The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-06-01
JUSTICE JOHNS COURT.
Tho Drag-Nc OF the Officers Catches Many
Fish In the Pool of Iniauity.

Justice John is the ideal bitrator and all
round settler Of family ieuds In one OF the
best attended and most lumtum heavy
weight courts OF equity in the land. The
saw-dust arena is covered uaiiy from the
clerks desk clear back % the 'front.' uooT' ana
large numbers are turned away ~ each per-
formance. II Is true there IA nothing about
the gang 10 excite envy or cause ieenng OF
jealousy 10 meander around your pfaah hAe
n iulep down a parched throat. but. ike most
entertainments, IL doesn't matter lnuch ABOUT
tho quality of the crowd so therelS hsuihcleht
quantity. When the gentle murmur OF the many
voices is hushed by the ueep iesonan. oaii
tone Of Sergeant Thomas. hats are uoheu ana
months hv open in acute expectancy as
tbo,lrh a .,rine had been pulled, The state
Nv chords of the great dispensers sonorous
voice ,uinrle In happy unison with the soft
frow-frow OF calico and cainoHc gowns that
emauate with an oder unlike that OF new
f,o,vu clover from the prisoners pen. Such
l.. Tie daily scene in the police court and the
VOL coca ON as regularly as an eIght-day
clock properly wound up ,.,-
Tie crowd Yesterday morning was as thick
a. rerspiration upon the high forehead OF tho
uonpous and joyial cash receiver. who was
! tort oe busv collecting fines as the average
small boy in tho country gathering strawber-
RES The docket was quite long one. and
owing TO the large number of females that fig
ured therein the proceedings were as lengthy
-ase,yinc-circle meeting IN mission church.
Alice lr.ddy and Rosa Minor two dusky
dnmsels. were charged with fighting III tho
street. and Allco was charged with cutting
aud stabbing Rosa with the intent 10 Kill the
said Rosa Rosa's physical condition was
such that she could not materiallze, but her
friend Alice showed up in all her yellow
youthfulness ana pell-meli depravity. She
has an "all-night kind Of face that Is found
only on the sinful wretches who make night
hideous with their wanton wickedness and
seem only 10 delight IN the dusky dinglness
of dark and dirty alleys. The case was con-
tinued until SATURDAY..
Mary 1insley. a black girl had been too
devoted 80 q straw while the other end was IN
a beer keg. This looked ike trifing case,
bat II was proven that ten gallons Of malt
liquor passed through that straw IN eight
minutes Giles jackson undertook 10 eX-
plain what became Of tie beer. but failed, and
rs VI. T. had behaved So very badly while on
the outside of this spirtuous stuff she was
fined s..
Nelson Humphrey (colored) was sent to the
hastings court for throwing hot water on Bes-
sic Humphrey and scaldng tie dusky Bessie.
OF course water is something that Bessie IS
not very intimate with. but 20 be treated with
an uuceremonious shower bath OF scadlng-
hot water was more than even the long suffer
ing and patient b. H. could stand.
Mary Nelson and Nettie Woodson. two
negro women gave q fine exhibition OF the
manly art Of sef-defence. Bsnglets. batlets.
frocklets &c, flew around like decaptated
spring chicks. while the air round about was
Of "a very sulphurOus character. Two dollars
and fifty cents each they paid for their little
paStime.
Sam Johnson Willie Hicks and Robert Rus
sell were charged with sssAulting and beating
James Scott. johnson and Hicks were fined
$3.50 each and Russell s..
Louis L0vensteln paid $3.50 for abusing
and assaulung Charles Shurr
ritz Hitzman paid costs for being drunk.
W r. Landrum was fined e. for assaulting
and beating Joseph Bolton and sent TO the
musings court for carrying concealed
weapons.
g. 81. Wilson and John Liddy each paid
81 for being drunk
H. T. Watkins lcolored). disorderly on the
street and throwing rocks. Fined 81
Walter Allen. Richard Pagan and Willie
Robinson, three tough negro brats were
charged With being suspicious characters.
Security IN the sum OF 500 for thirty days
was required OF them.
Fritz H0usman got drunk on the Sabbath
day. and as Is the custom for such Ohenses
paid 81 into the treasury of the court.
A. j. Morton paid IS for assaulting Richard
Oyerton with an ice hook.
Stephen Brooks and Pauline Hughes were
charged with being disorderly on the street;
- 90 each was required of them.
Charles ShuIr was charged with trespassing
upon the premiaes of and sssaulting and
beating Louis LOyenstein. Fined $3.50.
Several other cases of minor mention were
dismissed upon payment of costs.