The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-07-18
JUSTICE JOHNS COURT.
The Legal Lights shone Yesterday Win
Dazzling Briiiianey.

Yesterday was day OF oratory In the Ponce
Court The number of legal lights was not as
large as upon the day before, but they shone
with dazzling brilliancy that illuminated
the dinov recesses of the old courtroom anu
liz I'D with an effiulgent radiance the dusky
faces of the congregated crowd:
Colonel Sam. Page applied the first loren,
and in few moments the sky-rocket adJec-
tiyes were shooting in all directions amid one
grand display Of phyrotecnic eloauence.
William MiIburn was charged with assault
ING q coIored girl named King Mrs. hlng
and troop of Kings daughters were on nand
with choice lot of testimony cut and dried
a. nicely as a package of fne-cut The &C
cused was q notwithstanding man. whose
flowing beard gave him an appearance OF
Santa Claus. while his movements about the
court closely resembled the rheumatic strug-
giles of Rip Van Wrinkle Just aroused from his
comfortable nap.
Colonel Page was his adviser counsellor
and friend, and the appeal he made tor ms
clients liberty was ornate and lovely. lie
recited tho long years of the residence OF Mr..
Milburn in Richmond his peaceful domestic
relations and closed pathetic peroration by
referring to his clients recollecticns OF the
service Of his early life by auotlng
youths eager life nor changeful lot,
Nor sterner manhoods graver toys,
Nor tremnllnH axe lrSelI can blob
The memory Of our earlier joys"
The echoes or this magnificent. and touch
ing appeal had scarcely crowded through the
aromatic precincts Of the court room when
Giles Jackson. the colored orator took the
floor in defense OF Lee Haskins, who was
charged with essaulting Robert Taylor. The
simple weapon used was an iron crOwbar,
which looked as if il would require all the
strength of the defendant tolift it, Taylor Is
4 I'll L. rxfg a4Ta
hands high and looked precisely ike rel
ugee from the Dismal swamp or a fresh I'M
pOrtation from the Congo FREQ state.
Jackson made mastery effort. the chaste
pathOs Of Colonel Page gave way u his heroe
nyectiye William Wirts great arrangement
of Aaron Burr seemed beside 1t like the fee
bic Pickering of the freely compared with the
brillisncy OF the MONDAY sun. 1t was great.
Reaching the zenith of his impassloned de-
nunciation of Taylor he shouted like man
lost in Il woods, why your honor, that man
has feet like bear teeth like tiger, and an
ear like q leaf of sun-cured tobacco" Not
withstanding the fact Il at his client paid 20
and costs for this great effort, the full text
was not preserved and literature has forever
lost gem.
Edward c. Jones, charged with obtaining
1880 from Joseph .. Phillips was dis
charged. as there was no evidence against
him.
Frances Branch was sent up for thirty days
for stealing pistol and some clothes from a
colored woman with whom she lived Frances
protested her innocence. and wept bitterly as
she retired 10 the pen.
Warner Moore was charged with cruelty to
his horse by overlooking his ice wagon. The
case was continued to Tuesday.
W. H. Taller. Charles Madison. ?. f. Hicks.
Daniel Tucker, James Roach and G. c. Long
were all fined for too much Indulgence IN
strong drink
William Crittenden was fined $3.50 for as
saultng John Evans.
james Robinson, charged with interfering
with policeman, was assessed IS.