Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-03-13
THE COURTS.

yesterday, Magruder agt. Thornton; argued
ana submitted; award set aside and remanded
20 ene Equity Court utermehle agt. Gibson;
To-day, Sterling b Toney, OF Kentucky, was
on motion OF Mr.. Peter admitted to this bar.
United States agt. George E. Harris-motion
moved from the position of justice-rule dis.
charged. Mcintosh, use OF Bowen agt. John
SON. The question In this case is whether a
Iustice OF this court can issue writ OF certior-
sefdict OF the jury, which question was de-
elded IN 1877, in the case of Fitzgerald agt. T.
Elsman; Judgment below was reversed. Schram
agl thompson 40. Meloy agt. Dennis; argued
and submitted Bates and RyOn agt. Copela nd:
submitted. Merlden National Bank agt. Md
Fadden; do. Newman agt. Hexter; do, do
CIRCUIT CoURT-Judge Cartier.
TODAY, LuchS agt. Connecticut Mutual Life
Insurance Company; jury out. Young agt
Beers ct al; submitted and judgment against
Beers. WEIGH, Holmes and CLARK agt. McDan-
lei; on trial
CRIMINAL COuRT-Jt.dge Hagner
Yesterday. Francis COyle, appeal from con-
viction in the Police Court for kissing Mrs Mir
and ida A. 4: Mealy; not guilty.
convicted OF the larceny OF $92 from E. P.
Walsh, was sentenced to the penitentiary for
one year: James Wilson, charged with the lar
plead guilty. George Bruce alias VIM. Brown
alias Spider Brown, petit larceny second Of
fence; was convicted Of petit larceny, and SEN
fenced TO jan Tor six months. Ghas. 4, John
SO and sentenced to jail for thirty days Jas.
McGregOr, resisting Officer Capt. Blackford of
capitol police; on trial.
POLICE CoURT-J,tdge Shell.
To-day, Benjamin Smith, loud and boisterous;
%. James Haley, carrying razor; $40 or 10
days. David Banister. larceny OF half bushel
OF coal from Clark Given; S. John GoOdall
and Lawson Matthews, disturbing the quiet OF
NUM- OFT hnx
fined S.. Samuel Matthews, street profanity;
IS. John Hall, same charge; S.. George Brew
er and John Sherlock, Migrants; sent down.
Frank Dee, petit larceny Of two table casters ;
from Caroline Kaiser; SO or thirty days. Henry
Coleman, petit larceny; s. or ten days. Charles
Cnlnn' assault on Margaret Hared pleaded
Ch1nn Knocked her down on the street and
walked on her; s.. Charles Knight, assault on
samuel Minor; 81. Patrick Newkirk, assault on
Lucy Smller, by firing blank cartridge at her.
burning one OF her eyes; $40 OF thirty days in
jail.
THE CASE OF ''DuCKY" WHITE,
charged with keeping bawdy house, came up
ton, the defendant having given her diamond
JeWelry as pledge for appearance this morn
ing. On the arrangement defendant pleaded
ant. Gabriel simms, colored waiter TESTIFIED
that he had been paid by the cook and by Miss
White, and had always looked to the latter as
ISstuuSiOJt Mdlk dfcU SLu1tu, d0 thSlAiS. t6Sti-
ned that she boarded at the house 1t was kept
by Caroline Brown. Eveline Jones and Molly
Brown testified to the same effect. John
Wright testified that when he visited the house
Caroline Brown was represented to him as the
keeper OF the house. Richard II. Willett, the
former owner OF the house, testified that he
sold Dunhka White the house-no money to be
paid at the time, but defendant agreed to pay
sper cent. per annum. payable monthly on the
price agreed upon. He had since received the
n interest T., regularly from Golored woman.
the reputation of this house was bad. Judg-
ment was suspended, and Caroline Brown was
arraigned on the charge Of keeping this house.
The witnesses all repeated this former teSti-
mony. The court said he had a right to draw
inferenceS from the refusal OF witness to an.
swer, and ii Caroline Brown chooses to make a
sacrifice OF herself for her friend she could do
So. He sentenced her to six months in Jail,
and In discharging Miss White he said that this
was the only way OF disposing OF this case with
the testimony as elected It was contrary to
his convictions OF right, but there was no alter
native, as the proof was all directed to Caroline
Brown and seemed TO be previous arrange
ment to make her the scape goat for the really
guilty party.