Policeman Colver On Stand In Murder Trial In Court No 1
John W Colver ex policeman charged with the murder of Capt Mathews testifies in Criminal Court No 1 recounting the March 4 to 5 events at Union Station and Mathews office He claims self defense and fear of being shot amid a tense cross examination by District Attorney Baker The defense lays out witnesses to allege Mathews was quarrelsome while the prosecution cites witnesses supporting Mathews character and restraint The trial resumes with further arguments from both sides and jury deliberation forthcoming
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Conferences at Convent of Perpetual Adoration Inaugurated
A series of monthly conferences began yesterday at the Convent of Perpetual Adoration in V Street with a sermon by Rey Martin O Donoghue The events include a 445 o'clock afternoon discourse on the first Friday each month. Vestments and supplies donated to Root churches by the Association of Perpetual Adoration and Work for Poor Churches will be shown in the convent work rooms Sunday Monday and Tuesday December 12 to 4. Rt Rev Owen B Corrigan auxiliary bishop of Baltimore will bless the vestments at 4 o'clock Monday and then address the association in the convent chapel.
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Dermon
Rey Martin O Donoghue
Owen B Corrigan
Baltimore
Dr Sperry Lectures Begin for Washington
Dr Sperry opens a series on the science of living for Washington men under the Y M C A. He will speak tomorrow at Sixth Presbyterian Church and Friday at St Pauls Southern Methodist Church. The schedule lists Sunday and Tuesday talks on Sex Health and Success, Quacks and Quackery, Brain and Nerve, and Avoidable Causes of Disease.
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Rooster Exiled As Poultry Rules Remain Strict
District commissioners in a board session yesterday upheld existing poultry regulations. Roosters may not be kept without majority consent of nearby residents, and the ban on roosters remains in force. The fire limits rule for poultry also to be strictly enforced.
Cuban girl Elveta Silva faces Ninth Precinct charge today
Elvete Siva, a Cuban girl, was arrested by Ninth Precinct police on complaint by jeweler Adolph Sieverling of 7K HI Street northeast, accused of stealing a ring. She remains in the house of detention awaiting police court today as officers recount a coincedent tale of a gold drop during questioning.
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Adolph W Sieverling
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City Bulletins and Local Court Rulings
City bulletins note holiday entertainments offering Rosenfelds ice cream and a reception for Dr. Dougherty of Catholic University of America who earned a Doctor of Divinity. Mary L. Dixon wins a $1,000 verdict against Great Falls and Old Dominion Railway. Saint Aloysius parish fair near closing, with other local society notices and ads for seafood, steakhouse, tonics, and social events.
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Verdict set aside in bicycle collision case
Justice Stafford in State Court No 3 set aside the verdict awarding William Jasell $1 after he claimed a bicycle collision with an automobile driven by William K. Reava on August 3, 198, the judge ruling the verdict absurd and ruling that Jasell had not proven entitlement. Arguments were presented by ER Winship Wheatley for the plaintiff and Charles Linking for the defendant.
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Willam K. Reava
Gative
Jaselin
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ER Winship Wheatley
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