Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-05-02
EH O0DRrs.

COURT IN GENERAL TXHA.
yesterday, j. v. L. Findley, OF Baltimore, was
dismissed. Washington Market CO. agt. Leese;
aargue0 and submitted: Rover agt: McConvey;
mitted.
To-day, Howard agt. Kelly: argued and sub
dea .teG Mepne son agt Acker defendants
Easby; order suspending hearing. Howard agt.
Boyden; decree Affirming decree below.
CIRCUIT CouRr-Judge Cor.
verdict for plaintiff slo,0Oo-set aside. Wander
lip agt Hall ct al; juror withdrawn. Brewster
agt. Dexter; verdict for s322
yeste E9a1TY st G9gRr1,ags MaeArthur
ing order; Larner agt. Gideon; reference to
auditor. Lacy agt. Capitol Hill Building Asso-
egt nran ao Atehl agt, same DO Blrrs
bed and board
To-day, Connolly ct al. agt. Lawrence: order
check. Mullen agt Harding ct. al; decree dts
sowing injunction and disTnissing bills Nc
ne heah ag.: Mckean; order reference. Simmer
owens agt. Green; decree confirming sale nisi.
PROBATE CoURT-J,sdge Willie.
;, Io,day, VIII OF Edward Blenck flied and pub
Mcatlon directed Estate Of W: B. Robinet; pc
tlt10n OF Lizzie j. Hunt for letters filed Estate
OF w. II. Walker; inventory returned. Estate
Of Mary Morris; petition OF Margaret Morris
me Irving irving Williamson was appointed guard
HI
t xolbrecht; letters testamentary issued to Ben
ton Russ. several accounts were approved and
passed Adjourned to Tuesday.
POLICE COURT-Jtsdoe SneH
3 dsgs hose5 Ws On
on Hannah Ward; S. and personal bonds to
Keep the peace; Kate Gosner, vagrant; sent
o ea1 Tor sixty days. George Brent, street pro-
man, was arraigned on the charge OF making
malicious and gross exposure of his person. A
little school girl, pupil OF the P street school,
the alley in the rear Of the school. The teacher
OF the school testified to the same and that the
Pupils had often been annoyed by him. The
aley Is In full view from the windows of the
scho0l-room. Another teacher testified to the
same effect. For defence, several witnesses
testified to DEFENDANTS good character, and
Ba!liDger took the stand and denied the charge.
ana ah sal. SAID ne was not In that neigh1orhood at
the time specified. Mrs. Sarah Ballinger, the
mother OF defendant, gave testimony as 20
were She and her son live On street. Mr..
padgett said he thought there ought to be more
OF the fact that this exposure was where SO
many young girls were In view, and It being
frequently repeated. A fine Of $40 was imposed.
George Brent, colored, unlicensed eating house.
given Brent permit ''to sell Grub II his
STOCK does not exceed $685." and the court said
That 1t must be shown that it had been revoked
He continued the case in order that he might
go to the Commissioners and ascertain if it is
necessary to procure license.
TODAY.
Anna Lyles, colored larceny OF pair of
shoes: $40 or 80 DAYS Mary Morrisey, senior,
and Mary Morrisey, junior, assault on Catherine
Shugrue, an Old lady, by stontng her and pull
Ing her back hair. This was lively scrimmage
growing out OF the fact that some ducks belong
Ing TO Mrs. MOrrlSey UreSpaSsed on the grounds
OF Mrs. Shugrue, who set her dog on them, which
led Mrs. MorriSey to unchain her black dog, and
dog and woman conflict followed, ending in
hQ1r 1tfYnrp md Ron4
neighboring females who witnessed the fuss
were all summoned as witnesses. The court
said that the evidence being somewhat
Francis White, larceny Of some lace curtains
from Eliza Hall; $40 or 30 days. Jenny McKen-
zie, charged with assault On James F. DeAtley,
throwing half pound weight and striking aim
on the arm; continued Frank Jones, loud and
Doisterous in front OF the Theater Comique.
Henry johnson, colored boy vagrant was sent
down. James Noble and Albert Parker, loud
S.. John Jones, Chas. johnson and VIM. Lane,
same charge; S. EACH August Smith, vagrant:
sent down. John Whelan, charged with firing
pistol on the street; IS.
LIGHT BREAD.
George Mundy was charged with selling light
weight bread-tb1rty- nine loaves. The sealer
OF weights and measures weighed this bread
two ioaves and sometimes more than that to-
gether, so that it could not be told whether one
or more loaves were light in these separate
weigh1ngs, SO that the number was reduced to
eieVen lOaVeS, Tor winch NUMBER ne was fined
81 per loaf-$22. An appeal was noted. jus
tus Kaiser, baker, charged with the same
of1ence--17 loaves. In this case all were
weighed a. slngly, and all short from one
fered to prove that the bread had lost weight
by exposure, but the court ruled it out, holding
that bread baked at night and offered next day
for sale is not stale bread, and that it should
weigh plump sixteen ounces when sold. The
law was not made to protect sharper3, but to
protect the poor people who have to buy bread
II it was claimed that it was sold as stale bread
he would hear testimony OF the kind offered
out not otherwise Counsel commended that the
atmospheric influences had caused evaporation
End shrinkage OF the bread, but the court said
ne mad heard experts on this subject, and their
testlmoDy did not bear out that theory. The
defendant then took the stand and testified
that the bread was baked about or O'Clock In
tire morning; that he puts In about eighteen
and half ounces OF dough for loaf, to allow
q shr1nkage in baking. The court imposed a
fine Of ss4; appeal noted. The hearing OF the
other cases was In progress when our report
closed