Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-02-02
THE COURTS.
COURT IN GENERAL TERN.
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EQUITY COURT-Jttdqe James,
Saturday, Holmes agt Wheeler time allowed
to complete testimony. Strachn agt Starr;
hearing continued till February Goth. Beavens
agt. Hughes; order vacated and reargument al
lowed. Thomas agt. Gilmore; modification OF
order. Webster agt Stuart: on hearing.
CRIMINAL CouRT-Jndge HaIller.
Saturday, Lewis Pollard, burglary and larceny;
pleaded not guilty. Joseph Merritt, keeping
policy shop; motion TO quaSh argued and over
ruled.
To-day. Nathaniel Thomas. second offence.
petit larceny; pleaded guilty and was sentenced
TO the Reform School. Daniel Platter, do, do. ::
penitenttary two years. VIM. Thomas nuisance
IN committing q naineleSS crime on an unknown
person; nolle pros.-the assistant attorney stat
Ing that the case properly belonged to the Police
Court, in which he would enter proceedings
w. II. Webster, burglary and larceny. plead
guilty to grand larceny and was sentenced to
the Albany penitentiary for three years.
POLICE COURT-JudJe .SfoeN.
Saturday, after our report closed Richard
Koran, disturbing a religious congregation; So
or thirty days. Geo. Robinson forfeited collate-
on VIM. Fl: Hogue; s. each. Celia Jones, assault
on James Young; personal bonds. Robert Co.'S
tello, jr, assault and battery; So. Fleet w.
Jenkins, assault on Emma Jenkins; sixty days
Francis Ward; s. fine and bonds to keep the
peace, or six months in jail. Thomas DrOney,
assault on Daniel Lynch; $50, or sixty days in
jail Susan Corbin, threats to VIM. A. Boyd;
personal bonds
To-day, John Jackson alias Scrivner, larceny
OF three silk pocket handkerchiefS from store:
SIX months In Jail. Several dealers in the North
ern Market (k street, were before the Police
Count this morning charged with doing the
business of produce dealers without license.
The testimony OF the market clerk was taken
aud the personal recognizance OF each Of the ac-
cuSed taken as the cases are TO be carried to the
upper court. Benjamin Brown, oud S.. Lucy
jackson and Carrie Brown. colored Migrants
and prostitutes; 30 days In the WorkhouSe. Jas.
Harrington, va2rant and uppling-hOuSe
loafer, was sent down for 30 days. Mary
Shine, a white woman, with q little
three-year-old boy, was charged with yag-
Iancy, and sent. down for. ninety days,
Henry Nash, Migrants; sent down. James
BriStoe, loud and boisterOuS; S.. John Young,
a White yagraut and tramp; so days in work.
house. Morris Mcclure same Charge 80 days.
Mary Albert, profanity: S.. George Williams.
coloied. destroying private property-a board
Wm. Ward. loud and bosterous; s.. James
McCarty, keeping his bar open after hours; $40;
appeal taken. George Sharp, assault on Frank
Davis; So George Myers alias Miles.
stealing half bushel OF coal; 50, Or Is DAYS
John w. COX. charged with threats to his wife:
forfeited collateral. Henry Himber alias Henry
smith, charged with larceny OF a clock; cOntin-
ued. Wesley Fry. assault on Benjamin Fox,
both colored. Fox testified that Fry, pretend
ing to be detective officer, came to his house
and arrested him on the charge OF setting fire TO
house in that Observation-Disclosures part OF
the clty-and dragged him away for some dis
tance, when he FoX) asked him to show his au-
the police and had him arrested. The court
cautioned him and dismissed him. Geo.H. Pope.
a white boy, charged with inCOrrigibility: sent
to the reform school.