The Washington herald., 1915-01-05
IN THE DISTRICT COURTS.

William !. Dante, manager OF the
Hutchins estate, yesterday teStifyinE in
the contest case of the will of the late
Stilson Hutchins. said several realty
purchases made by the millionaire in
1908 came near forcing him into bank
ruptCy. The statement was in answer
to a question as to whether the value
of the estate had increased or decreased
in 1908 and 1909.
Associate Justice Robb in the Court
of Appeals yesterday decided the Police
Court has Jurisdiction to try cases of
alleged violation of the pure food and
drug law. Justice Robb affirmed the
judgment of the lower court in declin-
ing the review sought by William r.
Hartranft of the attempt of Judge
Alexander Mullowny to assume juris-
diction in the so-called milk case in
volving the pure food act. 1t was point
ed out by the court that a sentence OF
one year is the maximum penalty which
can be imposed in the Police Court.
The Court OF Appeals yesterday sus-
tanned the action OF the District Su-
| preme Court in ordering John A. Creel
to pay Sc a week out of his salary of
SIS a week to the support OF his wife,
Mrs. Mabel V. Creel.
Attorney Michael w. Sullivan, against
whom a contempt rule was issued on
charge that he had attempted to tam
4 per with the grand jury which had
under consideration an allegation OF
embezzlement against him, yesterday
filed a mot guilty" answer in the Dis
| trict Supreme Court. Attorneys D. w.
| Baker and J. c. Sheehy, representing
Sullivan, will contend at a hearing on
the charge, the date of which has not
| been set, that il is no violation OF law
1 for an accused person to seek a hearing
before the grand jury.
| According to a decision rendered yes
terday by Chief Justice Shepard in the
Court of Appeals, Chin wah, a China
man. ordered deported March 16 must
| be discharged from custody. The Chi
| naman claimed he was born in Califor-
| MIA, and therefore citizen of the United
States. The court held that the burden
| of overthrowing the case was on the
| government.
To succeed the late Maj. J. Montgom-
cry Wright. Frank Key Green, of the
! District, was appointed marshal for the
United States Court yesterday. Green
was born in Washington October q
1896, and was educated in the public
schools and at Georgetown University
| Law School. Later he was admitted to
the District bar. In 1892 he became a page
| in the Supreme Court and later served
as librarian and then as court crier.
Joseph c. Cation yesterday brought suit
in the District Supreme Court for $4,000
damages against the District and the
Washington Railway and Electric Com
pany. He alleges that on October, II,
| 1914. while crossing the tracks of the
railway company on Nichols avenue, in
| Anacostia, the wheel of his wagon caught
| in the tie rod OF the track and he was
struck by a car and badly hurt.
George H. H. Moore, of Washington;
! Max Kohner and ]. Jenkins Son & Co,
of Baltimore, and the Niles Darrow
| Company. of Binghamton, n. Y, yester-
day petitioned the District Supreme Court
to declare Constance Ceremen and Sue
Snyder, trading as Cerimele & Snyder,
jewelers., to be bankrupts.
Theodore Lee has filed suit in the Dis
trict Supreme Court against the Stand
ard Engineering Company and George
E. wyne for $4,000 damages. In his
declaration the plaintiff claims that in
August, 1914, the defendants were the
contractors for the construction of a
large building in the District, and that
while he was at work on the second
floor of the building he fell through an
opening in the flooring. which he claims
had been left unguarded. He complains
of a broken wrist. the loss of a front
tooth and states he is permanently in
jured. The plaintiff is represented by
Attorney Mark Stearman-