The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1884-01-10
PAINS AND PENALTIES
Imposed by Judge Smell on the
LAW. Break ra To-day.

Eleanor Coleman, a colored woman, who 70.
sides In o notorious neighborhood, was 10 tho
tolls on the charge OF being guilty OF acts OF
public prostitution; three months on the farm.
william Shields, a bad colored boy, who
threw stones at the house OF an old white man
named Nicholas Drummond, was sent down
for two weeks.
william A. Ward. a stonecutter with his face
badly cut and bruised, pleaded guilty TO talk.
ing bolsterously In the street, and dumped
i've dollars into the corrers OF the court,
Dennis Harrison, an aged colored man, with
large family Bible under his arm, ambled up
10 the witness stand 70 testify against his
daughter, Mary Watson, a derry looking young
colored woman, whom he charged With pro.
and said abe cursed and swore and threw the
Bible on the floor and danced on IT, dis
missed.
Mary Bailor, young mulatto girl was IN
the dock on acharge OF robbing Mrs. Nicholas
wilkins, OF No. 1923 Sixth street, In whose
employ she was Us domestic. sho pleaded
spoons, n dress, aud other articles; a sentence
OF sixty days In jail was imposed.
ilashlly.dressed, tall mulatto woman,
named Mary Harod, with her left eye blacked
and her face swollen out OF proportion, was
the complainant against muscular young
colored man named Jesse Brown. she tod
His Honor tina, she came home Tuesday night
dripping with rain, ana said he was very
poor man that would not meet woman with
an umbrella ON night like that, IIo got mad
at this, and knocked her down with his ilst.
she had right 10 chastise him, because he
has been living with her FOR four yenr-.
Brown claimed that the woman hat upbraidei
him about the umbrella and then slapped hi q
face. He tried 10 get away from her, hut she
followed him up, and no had 10 knock her
down 10 get rid OF her. ~ man Is a coward
who strikes woman," said tho Courts 80 or
thirty days.
oscar Turner, cart.drlvor for John Bald.
win, was convicted OF stealing 500 from MS
employer ana was nned $40 or thirty days,
Thomas Doyle, young wnito man. was
lned $40 Tor being dlsOrderiy at ponth street
and the Avenue yesterday afternoon and chus'
Ing n disturbance.
terday by Detectives Ran and Block for deal.
ing In Louisiana lottery tickets, was before
the Court to-day, and the case went over until
tomorrow for trial,
There were about dozen persons engaged
In the "pollcy" business az tho time OF tho
recent raid by the detectives, against whom
warrants were sworn Out, but who wore not
caught In the raid. The detectives and police
have been arrestlng them, and today Thomas
Oliver, Ignatlug Soyier, Henry Ridgloy, George
Myers and Ed ConOyer We're charged with
"Writng" policy and the cases were continued
until tomorrow. Richard Minor was put
under $500 bail as witness.
colored woman named Mary Washington
pleaded guilty TO keeping canine that she
had no license for. She said sho was very
poor, aud thought she could save up So for a
license In about ten days, The Court granted
tho desired time TO got the license.
VIM. Brumley, smallsiZeu white man,
with llashy suit OF yellow clothes on, was IN
the dock for dlsorderly conduct In a saloon on
tho Avenue last evening, Tho keeper OF the
saloon said the prisoner called for an oyster
stew, and whom informed that IL would cost
% cents, threatened 10 blow the place up with
dynamite. The prisoner claimed that no was
insulted, and "got on little leOso llngo,"
fifteen days.