Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-04-12
THE COHRTS-

CRININAL CoURT-Jtdge W9,,e
sec aesdelaaS charlotte Beckett p" 1T larceny
assault not guilty Cephas ,a nj. Spfaigaea;
OF rape; stay of execution till 0acemba Az
This morning, in the cas- :. Of Fanny PENIS setii
mond rin wan and d sod of gold watch dia
agree, and were disch srS ,. 'iio jury i"nea "
Anthony Brooks chaTsed with forgery in
n nsme Of Hi'n bogus deed Of trust in the
ruled, and the inrv fonnT ve r Of oi,t
Brooks der led that he was the party "a E WHO
IS agg;ant III deed and asked the court to be
years. ' 90 Ao wac "oii ''hi0N0n Al
FOL e court remarked that such crimes are
:" .n1onable at times. At this time rape seems
20 have the lead, and at the time of The com
especially among the cOlored people, in which
John X. Brooks seemed to be the leader, he
following in the footsteps of Charles Stewart.
by his nephew, John r. Brooks, who appeared
to have prospered at this business. Not re-
saIding him as principal, and as he had been
TWO years imprisonment in the penitentiary.
EQUITY COURT-Judge Macarthur.
Yesterday, Wheeler vs. Jackson sale ratified
finally; reference to auditor Fitzgerald VS..
D0nohne; reference to Special Auditor Love-
Joy. Claggett VS. Brooks ct al. pro cOnfesso
sale decreed and trustees appointed. Gilmore
VS. Chapman; on hearing.
CIRCUIT COURT-Judge Cartier
Yesterday, after our report closed, Lewis
RrnIe cW WHITE charged with rape on Annie
s stv on a Cath a. Mann his Wife pleaded
insOn, cOlOred, assault and battery on Annie
Robinson, his wife; bonds to keep the peace
William Murphy, white boy, assault on VIM.
Mullen, lad about the same size of defend
ant; 81.
POLICE CoURT-Judge Shell
pd 40 LA DAY, WIN; B4rk, ChaS Warren, George
Milton HOY
charged with disorderly conduct. A witness
Tor the defence testified that ''the children
We're playing, but, being colored children, of
course they made more noise than white chill
dren." They We're each fined s., or seven days
each. Theresa johnson, disOrderly; S.. Chas.
Minor and Arthur Williams, for vagrancy,
vicious dog to run at large, which bit boy
named Christian COrlis; dog ordered to be
Killed. VIM. Lawrence alias Lorenzo, selling
liquor without license; fined sos appeal
noted John DonOhue, charged with assault
with intent to kill James Adams (the Arsenal
shooting case) continued. Charlotte Beckett,
eeeny of two bushels of split wood; fined S.
Samuel Mathews alias Sam Patch, larceny
OF bolt OF curtain lace worth S. the property
OF o. bernard arc IBernstlne: three months in jail.
george washington, larceny of single wool
en- blanket and several other articles from
Mary Bird; $40 or thirty days-appeal. Hora-
TO Il: MaTyman a.. a constable, assault and bat,
terry on Mary Williams, cOlOred, who testified
that Maryman came to her house and de-
manded almittance. saying that he was an
officer. Witness and another cOlOred woman
were naked in the room and told him to wait
until they could dress themselves. He burst
in the door and they tried to hide but he
caught her by the shoulders and used her very
roughly, demanding some articles which he
claimed had been stolen from some person,
He snatched bed cover and some other
things and went away with them. Mr.. Mary
man testified that he had no warrant ; he went
there to try and persuade Mary Williams to
give up the articles which George Washington
claimed were his. He denied the door break
ing and the assault: In this he was corrobo-
rated by the wife of Washington, who accom-
panied him, and the case was dismissed.
Jenny Jenny woodward, assault on Mary, Peyton;
with intent to kill Margaret Aldorffer, mid
dle-aged lady, who resides on 18th street, be-
tween and K. The difficulty occurred on the
18th day of March. After hearing a number
OF witnesses for defence, the charge of ''in-
tent to kin was dismissed, and defendant
was fined $40 for simple assault and battery
Appeal. Margaret AldOrffer and Andrew Al
d0rffer were then arraigned for assault on
VIM. Cahill, and after about the same range
OF testimony they were fined $40 each APP
neal noted