Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-03-28
THE COURTS.

Yesterday, Connolly agt. Dubant: judg-
ment: Aebauer agt: Sherr ct al: verdict for
pIalntli1: Stearns Manufacturing, company
tiff, 1915 Nottingham agt B. P. r. R. p com
pany; motion for new trial on exceptions
N Me sfe agt Gleason; verdict for plaintiff,
agt. HUNTS executors; submitted and iudg
| ment for defendant. o
EQUITY COURT-Judge Mac Arthur.
Yesterday. Hilton act. Sherman; order of
ct al; do. Capitol, Nerth o Street and South
washington railroad company agt Williams;
time for taking evidence fixed.
CRIMINAL COURT-Judge Wy,ae.
Yesterday, Sandy Bruce, charged with steal
ing papers from the House of Representatives
document room was found guilty and SEN
pended to allow the filing of motion for a
Today, Lucius johnson, convicted yester.
day OF assault and battery, was sentenced to
so days in jail. Jas. Williams alias "Blandy"
Williams, alias Jas. Hailstock, petit larceny
Second otlencel of ham, plead guilty. and
tlary. Thos. ClaXton, manslaughter, ON trial.
PROBATE COURT-Register Webster.
yesterday, the last will OF Frederick A. Bos-
well was returned from New Bedford, with
commission to take depostions of absent wit
nesses duly executed: Letters of administra-
ton were issued to VIM. NJ. Smith on the estate
Of his brother, George E. Smith; bond 800.
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molly, decd, was filed and order of publication
issued. Frederick 2. SiOussa was appointed
guardian to Annie l.. Sioussa; bond 500. Ad-
JOurned.
POLICE COURT-Judge Shell
To-day, Mary Slaughter, cOlOred, pleaded
guilty to an assault and battery on Eva Rosina
MYERS. white woman, a shopkeeper: The
iams, alias "Ebo,'' colored charged with
picking the pocket of a white woman, Mrs
Tyler who testified that she was crossing the
to her, She stopped, and he came up excited
~ and handed her card, on which some name
and address was written, and asked her to
read it and direct him what to do with it. She
took the card and he was close by her, and
managed by his show of ignorance to prOlOng
the conversation. She could not tell him
what to do, and she could not make
the Armory building. She Immediately
missed her pocket book, and ran after him
an: and charged him with taking it: He denied
ing to let her search him. She recognized him
he could, and Mr.; Humphrey, a friend of hers,
he followed him and got Oflicer Lewis to arrest
him: The officer told the court how "EbO''
tried to get away from him by jumping fences,
nc; On s taSd him no money or pocket
pocket six months iii Jail. He was also fined
$50 or ninety days in jail for carrying. a loaded
revolver John W: Burley was sent down for
miah Costello, unlicensed bar; continued.
VIM ii. Price, cOlOred, was arraigned Oh the
charge OF stealing lamp from the lamp and
OIL store of Francis Miller on 9th street, last
night. He was discovered by one of the clerks
VINO gave the alarm, and another clerk ran out
and made grab at, but missed him, when
Price threw the lamp at him and ran but was
arrested by Officer Smith. A second offence
was charged and the case continued. Maui
rice Connor was fined s., for refusal to assist
an officer when called upon to do so. Samuel
H. Lusby,. youth about 16 years old, was
arralgned for picking the pocket of Mrs. Grace
McColium, Tuesday morning, while she was
III street car opposite the City Hall The
lady testified that she saw this man sitting be-
side her in the car; He got up and left at the
pocket book and told gentleman in the car.
He stopped the car and gave the alarm, and
crowd ran and caught the thief. cOlOred
man testified to seeing the pocket book fly
throqgh t ths ar when he was running. Detec-
book, and the court stated that an appeal had
been made to him on account of the prOba-
bility of this being his first crime. The court
did not believe this, as no mere novice would
commence the bold business of pocket pick
ing: 1t was adopts in crime who do such
jail. The youth asked to be sworn and made
statement to the effect that he fonnd This
held it up in his hand and as no one claim I'd if
he walked out, and when the cry was raise | he
threw it, or tried to throw it, back into the car
Greenbury Duvall colored, assault and bat
tempted to arrest him while disordeyyiy T in one
OF the PUBLIC parks: s.. David Jackson, col
ored, assault on Ellen Ross; $40 or twenty
days Annie Williams, larceny of stove be-
longing to Mary Scott; S.. Richard Mlcligar,
young white man, as :aut and battery on
Officer Quinlan in attempting to put him un-
der arrest: 500 or thirty days.