN "S 'hN' W,'l ,''N'Nr'i III hlI'hCr'
VA. n>,Icss effort aud they might a. we'll plead
sally al the uutct
The Court said that the ,pntrnre might be SUI.
pended IN the perjury case, and II BROOKS served
ont hi seven years sentence. then ho or his
cUssur could impn." Tie s"nCi.'r Ia the pCtEIry
c.tst II 1t were d. cmCi Necessary 10 10 20.
records had been ilsfcf ly the bogus transactions
AMI honest citizens flchcfpUt nf their own prop.
crty 10y certain men who participated In these bO-
gus transfers. One Of the gui!ty,WCn was serving
out d ten years term for the pGit lac took In The
manipulation Of bogus dcc,ls. II was true that
Brooks had been convicted IN two eases, but the
Third ndictmcn! involved another party, Anthony
Brooks, who had not been tried ut ell.
The Court decided that the trial sh puld proceed
Juha Il. Brook. and Anthony Brooks were then
arraisnel charged with forgery prrjudclal 10 the
right of David ]. Cooper In making bogus trans
fer deed Of lot q, CUtmanS subdivision OF square
az. located Thirteenth, between z and streets
northwest, for 81 .jSj.
In the case Of Mary Daugcrfcd indicted In con-
nectun with the above parties, MOLE pros. was en-
tered
The trial had not progressed far before the pso.
ductiUn Of the forged deed was called for and upon
search II cOuld:nOt be found. The District Attor
ncy then offered IN evidence the certified copy ~
| found III the Recorder ONCE, hut the court held
that this was not evidence. With this ruling the
bottom droppcl out Of the case and the jury re.
turned a verdict of not guilty
The second trial Of Francis Simkns, indicted for
committing rare OH Alice Wilson on April ., 1871
| was taken up and il still on hearing.