Los Angeles herald., 1891-05-02
THE COURTS.
A LIGHT DAY IN THE SUPERIOR
COURT DEPARTMENTS.
Superior Court-The Justices and
Their Cases.

There was very little business trans
acted in any OF the courts yesterday.
Nothing whatever of public interest
was done in department one of the supe-
rior court. Frank J. Dyer will come up
for sentence in this court at 10 am. to-
day on his plea of guilty of assault with
a deadly weapon.
In department two the Yourk will
contest is still going on, but will proba-
bly, go to the jury today. Judge Clark
also attended to the following probate
business
Sarah F. Dubois, widow of James Du-
bois, deceased, had set aside to her in
Judge Clark's court yesterday abe
entire estate OF her husband, that being
less than $500, to wit, $14445O, as au-
thorized by the code. The estate was
thereupon finally closed.
An order was signed dsmissing the
case of the Azusa Water Development
and Irrigation company, each party to
pay their own cost. The case had been
settled by the parties out of court.
An order was signed by Judge Clark
in the estate and guardianship of
Louisa M. Bell and Alice G. Bell,
minors, fixing June I'd as the day for
showing cause why an order should not
be made authorizing Maria l.. Bell,
guardian, to sell certain real property
belonging to said minors.
c.. N. Wilson, administrator of the es-
tate OF M. M. Wilson, deceased, filed
full account, and May 18th was fixed
for hearing the same.
A claim of $1055.05 was laid by John
A. Gallup against the estate of Thomas
B. Nesbit.
Two claims were laid against the es-
tate of Sarah B. See, deceased, by E. B.
Scott; one for $57S.32, the other for
$30.35.
Nathaniel Prior, stepfatber of Hettie
Prior, minor IA years old, was made
guardian of the girl.
August Krug laid a claim of $277. .25
against the estate of George j. Clarke.
Department four had two cases on the
calendar one entitled Justice vs.. Gard,
in which the plaintiff waa given iudg-
ment in the amount of $1021 .42. The
other case was that OF the Los Angeles
Cemetery association vs.. The City of
Los Angeles. This case involves the
title to forty-foot strip of land run
ming the whole length of Evergreen
cemetery, along the line of First street.
1t was submitted on briefs.
In department six the trial of Edward
Roberts, for an attempt on the life of
Peter Gottlebb, the hackman, was in
progress Yesterday, and was given to
jury at 3 :l5 p. IN. A verdict of acquit-
tai was expected, but at quite late
hOur the iurv h ad not aurood
The old case of Studebaker VS.. Bovce,
which has been hanging fire for a long
time, the matter at issue being the re-
suit of real estate transaction, was
continued indenfiitely, compromise
having been effected.
THE LESSER COURTS.
In the township court Justice Stanton
dismissed the case of the People vs. A.
L. Peartree, the defendant paying the
accrued costs, amounting to So.
A. M. Copp was arraigned before City
Justice Owens on two charges of burg
larry. He was given until the 9th in
stant in which to prepare for examina-
ton, and bonds in the two cases were
fixed at $4,000. Copp is charged with
taking books from the law library and
selling them, about forty volumes in all
having been recovered. He denies TAX
ing the books, but claims to know who
did, and the police are now looking for a
young man whose name he mentioned.
Copp could not give the bonds required,
and so was kept in the city prison last
night. The police state that Copp is an
assumed name, and that the boy is a
son OF Horace Bell, the attorney.
In the police court the usual number
of drunks and vagrants were disposed
Of Albert Spencer was fined 500 for
battery. Spencer is the man whom Of
ficer Valencia was trying to arrest when
set on and shot at by G. A. Kent, on
Wednesday.
F. Bevione was fined $50 for violating
the Sunday liquor ordinance, and filed
bond in the sum of $l00, pending an
appeal to the superior court.