Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-09-13
THE PKDrATRIC SOCIETY.
CURIOUS OLD WARRAN
A Batch Of Old Papers sent to the Police
Court.

Lieutenant AmiSs has sent to the Police Court q
batch Of legal papers, including many old warrants
that were never served. Among the papers are
number OF old records Of civil and criminal cases
before some OF the old police magistrates, and
many OF the documents are from the old Central
guard-house Most OF the documents are records
OF warrants issued by police magistrates and
many OF them are records OF the trials. Many OF
the documents are curious and would not stand
many technical points that might be raised by
lawyers should they now DO presented to the
courts The warrants embrace nearly all crimes
known to the law. In cases where the residences
OF the defendants were not known the magistrate
mas mace such endorsements as she comes to the
horse 6azar, or ale ioars at 9TH and the avenue"
The magistrate, however, made no attempt to de-
scribe the persons wanted, and consequently the
warrants were never served Some OF the papers
are dated as far back 1865, and have since that
time oeen thrown from place TO place until at
last they have reached the Police Court.
all OF them, Will be destroyed, as they cannot
properly go upon the court records. Among
them Is warrant for "BOb Rats" aud others. The
warrant Was sworn out before Justice Mills, and
charges on the oath OF reputable citizen "that
Ine dsienoant did commit an assault on my ser.
want girl, - on the 7th or june 1862"
Bob aud his companions were subsequently tried
ana acquitted, which record appears on the face
OF the warrant. Among the batch OF papers is a
commitment for a person convicted OF selling
liquor without a license. The commitment,
which s Is directed TO Joseph S. Martin. int.ndant
1869 and sets forth that citizen giving his name,
mas, on the Goth or April, 1869, within the cor
porate limits OF the city or Washington, sold
spTltuou5 and Intoxicating liquors. viz: two
glasses OF whisky and one glass OF ale without
having first obtained license for 80 doing" 1t
then recites: "And whereas the subscriber, w.
9. Harper on conviction hath, by virtue OF the
act ad1udged the said citizen TO pay me OF $50
ana $lO5 costs for said ofense; and, whereas,
the said citizen hath been required to pay
tne SAID nne, or, at his option, TO give such
security for the payment thereof as should
De satisfactory TO subscriber, and hath refused
and neglected TO make such payment, you Che In
tendant OF the Workhouse) are ordered TO receive
the said citizen into your custody and him safely
keep, treat and deal with according TO law and
the sentence Aforesaid Tor the term Of thirty
days"
One OF the warrants issued by justice charged:
ION this both day OF october, A. D. 1875, before
justice OF the peace OF the District or columbia,
personally appeared -, who being sworn de-
poses and says that he mas reason to and does be-
lleve that person by nam. to him unknown, but
who goes by the alias OF PapaJoe, will do him some
bodily Injury, he the said Papa1oe having on This
day and date threatened to cut dep0nenL with a
deadly weapon known as knife.
His
X
Mark.
Mark made and statement sworn to before me
this day and datev