Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-12-16
THE COURTS.

Equity CouRT-Jtsdge Macarthur.
on saturday. Brown vs.. +; $. +. Co; ar
Elsinger VS.. Wolf; order discharged and fnjunc-
ton denied. Wright VS.. Simpson: plea sus-
tanned and ordered on calendar. Pittman Us.
for rehearing fixed. F. S. q T. Co. VS.. Wood;
resale ordered. Adler VS.. Washington 4
Georgetown Railroad Company: term for taking
file answer. Dean VS.. Dean; decree of Dec. 6
modified. Diggs VS.. Robertson; nisi ratification.
Fry VS.. F. S. & T. Co.; decree for conveyance on
terms by consent Sc Cahil VS.. Cahill; rule re-
To-day, Mccarthy agt. Mccarthy; settled. F.
s. T. GO. agt Carter; pro eonfesso made alb
solute and trustee substituted. Webb agt
Smith; time for taking testimony fixed.
POLICE CouRT-Judge Smell.
To-day, Ellenora Young, larceny of several
articles of table furniture from Mrs. Dennis; 81
days in jail. VIM. Dangertield, Alfred Reese,
John Lardan, Henry sheahan, Rebecca john
son, John V. Litchfield, John AckerS, and JOS
Coleman, We're sent down to the corporation
stone yard as yagrants-most of them for 80
were lined 81 each for disturbing the quiet of
Georgetown. Councilman was also fined s. for
o6structlng the street OF that city. John Con-
nors, assault On his father, John Connors ST..
was reprimanded and his personal recogniZance
taken to keep the peace Nelson Brown and
VIM; Meredith. charged with stealing seven
days in jail. Josephine West and VIM. Wil
liams were fined $ each for street blasphemy
FRANK Burch, Mary Nichols. Joseph Goodman
Henry Archer John G. Callahan. James Con
nors and John harrington were lined s. each for
being loud and bOisterous. Maggie Davenport
drunk and dlsorderly; S.. Thomas Clark, a col
cigars, was sent to Jail for three months. Buck
Powell, larceny OF revolver; Jail for grand
Jury; second offence. Victoria Burke, OF evil
life and fame, was sent down to the wOrkhouSe
Hattie Peck, charged with desperate assault
and battery on colored vlrago named Anse,et-
TO Allen, whose face is pretty well hacked up
with razor in Hattie Peck'S hand; case con-
tinued. Peter Lewis, larceny OF a shoulder OF
pork; 80 days i'm jail. Ursula Brown a coiored
servant In the employ Of Mrs. Bette Hargrove,
was up for larceny of large number of articles
OF female apparel from her employer, who te5ti-
tied that Ursula had been in her employ only
two weeks, and she commenced system Of pill
1erlng rom the flFst DAY she went there to work
y part OF the missing articles We're found in her
possession. When she had supplied herself with
complete outfit Of wardrobe. she left her en-
ployer for other fields of operation. The value
OF the goods was put down in the warrant at
mere nominal prices, so as to bring the offence
within the charge of petit larceny: Judgment
suspended. VIM. III. Robinson, enbezZlement
Of 81 from his employer, T. X. Ward; grand
jury. Joseph Z. Herman was charged with lar
ceny OF 81 from James Turner; colored Harriet
Turner, wife OF James Turner, testified that She
went 10 llermanS store to get $lo bill changed.
Herman took the $40 note and counted out s.
then took from his pocket another note, which
re doubled up, saying that ii was a s. note. She
folded 1t up in piece OF paper, and put it care
1ully in her bosom, with which to pay her rent
when her rent became due the next day she
gave this note TO her daughter TO pay heG land
lord, when 10 and behold it was a one dollar
note. She was very much surprised. and went
Immediately to HermanS store TO tell him about
IL, and he denied having given the note 10 her
she produced the note in court saving it. was
the identical note lie gave her. On crOSS-eXa.n-
NATION Harriet became somewhat mixed. owing
TO her ignorance Of arithmetic, and was not
sure about the change, so the court had to dis
miss the case. Vim. Costello was called I'D to
the rail with a bran new tin lanternin his hand
DlCSoneS III search OF an honest man. He was
charged with peddiiEg lanterns in the market
WITHOUT license, aud appeared surprised that
THIS liberty was not accorded him. The market
Clerk told the Judge that Costello had been
warned over and over again about violating the
law, but he persisted in vending. The court adj
mlniStered some caution to him and dismissed
the case, warning him to offend no more
DEEDS IN FEE have been filed as follows: JAS
Gavin to F. Flaherty. lots and ID, ST. ISL:
$500. j. [. Head and A. A. Birney, trustees,
TO Jennie W. Hoffman, lot 81, in Deakins et al
addition to Georgetown; Sl.605. J. E. Roach to
". n. Roach lost 21, % and %. 81. 9ii; s.. T.
F: Anderson to J. j. Wingerd, lot p, 81 Oil; 1925
Charles b. PuryiS, trustee, to Wa Richardson
lot IS. ST. 33G; 5000. II. Kuhn to John Ba1f, pt
i, so. 81; SSI5. j. G.. Webb to Bessie A. Webb,
house 1921 G St: S9,eao. Anthony Hyde ct al,
trustees, TO Julius /. AtchisOn, lot IS. So. 211:
S2,3S2.
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