Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-07-19
MANCHESTER uoUoR-DEALERs.
Heavy Fines Imposed and Licenses Re
voked-Other Items.

The trial of the cases of the barkecpers
indicted for selling liquor on Sunday and
selling o. minors was be"un III the Hust-
iugs Court Yesterday morning.
The courtroom was crowded with the
PARTIES indicted. their friends. the numer-
Gus witnesses summoned. and other III
terested spectators. The court met at I'D
O'Clock, but none of the hquor-men were
quite ready. and in was II o'clock when the
case Of Marion Mitchell. who keeps a bar
room at the corner of Seventh and HUI
streets, charged with selling liquor on four
different Sundays. was taheuup Mitchell
had no counsel, SO he crOSs-cXamined the
witnesses himself.
The Jury brought IN a verdict Of guilty
on three charCes. and hXed the fines ~ $40
for the trSt offence. ~lj for the second,
and S25 for the third offence. Judge lu-
gram revoked Mitchells license, to take
effect from Yesterday afternoon. IN the
afternoon Mitchell was tried for selling
l0uor TO minors. There Were SIX counts ln
the Indictment. but COmmouthwealtn'
ATTORNEY Page only introduced witnesses
To- testify as 10 two. Mitchell was fined SO
ou each count. making the aggregate ot has
fine $40. M default OF The payment ot which
hc was taken 70 lau.
The case of Thomas i. Dunn and Michael
Hickey. partner, doing business lu-t above
a
under the hrm name ut Dunn hlckey.
was next taken up. There We're four
counts IL the indictment charging the de-
PENDANTS with seilIig liquor m different
times on Sunday. Judge Gregory. coun-
sci for the firm. entered plea OF guilty,
and the jury fined Dunn d Hickey - ach
and the Court revoked their license. Johu
A. Burke. their bartender. also pleaded
guilty. and was fined $50. There was also
az Indictment against these parties tor
selling 20 minors. but the Comm on~ alt 3
Attorney entered a ,,oie proSeqD, thinking
the punishment already inflicted su.t-
cieut
lus following gentlemen constituted the
iurv in the Mitchell cases: ". =. Amos,
Joseph 4. Davidson, Smith Latham, John
Candle. W. L. Bailey, John 4. Naymack,
John II. Burton. J.. b. Franklin b. }. bot
toms. Charles T. Bottoms. joan ". Ander-
son, and s. ;. Patch. he same Inry VIII
serve to-day except that Mr. Petch mas
been excused and j. /. Pettlt put 10 ms
place. There are fourteen more cases yet
H. Ice tried judge Gregory nas been re-
tanned as counsel TOR william Heider, Il. A..
Savorv. and Martin 4 Johnson.
An adjourned meeting Of the City Com
cil will Be held tonight at ; o'clock. The
principal matters 70 be considered are the
APPROPRIATION of $4,000 IN addition 10 the
SI0.OO0 already at the disposal Of the COM
missioners for the erection Of a new Free
bridge and the opening OF Semmes street
from Twelfth street 10 the corporation
limits. The Street Committee Will also
recommend certain improvementson Nintn
and Fourteenth streets.
CLERK NJ. A. Cogbill. of the Chesterfield
County Court. IS preparing the papers IN
the case OF John A. Jones preparatory to
an appeal by counsel for the prisoner TO
Judge B. A. Hancock. of the Circuit Court.
The record in the case will cover about
ninety pages of legal-cap paper.
The Sunday school Of the Central Metho-
dist church had its picnic yesterday, al
Forest Hill Park, on Reedy creek, a Few
miles from the city. 1t took eleven large
| wagons to carry the scholars and theii