Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-05-06
THE COURTS.

SOCkT IN GENERAL TERN.
Yesterday. r. F. Harvey. bankrupt; decree
signed. J. W, Hester. bankrupt; dismissal Of
petition affirmed. District OF Columbia agt.
Cooper; hearing commenced Oliver agt. Cam
eron; opinion by Judge Hagner Affirming judg-
ment below. Nutter agt. Hopkins; argument
concluded and case submitted.
To-day, District agt Cooper; argued and SUBJ
CIRCUIT CoCRr-Jadoe Macarthur.
Yesterday, Frost agt. Bean; judgment set
aside. Peter agt. Wetzell; Judgment subject to
credits. RUPERT agt- Linton: reinstated. Neal
Ergood agt. Farley; Same. feItch agt. Dono-
hue; same. Barbour & Hamilton agt. Alexan-
ger; same: Ellinger agt liable Bros; same.
aammond agt Kelly same Grfith agt Nice;
Judgment by default. Walsh agt. kennedy;
OIL OF exceptions signed. Collidge agt- Creecy
Lucas; new trial denied. Mccoy agt. Fowler:
motion to correct Judgment overruled District
OF Columbia agt. johnson; bill OF exceptions
signed. solomon agt. Talbert; new trial de-
agt Salter; leave to amend declaration and
plead TO demurrer Ia twenty days. Smith agt.
Crafty; Judgment by default. Downham agt.
N1ehmeyer; same. Johnson agt. Usher; rein
stated on docket. Quinn agt. District of Colum-
bia: new trial denied. Stockstill agt. Rohrer;
retDStated
EQUITY CeURT-CAief Justice Gtrtfer.
Yesterday, Tuohey agt Hoffman: heard, de-
cree TO be prepared. Mcnamara agt Sheckels;
demurrer to bill overruled and leave to answer.
Lloyd agt: Rothwell; leave to amend bill. Ash
ton agt. Wall ct al; pro confesso against b. F.
keyser. Ashfield agL AShfield; rule on defend
ant granted. Gunton agt. ZantZnger; auditors
report of March 20 confirmed. Frame agt. Frame;
rule on defendant granted. Mclaughlin ACT.
Mclaughlin: sale ratified conditiOnally. Town.
send agt. Townsend: orders nunc pro tune and
commission to selected guardian ad litem ap-
pointed. Cashier agt. Mitkiewiez; referred co
auditor to report on claims, etc. Mccullough
agt Croft; pro confesso made absolute AMI case
referred to auditor: Zanninger agt. ZantzIn-
Douglas agt. Clark; amount to be paid by life
tenant fixed. Lee agt Starr; bill dismissed.
CRIMINAL CoURT-J'tdge James.
To-day, George Brown, false swearing; trial
resumed.
POLICE COURT-J1tGge !Siell.
Yesterday James Williams alias Simms pro-
family: S. or days. Mary Allen, do; do. Mary
Ellis do: do: Henson Bailey, do; do. Ed
mund Randolph. loud and boisterouS: S. or Is
days. Robert Williams, charged by Hugh P.
Hoar with keeping dangerous dog. Mr.. Hoar
testified that While in a restaurant on eth street
few days ago. he saw Mr.. Williams in the act
OF striking another man on the head with
assault, Mr.. WilliamsRdog bit him severely.
The court imposed fine OF SO. An appeal was
day In jail. John Addison and John McCurdy.
ARRAY; s. each. Robert Bouldin charged with
the the larceny of basket and dozen eggs from
cnas. {; Anderson; 10 days. Jas. King, assault
ON Sandy Fuller; s. or 10 days. Also charged
with assaulting Officer McGraw: s. or 10 days.
Geo: Redmond, assault on Angalet Allen SO or
30 days. Samuel Smith, larceny Of some
brushes from John West; s.. JAS. E. SHERWOOD
threats to Dora Marks: 5000 bonds to keep the
peace, and In default months. Michael Bur-
Titt, larceny OF six handkerchfefs from Chas.
Homead; So or 10 days.
To-day, VIM. Harris, loud and boisterous; =
or Is days Alice Richardson; forfeited col
lateral. Sandy Bell, charged with disturbing
the quiet Of Georgetown; s. or Is days Jas.
F. Hardin, profanity; $40 or days. Chas.
Clark charged with fast driving; so. Eta
Lewis, Margaret Hughes, Robert Mccormick,
VIM. Smith, Lewis LOCKER and Thaddeus Her
bert, vagrancy; bond or workhouse. Martha
Smith and Julia Johnson, colored charged With
an ARRAY: s. each. Edward Barnes. was
charged with assaulting Betty Thomas, who
testihed that Barnes fired pistol at her and
the ball passed by her head and would have
struck her had she not lodged il. He was
sent to Jail for three months. Henry Dunlap
charged with stealing 500 from Richard /.
Ennis; his employer; restitution ordered and In
default days: c. Rupert, charged with OBJ
Structlng the sidewalk: So.