Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-03-01
THE COURTS.
EourrY CoURr-J,u1oe James.

EQULTf SOUHf0SUuyf JtHttS.
Saturday-Ingersoll vs.. James; trustees d.
rected to pass over money to defendant Gunton.
Brooks vs. Jackson; guardian ad ltem to be
selected by committee. Anderson vs. Anderson;
report confirmed finally. Kflbourn vs. Latta;
80 days to take proof. Shepherd VS.. f. s. & T.
Co.; receiver to surrender possession to defend
March "a. Cohen VS.. Lansburgh; injunction
denied. Strouse vs. Friendlich: sale In bulk
allowed. Latham vs.: Latham; referred to au-
over drawback In re James Kelly, lunatic;
Mrs Lockwood appointed committee. Mueller
vs. Dean; committee to select guardian ad
missed and compiaintants property released
CIRCUIT COURT (No. 1.)-Jttdge Macarthur
Saturday, Smith agt. Pepper; dismissal set
aside; Brown agt. salter ct al; do: Walker
new trial denied. Townsend & Wells agt Car
penter; do. Lindsey agt. Merriman; do.
Fletcher agt. Carpenter; do.
CIRCUIT COURT (No. 2)-Jttdge Cor.
Saturday, Hall & Hume agt Craig ct al;
Judgment Notwithstanding plea. Cochran agt.
Giddings; Judgment for plaintiff. Guinand AIT.
Mcknight; Judgment Of condemnation. Monogue
agt. HanlOn; new trial denied. Metzger agt.
simpson; do. Baltimore .. o. Co. agt. Barber
4 Langdon; judgment Notwithstanding affidavit.
Dlggs, use, etc., a9t. IngerSoll ct al. admins
traitors; Judgment for defendant-appeal prayed,
Loeber agt. solomon ct al; judgment against
Robine granted. Sheahan agt. Reilly; motion to
set aside verdict overruled. Hyatt agt. Hyatt;
leave 10 amenQ QeclafaulOn.
COURT IN GENERAL TERM
Saturday, FOllanSbee agt. Ballard Paving Co. :
mandate from the United States Supreme Court
filed. Keefe agt. Malone; do. District of Co
lumbia agt: King; same. United States agt
VIM. Darlington; to be placed on calendar.
United States use of Hoffman, agt. Elliot, gar
nisbee, opinion by Justice James; rent payable
by tenant not attachable, because not due; dis
public agt, Cook, collector, and National Metro
politan Bank agt. same; opinion by Justice
Wyl1e; banks not liable to taxation.
CRIMINAL COURT-J,tdge Hdgne1..
To-day, Babe" Bedford, Edward Queenan
and Sandy Pinn, murder; guilty. Letha Mat
thews convicted Of perjury in the Louisa Wal
lace 1nfant1cide case; motion for new trial
overruled and sentenced to the penitentiary for
five years. Execution of sentence was sus-
pended, exceptions having been taken, on
which the case will go to the General Term.
image James. To-day, the March term was
convened at Room, and the grand jurors were
called and sworn.
POLICE CoURT-J,Ldge Shell.
Saturday after our report closed, Henry Price.
vagrancy; bonds or 80 days. Patrick Babbing-
ton, forfeited collateral. Chas Burch and CO
lumbus Brown assault ON Jos. N. Rodgers; con
tinued. Lewis Butler, assault on Emma Mat
thews; $40 or 80 days. Robert Ford, assault on
with a large walking stick; IS. Robert Doug
lass, charged with disturbing religious congre-
cation; $40 or 80 days. Philip Williams and
John Bailey, larceny Of some clothing from
Ihos. Hughes; 60 days in jail each. Fannie
Mccoy and Margaret Clagett, charged with the
larceny OF lace tides and a doll from store
Clagett was fined S. and Mccoy sent to jail for
action of grand jury. John Hutchins alias John
Brown, charged with destroying private prop
erty; $40. Zachariah Spencer. colored, charged
with stealing pocket book containing about So
In silver from VIM. Il. Clemens. This was
stolen from the pocket of young daughter of
Mr.. c. In the Center Market Saturday morning;
six months in Jail.
To-day, VIM. Carson, a colored vagrant, was
sent down to the work-house Kate Lewis, a
colored vagrant, was sent down for 80 days.
BOBBY Brooks, profanity, S.. Lucy Coleman
colored, larceny of quantity of female cloth
ing, the property of Augusta C. Quackenbush;
30 days In jail and goods returned to the owner.
OBrien and James Dillon, loud and boisterous,
So each; David David, colored, larceny of a
Wheelbarrow; continued for further hearing
Victor Brunot and VIM. Smith, ARRAY, S. each;
Frank Proctor and Robert Hay, colored, loud
and boisterOuS, S. each.