Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-08-09
The Courts.

POLICE COURT-J,uige B,,,sdy pro tenn,
To-day, Columbus Beach. creating and MAIN
tanning nuisance; sentence suspended for five
days to abate the nuisance. Addie Shepherd
charged with being vagrant and public prosti-
tute; 60 days in the workhOuse. Jos. Groves
Walker Kenner and Alexander Ward. three
small white boys. were charged with being
Migrants and suspicious persons. Officer Hill
testified to catching them in the act of hooking
articles out Of JOhnson's grocery store. under
Masonic Temple last night. by means of sticks
with nails in the ends of them. Judge Bundy
told them that he was going to let them all 90
this time, being their first Offense but they ran
narrow chance of going to the Reform school,
and he hoped this would be warning to them
Susan Williams loud and bOisterous; SIS or Is
days. JnO. W. Gilbert forfeited collateral
Maria MarinO, vagrancy and prostitution; bonds
or 80 days. Jas. Earl. loud and bOisterous: IS or
OF Is days. Henry Brown. vagrancy: bonds or 80
days. VIM. Frasier. little ragged colOred boy was
charged by his grandmother with being an idle
and incorrigible boy. His grandmother testified
that his parents were dead. and he has been liv-
ing with her and she cannot do ANYTHING with
him and would like to have him sent to the Re-
form school. The court said that she ought to
be sent to the Reform school instead of the boy
for not being able to take care of an eight year
old child. The Judge advised her to take him
home and wash him. and put some clean clothes
on him and lick him. The little fellow looked at
the old woman and laughed, and trotted out Of
the courtroom with. apparently great deal of
responsibility resting on his one suspender.
Thomas }. Holmes. assault: forfeited collateral.
John Williams, larceny of two coats from AdOlph
H. AXtyre; 80 days in Jail Susan Williams,
cOlored woman, was charged with making an
assault on Officer Block; $40 or 30 days in Jail.
Louisa Brown alias Ann Timberlick. cOlOred
charged with stealing three chickens from Ann
Lee; 60 or Is days in Jail: Henry Tenney. a sailor
was charged with assaulting JAS b. HaZeler and
6nI hot
these men were locked up in the fifth precinct
statiOn-house last night and Tenney got to fight
ing with them, and when he found them Tenney
was stamping one of them in the face. He was
fined $40 or 80 days in the first and s. Is
days in the other case. Henry Hoy, assault on
Michael NOonan and Jas. B. Hazeler; SIS or IS
days i'm each case. JAS Smith. sailor. was
charged with the larceny of a composition mould
and a lot of composition, the property of the
United States. He pleaded guilty and was COM
mitted to Jail in default of bonds to appear be-
fore the grand jury. Clara Johnson was charged
with making threats of violence to another
elderly white lady named Minerva Drury. and
gave her personal bonds to keep the peace for
six months Mary Dugan. profanity; $5 or Is
days. Michael Cady, do; do VIM. Williamson
and Vim. Thomas, vagrancy; bonds or 80 days
each. Williamson was charged with carrying a
dirk knife. and fined $50 or 90 days additional.
Ihos Harris. carrying razor; $50 or SO days.
isaac jackson, vagrancy: bonds or 30 days.
Lewis Coyne, charged with obtaining goods
under false pretences; grand jury. bonds 500.
Patsey Hayes. threats to Matilda Dorman; per-
sonal bonds to keep the peace VIM. Garner.
larceny of ten cents from Geo. B. Reynolds; sent
to the reform school. JnO. Rysby. JOS. West.
Arthur Clayton and JnO. Mitchell. four cOlored
boys, were charged with petit larceny. They
were all sent to Jail. except Mitchell, who was
sent to the reform school during minority.
Stella Wilkinson. forfeited collateral. Edward
Brown, assault on Elizabeth Snowden; SIS or Is
days. Henry Young, assault on Sarah Chisley;
do.