Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-12-19
THE COURTS.

CIRCUIT COCRT-JUdge Cartier.
To-day, LucnS agt. Connecticut Mutual Life
Insurance Co.; jury out. Bridget Fletcher agt
Edmund Fletcher; Issues from the Equity Court
as TO whether or not a certain deed was given
for consideration and is valid; On trial.
EQUITY CoURT-J,,dge Mac Arthur.
Yesterday, Smith VS.. Robinson; decree in be-
half OF complainant. Roche VS.. Moran; auditors
report ratified: Ceas vs. Burgess; hearing COM
menced. Clarke VS.. Clarke; guardian ad Item
briefs. '''N VII
To-day, Mcnamara agt. KeySer: sale ratified
and reference. Bouvet agt. HarrisOn; do. Shep-
nerd agt. G0rham; leave to file cross bill.
johnson agt. Eaton; guardian ad Item ap-
pointed. pevers agt. Devers; auditors reports
ratified, mortgages approved. Smith 4 VIII
hams agt. Robinson; third exception TO answer
On hearing.
POLICE COURT-.Judge Smell
To-day. Nathan Jones. James O'Brien, Mary
Holland, Charles Minor and VIM. Mcdonald
keeping open his barber shop open on Sunday
for the transaction OF business; find $40. David
Sondheimer, charged with ENLIGHTENMENT of s45
from John Simmons: continued. VIM. Peals,
c0lOred, larceny OF a tub OF butter worth $15
from Felix Greenapple; three months in jail.
Thomas Kin, larceny of a horse blanket from
VIM. Thompson; s. or 10 days in Jail. George
Johnson, larceny OF peck measure and basket
from a huckster: continued Felix JONES' was
charged with larceny OF a pOckeubok from Mrs
Hopkins who testified that Jones came up to
Htl ia the iidTket mousse ana asked 1ef 10 read
an address on an envelope he held; while she
was engaged in Obliging him she felt his hand
in her pocket, and Immediately she missed her
pOcketbOOk and charged him with having it,
He started to run, but she overlook him and
Sergeant Leach arrested him. She kept the
envelope which was produced in court On a
scrap of paper inside was written in very bad
hand, This is honest and uprite young man
and want you to try him. Hon. c. H. Tailor"
Sergeant Leach testified that he found the lady IS
pOcketbook i'm his pocket; six months In jail.
John Campbell. keeping an unlicensed eating
house; continued. ChaS Jones, colOred, lar
ceny OF three plain gold rings from the store of
John UnSwOrth, corner OF b and eth streets
southwest, Monday night last. Mrs. UnswOrth
testified that this boy, with two others, entered
her store and asked TO look at some rings She
handed out ring to the Jones boy, and another
TO one OF his companions. She handed out an
other TO the third one, when they joined and
ran cut the store and through the Smithsonian
grounds and escaped. Last night Officers Mari
and Leach arrested this boy and recovered Two
OF the rings at pawn shop. Officer Mari tes-
titled that in the station house he found the
pawn tickets in the prisoners pocket, showing
that the rings had been deposited in pawn. He
recovered one at IIeidenheimers and the other
at Smiths pawn shop; six months In jail
ana the rings returned to the owner. Chas
Jones Is brother of Felix Jones, who received
a IKE sentence this morning for pocket picking
Ellen Green, charged with stealing a piece OF
dress goods from the dry goods Store OF Mr..
Chandler. on 18th street. 1t was testified that
this woman went into the store and hid the
goods under her cloak, which being observed by
one OF the clerks he followed her out and ar
rested her on the street some distance away
and recovered the goods; 30 days in iaii Ar
thur burgess young white man, charged with
the larceny OF bolt OF cotton from in front of
store on 9TH street; second offence; grand
jury. Lucy Ashton, cOlored, grand larceny OF a
large number OF articles OF female wearing ap-
pa1ei from Mrs. Decker; grand jury.