Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-11-25
THE COURTS.
COURT IN GENERAL TERM.

COURT IN GENERAL TERM
Yesterday, Gilmore agt Devlin; decree below
ington Railroad CO. agt. Williams; defendants
dismissed appeal. James Buchanan, esq, ad-
mitted to the bar on motion of Mr.. TT. Durant.
To-day. Lloyd agt. Washington Gaslight Co.;
stricken from calendar and remanded to the Cir
cult Court. Cruit agt. Davis; argued and sub
m1tted. jackson agt. Davis. United States agt
Stone; rule requiring printing suspended.
CIRCUIT Court (No. 1)-Judge Wylip.
Yesterday Jordan agt. Bryan 4 Bro; verdict
for plaintiff, $50. Young agt Darling; judge
ment for plaintiff, $751; Savage agt. Kuebling !;
verdict for plaintiff, 1872. Fraas agt Singer Man
ufacturlng Co.; verdict for plaintiff for nominal
damages; verdict set aside by court. Weser
agt. Carter; verdict for defendant, s25.6s dam
ages and costs. Wood agt. Blackford: non suit.
Wood agt. Darlington ; same.
EQUITY COURT-Judge MucAith1Lr.
Yesterday, Beckett vs. Beckett; demurrer
overruled without prejudice. Marshall VS.. Whit
ney; sale set aside and title Invested and vested;
Rider VS.. White; stricken from calendar and
twenty days allowed to answer amended bill
Fitzgerald VS.. Fitzgerald; submitted. Easily
VS.. Easily; payment OF specia! auditors fee
ordered. Stanford VS.. Stanford; divorce granted
Kellogg VS.. May; bill dismissed. Randall VS..
Webb; substitution OF trustees ordered,
CRIMINAL CoURT-Jldge HdgnaeT.
To-day, Joseph s. Flemming, assault with in
fsR D k g o4seR ooM
guilty, and penitentiary 10 months.
POLICE CoURT-J,Ldge Smell.
To-day, Alexander Humes, vagrancy; bonds
or 80 days. Jerry Sheehan, do; bonds or 20
days. Jas. Washington, unlicensed produce
dealer; sentence suspended. ChaS. Smith, car
rying pistol; 500 or 80 days. Peter Girard,
loud and boisterous; s. or Is days; John King,
fast driving; $40 or 80 days Cornelia Mat
thews, assault on Mary Crystal, by strik-
personal recOgnizance for further hearing.
Isaac Cohen, assault and battery on Henry
Wilson: S.; appeal taken.
ROW BETWEEN THE TWO ALLEGED WIVES OF A
COLORED BIGAMIST.
Hannah VIM, fat black woman, dressed in
fancy cOlOrS, was arraigned on the charge OF
assault and battery on Melinda Nichols, also
colored, who testified that her husband, Magru-
der Nichols had left her and taken up with Mrs.
VIM. Saturday evening, on her way to mar
ket with her little daughter, she met her hus-
band on Pennsylvania avenue walking with the
VIM woman, and asked him to give her money
said nothing, but went straight along. Witness
called out to him that it was pity that hus-
bands should leave their wives and take up with
dirty women like this. The VIM woman then
drew off, and struck her in the face, and follow
ed it up with other blows and her husband did
not say word, but stood by. Witness caught
up stick and attempted to defend herself when
both Magruder and the VIM woman wrenched
it from her hands and beat her. She and Ma
gruder were married in Virginia. Here the
VIM woman took the stand, and SWore that
she and Magruder Nichols were married in Au-
gust last; that they live in Express alley. She
and her husband met Mrs. Nichols on Saturday,
when the latter attacked her with a heavy
stick. Witness did not know her until she came
at them with the long pole. The court imposed
a fine OF 81 and costs.