Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-02-25
THE OOURTS.

COURT IN GENERAL TERM.
e, nes.erday, Morton agt. Ward: Judgment at
District; rule discharged do. Roderick agt
Young; judgment for defendant; opinion by
Justice Macarthur. Young agt. District; in
junction made perpetual; opinion By Justice
Wylie. Mcpherson agt. Cox; Judgment revers
ed and new trial awarded; do Vlnson act
Beverldge; on hearing.
To-day, King agt. District and SDa1i1jnr
argued and submitted.
PoLICs CouRT-Judae SneA.
To-day, Alfred NJ. Bush, charged with fas,
driving This is the case when a deaf mute
lnred. Bush was fined so Appeal noted
Mlchael Bayne, Vagrant, was sent down
FRANK DICKSON, colored boy, loud and bolster.
Gus ,aaa 30: yoh9 Maguire, caught pilferlng a
ninety days in the workhouse James dawes.
nate Raglan. and Molly johnson, vayrant were
sent dow down ninety days, Joseph wilson loud
collateral. Vim II. Payne, colored, larceny OF
blooms; continued VIM Young, alias Louis
Jenkins. larceny Of four bushels OF coal from
fifteen days Ia Jail
A KISS AND ITS CONSEQUENCES.
Danlel +. Meany was charged with assault
the gas office. Mr. Meany pleaded guilty and I'D
asked to be heard. He was sworn and stated
lhat ne owed gas bill, which he had not paid
promptly on account OF not having the money,
cove came to his house several times to collect
u. and would sit there about two hours each
Time. Finally witness failing to collect money
ieft word for Coyle to turn of the gas. During
nus absence Coyle came again, and witness wife
ioid MN what witness had directed; COyle on
being told this said he didn't like to turn Off the
Sas, but finally did as directed, and before he
left he caught hold OF Mrs. Meany and gave her
KISS. Witness wife was very much insulted
ara excited at his conduct. When witness
got nome and was told Of the conduct OF this
MI Coyle having appeared took the stand In
defence. and told the court his side of the story
saying that after he turned off the gas. the
next meeting he had with Meany he struc! him
on the head and butted his head against wall.
Al This point Coyle was arraigned on a cross
IRE warrant for assault and battery on Miranda
Mr. Me ANY, an elderly a looking woman, wife Of
ln question caught hold of her and kissed her,
before she knew what he was about II was
between the hours Of II and 70 O'Clock. Mr,
Coyle again took the stand and denied every
VOID OF the prosecuting witness. The court
"a.d II MI: Meany had at once obtained a war
rant Tor the assault On his Wife In place OF taking
; ING law ID MS own hands, he would have come
INTO court under better circumstances. This
mciiian had the appearance OF having passed
IAe age %hen She would inspire such senti-
as h nao oeen shown but she stood unlm
embarrassed There had been two assaults
proven; LIE lined Meany $40, and Coyle $40.
UTHER CASES.
EilJdn DICKSON, assault ON Cornelius Ashton.
$40. James Campbell, cOlored boy, petit larce
by OF some hardware; fifteen days In jaI. Henry
Lee. larceny OF an Overcoat, worth $50; pleaded
putty ana was sentenced TO six month in Jail
Charles chamberlain and Hermann Colgate tres
pass on and malic1ously setting fire to woods on
p1opeer1Y occupied by George A. Myers, back Of
Oak hii cemetery; $40 each, Or ten days In tail
William Heny alias Lewis jenkins, assault ON
Miles Divine; IS. -.
tv-The late Rev. DR.. BENJAMIN ]. Haiebt
IOr over forty years assistant minister of Trinity
parish, New York, was buried from Trinity
CHURCH yesterday.
ar Boston has a "palatial" retail grocery
store, according to the Post, and there isn't any
word left in the language to describe d Boston
wholesale grocery store.
For trthing disobedience man in Men.
dota, Ill, locked hts daughter In room and
bec1le. The man was obstinate and the daugh
Ter was like him. And there was a stepmoJ6er
IN tie case
H-An English financial writer thinks that
bankruptcy should be made more disagreeable
for the bankrupt than 1t is.
a. II IS contended In England that cremation
would prevent 1nquests, make poisoning easy
and facilitate cases OF false perS0nation.
Nhkesharre, Pa, Sunday night, while attempt
Ing 10 eAtinguish the fire from an exploded
lamp In neighbours house.
or DR.. Buford, health officer OF vicksburp,
Miss, ana resident ply SicfanS deny the reports
that there is yellow fever there. There has
been no cases since Dec. !.
AN Irish Wicklow Quaker was recently
replied TO by lady listener. The Quaker was
eXclaiming against agitation. The lady re-
sponded, SWhat good In the world was ever
done without agitation? We cannot even make
butter without it,"
GB-A prominent physician Of San Francisco,
weary OF his wife, aud infatuated with young
er woman, is accused Of going into Arizona for
q short time to gain an UStenSible residence
ana OF having bill OF divorce from his wife nut
through the Territorial legislature In An onlni-
could not veto It without vetoing all the rest,
This done, he hied him back TO San Francisco
and married the younger woman,