The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-07-03
JUsrICE JOINS COUNT.
Long Docket and an Old Time crow" are
I'm Attendance.


I'm Attendance.
us came upon the bench at the usual hour
n sober. serious Judge to meet out 70 the
rsople of this land and the tributaries
,b.ra,o equity unegualled aud In bang-up
stvle He was clad IN the raimehts ne mao
ooyan vorn before and when he appeared ard
49, HE seat between the right and left
bower all head habIliments we're quickly re-
moved. T.. A.. so-
.tandino III the CITY ordinances as we'll as the
nrevaricating propensties OF the average SIM
ner that was brought before him. aud the
neople came from far and near 10 see ana
lsarn of this great dispenser Of equity and
eucidation of the laws of the land. As sn IN
vasti0ator of facts he has not an equal and as
a settler OF rows and the Ills that flesh Is heir
10 he is simply immense.
The dragon of the ygwning drawer has
antirely recovered from the effects Of his
recent baseball effort. and appeared
YESTERDAY looking as fresh and bright
as one of the new issue silver quarters. he
was as blythesome and gay as a sweet SIX
teener with her first beau and scooped In
the sheckes as gracefully as third baseman
after hot grounder.
A gent" who has frequently answered
eye TO the charge Of drunkenness was In
the forbidding-looking pen again yesterday
morning. Ii was his first appearance for
more than a week. and though it may appear
a trife strange that he should keep sober for
80 long time. yet the marks of intoxicating
beverages were plainly visible. His eyes had
an aurora borealis kind of an appearance,
while his nose resembled a carrot omelet With
a step like sailor walking upon deck during
a storm and an air like Methodist layman at
q camp meeting he came across the pen, and
it was only too apparent that ne
had oveHindulged in the glass that
cheers. After few stammering efforts
he leaned over the rail and said in husky
voice: Mr.. Reporter please don't put me In
the paper for once.n What have you been
doing now z" ] asked. "Oh. you know l never
did anything else" he said. and the little
group smiled audibly. promised not to put
in his name this time. but the above is the
story aud if the file Of Justice Johns court 10
referred to the name that oftenest appears
with drunk" fined s2, is the poor unfor-
tunate.
Maggie Malone. white woman with an
Irish twang and baby. was charged with
assauiting. ouIsing, abusing and threatening
TO beat Green Smith. Green Smith. white
woman. aud Lizzie Randall colored one,
were charged with trespassing upon the
premises of and cursing and abusing Maggie
Malone. Green was accompanied by her
husband and several negro women, and
Maggie besides the baby. had two other
children and her mother. The crowd looked
like a gang at a ten-cent side-show, and ar
rayed themselves around the bench like
lot Of small boys hanging over the
guard fence TO ball park. Investigation
revealed the fact that it was only
a neighborly brawl resulting from the fact
that Maggie had two hens. but got no eggs
while Green had only one hen, but was kept
supplied with the nutritious product OF the
gallinacious representatives OF the Dack yaru.
Both parties charged that the other did the
"cursing." and had witnesses TO prove the
assertion. Maggie's mother said ledge and
sure I'm and old CONAN and would not tell
We q lie. Aie darter never said any thing 10
the CONAN. and sure she didn't" The case
was dismissed.
Charles Harris is small negro boy, but he
is a regular double-barrel thief. He will steal
anything from a blind beggar's sign toa book
mark from Bible. and bas been known TO
take bricks from kiln before they were
burned He was the only boy IN Richmond
chat had the nerve to steal hen and her
brood # chickens few days ago but no has
on previous occasions been known TO steal
eggs from under a setting hen when chicks
were chirping all around him. lie was sent
TO the hastings court.
William Henry Richardson is yellow man
and a runner Louisa Davis is yellow
woman and manipulation OF clothes-ine
prop. William Henry boards with Louisa's
mother He came IN a trhe late Friday night
This angered the mi.d-tempered William ana
he demonstrated trihe beyond an ordinary
tongue correction. He fell upon her neck
with highlander. and a. she countered he
let 90 his left for drive that closed louisa
right pepper and left a mark the color OF her
predecessors some time back. She then made
for the clothes prop and William for the back
gate They came right out into the arms OF
an officer. and Yesterday morning helped the
City Hall cause $3.50 each.
James Green (ooloredl was fined 90 and
costs for a too free use of his tstic propensl-
ties upon Frank Hudson.
Phiihs Twyman spent the greater portion
Of her time Friday night lubrcatlng her
bronchial tubes with Home beer. She had
no small change 10 pay her $3.50 tne and
went down to recuperate at the Hotel Epps.,
Mary Cummins was charged with assault
ing aud threatening Pat Cummins and being
drunk and disorderly. She was required 10
Julius Jenkins (colored). assaulting and
striking William Davis on the street. Con-
timed until the 9th
Samuel Dodson (colored) was made 10 pay
cost on charge of being disordeTly and
throwing rocks ut Willie Page.
George Tye. Henry Williams and Thomas
Iepferd were each fined ~. 90 aud cost Tor
being disorderiy on the street.
Robert Granderson (colored) was charged
with being disordorly and cruelty beating "a
calf on the street. lie was hhed SIO aha COST
John Rust was sent on 10 the grand Jury,
charged with stealing spikes from a car IN
the Chesapeake and Ohio railway yard.
John Walker a negro. was fined 70 for as
saulting and beating J.. Cornell.
Christiana Giles, Rebecca Cross and Tom
Frankling were mixed up like vegetables IN
restaurant brunswick stew in a charge and
counter-charge OF assaulting.. beating and
carving up each other. They were made to
nay cost each.