Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-03-06
THE COURTS.
CpTnTNiT fN0Yrpm Y.,d,e Iyns

CRIMINAL COURT-Jwdge Hagner.
Yesterday, Abraham Mason, indicted for bur-
giarlously entering the residence OF Mary E
french on the night OF November 26, 1878, and
steanng therefrOm certain articles OF silver:
convicted, and Was sentenced to the Reform
Lofoen, alias Lorder, petit larceny, Second
onense) plead guilty; sentenced to the peniten-
tiaIy for one year.
tuesday tried for the larceny of fifty copies OF
because OF the proof that the name Ut the
On CAN'T TIA ar
prisoner. put in the plea Of outre fol aeque, aud
claimed that the prisoner could not be again put
In jeopardy. The District Attorney demurred
to the plea; The court sustained the demurrer
and overruled the plea, and the trial proceeded
CIRCUIT C0URT-Judge Cart,er.
ny Yesterday; Barber ct al. at. Tlmony ct al;
National Bank agt. Campbell; verdict for de-
.<, TO day, Mevelgh agt. Gregory; verdict for
note In which defence Is that 1t was forged
verdict for defendant.
POLICE CouRr-.Judqe Smell.
To-day, Alexander Robinson and John Bailey,
loud and boisterous; IS each. James mpers,
white man, was sent down as a vagrant
Andrew Gibson, vagrant; sent down. Thorn
ton washington, idle and suspicious, was sent
profanity; S. Bridget WEIGH, vagranf, wa
sent down. Emma Thompson, prostitute and
vagrant, was sent down. Henry Williams, va
grant; sent down. Mr.. Padgett, for the United
charges OF perjury against X. II. Marsh, be
postponed for one week from next Saturday
as he found 1t impossible to get the proper wit
nesseS together and record evidence. Jud ,e
Smell suggested that the papers In the case be
presented directly before the grand Jury where
II would probably have to go, In any eveat
Counsel for defence {Mr. Cole dcmurred to this
and said IL would be an ex-parte hearing, and
ne tnought II the hearing was had before the
Police Court 1t would never go before the grand
jury. Mr.. Cork, for defence, opposed both the
postponement Of the hearing and the suggestion
that 1t 90 to the grand Jury, and insisted that
an immediate hearing be had; every record and
paper connected With the case was before the
court, and could be produced very readily Here
Mr.: Padgett said one very important paper re-
latlng TO the habeaS corpus case could not be
1ound. Mr.. Cook said he could have every
paper before the court in half an hour. The
court said he had no objections to hear the
case, but the attorney for the governme0t
would need sometime TO review the case and
ne liked the hearing for next Saturday. Ctas
sanders. vagrant; sent down; Henry Colbert,
Brown and George Wheeler, pleaded guilty to
stealing silver match box from Mr. Alexander,
ana were fined $40 each or thirty days 10 jail
Iney were also charged with the larceny OF
some som smoking tobacco, cigars, and other arti-
months each In jail. They were also Charged
with stealing whisky, cards, silver change, and
many other articles from the restaurant OF
s ! mcmahon, corner of 5th and ID streets;
Smonths each In jail additional Sarah John.
son, colored, charged with keeping O house OF
nl-iame In Majors alley; $25. or iail 30 DAYS
kobert Brown, larceny of three loads OF cobble
STONES, worth so cents each load, from w. ii.
a Molier Restitution to the amount of 81 Or
u ua, ana q nne OF IS was imposed. Warren
Ben and Web Henning, charged with the lar
ceny vi DoX OF soap: $40, or 80 days in jail