Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-13
ALEXANnRIA AFFAIRS
ERROR IN NAME CAUSES DISMIS-
SAL OF MpTIoN.
Judge Nicol Takes Il Action in Pool
Room Cases Commencement
ExercisesA-General News.
Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.

ALEXANDRIA, Va, June 49, 1904.
Owing to an error in the name embodied
in the notice served on the attorneys OF
]. NJ. Hill, charged with violating the gam
bling laws of the state at his pool rooms at
st. Asaph, Judge Charles E. Nicol OF the
circuit court. in vacation in this city, ruled
Saturday afternoon that he could not en-
terrain the motion of Commonwealth Attor-
ney Mackey of Alexandria county to dis
miss the temporary writ of prohibition pc
fore granted by the court at the instance OF
counsel for the accused Through the post
ponement thereby gained the attorneys
for Mr.. Hill really secured the object they
sought in filing the petition for the writ;
namely, the transfer of the case against
their client from the jurisdiction of Justice
of the Peace Jonathan r. Hagan. to whom
the warrant was made returnable, TO some
one of the justices In Jefferson district, IN
which the st. Asaph establishment Is locat-
ed. Twice the commonwealth attorney mas
endeaVored to get final ruling on his mo-
ton. but each time technical error in the
method Of procedure was discovered and
urged by the opposing counsel By the de-
lay thus secured the operation or a new law
decides the question so far as Justice Ha-
gan's jurisdiction Is concerned. Under this
law such cases have to be tried before
justice Of the peace in the district in which
the warrant is served.
Aue hearing 0dtuIody.
The matter came up Saturday afternoon
about o'clock in the corporation court
room, in which large crowd had assem-
bled in expectation of hearing animated ar
guments. Attorney Mackey appeared for
the commonwealth. Mr.. Hill was repre-
sented by Attorneys Francis l.. Smith and
@. c. Carlin of this city and Edmund Burke
of Washington. Mr.. Carln made objection
to the hearing on the ground that in the
notice served upon him and his associates
the name James NJ. Hill was employed in
stead of J. NJ. Hill, which was used in the
warrant, the attorney setting forth that
James NJ. Hill was not his client, whose
name was declared to be John Mariotte
Hill. Other objections We're also set forth,
one of them being the claim that the mo-
ton could not be heard In vacation with
out the consent of both sides. Attorney
Mackey urged that the objections were
mere bubbles. stating that if a mistake
had been made in the written notice he had
personally notified all the attorneys at
Manassas in the presence of the judge that
they had agreed upon the time set, and
furthermore that they had appeared in
court in response to the notice with their
client in person.
After hearing the objections and some dis
cusslon among the attorneys incident there
to, Judge NcOl held that he could not hear
the motion on the defective notice. Mr..
Mackey then moved for a special date for
an early hearing, but inasmuch at least
the case for the first day of the next regu-
lar term in Alexandria county, which will
be Monday, June %
commandments on Seminary Hill.
The joint final celebration of the Fairfax
and Blackford Literary societies of the
Episcopal High School, near this city, will
be held tomorrow evening in Liggett Hall,
on the school grounds. An attractive pro-
gram has been prepared, consisting in the
usual exercises in reading, deba ting and de-
aiming. Wednesday afternoon the annual
commencement exercises of the school will
be held In Llggett Hall. at which time Prof
l.. NJ Blackfori, the principal, will deliver
diplomas OF graduation and certificates of
distinction.
The annual con mencement exercises of
the Episcopal Theological Seminary will
take place June 16 in the seminary chapel
The meeting of the alumni will be held the
same day and the ordination services will
take place the following morning.
General Matters.
Mr.. John Leatherland a resident of the
third ward, died last night after lingering
illness at his home 227 North Henry street.
He was seventy-nine years of age. A
widow and son and daughter survive him.
Mr.. Leatherland had spent the greater por-
ton of his life in this city The funeral
will take place tomorrow afternoon at )
o clock from his late residence.
a hotly contt sted game of base ball took
place on the old fair grounds Saturday af-
ternoOn, when the Alexandria team defeat
ed the Lankam Athletic Club of Lanham,
Md, by a score of 3 to 2 Hayden and
Kraft did the battery work for Alexandria
and Beckett and Peters performed for the
visitors. Tomorrow afternoon the local
team will play the nine from Leesburg
Clarence Whiting, the sixteen-year-old
son of Mrs. Daniel Whiting, died Saturday
at the home of his mother North Fair
f. SlN f,,,, 4
fever. The funeral services will take place
tomorrow afternoon from Mrs Writings
home.
Chldrens day services We're held last
evening in the Methodist Episcopal Church
South and in the Baptist Church. Large
audiences attended, and the exercises
proved very entertaining.
The annual commencement exercises of
St Marys Academy will be held in the
opera house next Wednesday afternoon at
3 80 o o'clock.