Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-11-30
THE COURTS.

CRcUrT CoURr-Jttdqe Cor
Wednesday, Dewalt agt. Doran and Reed
agt. Gibbons; motions for new trial overruled.
CRIMINAL CoURT-Judge Con.
Wednesday. Mary Jackson, larceny; guilty
John Young, appeal assault; recognizance for
feited.
POLICE CouRr-Judge Miller.
Yesterday, Addison Day, the well-knowu col
ored undertaken. was charged with having as
saulted Adeline Brent. The latter testified
that Day struck her. Days witnesses testified
that he attempted to close window, when one
woman attempted to throw kettle Of water on
him, and in jumping out of the way he knocked
Adeline down. The case was dismissed. Harry
Williams was charged with an assault ON Ida
johnson, colored girl, who testified that she
had sent to a store for some cotton. which did
not suit her, and she took it back, AMI Williams
put her out and struck her. For the defense il
was testified that the woman came to the store
and behaved in a very disorderly manner. The
case was dismissed. Vincent Thomas was
charged by his wife, Annie Thomas. with
threatening to break her neck and was placed
under personal bonds. Amanda Grave was
charged with assault and battery on Mary Rob-
inson. The parties are colored and live in
Prather's alley. The latter testified that she
was singing, and Amanda came up and struck
her. The defendant testified that Mary was
drunk, and she spoke to her about singing, and
she drew pistol on her, when she knocked
her down and took the pistol from her. The
case was dismissed. Edward Galloway was
charged with firing pistol in the street. OFF,
Ger Howe testified that the defendant, in game
of scrap" on November 5. snapped pistol at
another man, and then fired at him, but Z had
been unable to find the man shot at 4 fine of
$40 was imposed. John johnson and Sam1
Sullivan, two colored boys, were charged with
the larceny of ten eggs from the stall Of Jas.
o. Turner, in the o street market, Wednesday,
and were fined IS each. Thomas Smith, for
disorderly conduct, was fined IS. Walter Jack
son, vagrancy; bonds or workhouse. Dennis
Driscoll, disorderly; SIS. Matte Metcalf. va
grancy; bonds or workhouse: Benjamin Whit
field, disorderly; IS. Edward Shea, do; 50.
To-day, Chas. Mitchell, colored. disorderly
conduct; IS or fifteen days. Minnie Collared,
colored, do; do. Henry Fields, colored, carry
ing concealed weapons; $50 or sixty days.
Jacob Hartig, vagrancy; bonds or sixty days.
fifteen days. John H. Dyer and Jos. Jenkins,
do; do. John Long. do, do. Rachel johnson,
vagrancy; bonds or sixty days. John Stewart
and John johnson, disorderly conduct; S5 or
fifteen days each. Edward Jackson, do; col
lateral forfeited. Chas. Williams, profanity;
do. John Meany, disorderly conduct; do.
Alexander Lancaster, do. IS or fifteen days.
Patrick Reagan, indecent exposure; do.
EN- ROUTE TO wAsHINaroN.-A dispatch from
Beaufort, N. c., November 49, says: After a
perilous and eventful voyage there arrived
yesterday and sailed to-day the boat Liberdad,
of two and half tons, with Capt Slocum his
wife, and two children on board. The Liber-
dad sailed from Rio de Janeiro for Washington,
d. c., on July "a. Capt. Slocum and family
are in good health.
A PrsroL SHOT IN A THEATER.-Last night at
Kernan's theater, when the regular perform
ance was ended and the sparring match was
being announced, the report of pistol shot
was heard, apparently in one of the upper
boxes. AS the attention Of the audience was
directed to the person making the announce
ment, the incident was not noticed by many
persons. Officers Ellis and Heller, who were
in the theater at the time, went to the box
where they thought the shot had been fred
and arrested j. W. Robinson on charge of
carrying the pistol. Mr.. Clay Gray, who was
with Robinson objected to his companion be-
ing arrested On the way out Of the theater
scuf1e took place and Gray got his head
bruised. The officers state that the men were
intoxicated. They denied that they. were
drunk but admitted that they had drunk two
bottles of wine in the theater. This morning,
when the case was tried in the Police Court,
Mr.. Robinson denied that he fred the shot or
that he had ever carried a revolver. The Off
GERS testified that when the arrest was made
the defendant was putting the weapon on the
floor. The bullet from the pistol could not be
found, 80 that it is not known in what direction
it went. Mr.. Robinson was acquitted. A
charge of disorderly conduct against Robinson
and Gray was also dismissed.