The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-04-13
JUSTICE JOHNS COURT.
Tho Great Dispenser Writes Poetry and Dis
panses Equity with Equal Felicity.


AsI elbowed my way to the bench yester-
dav morning through the mottled mixture II
white and black loafers who on cool morn
iups gather around tue large stove In the hall
at Justice like flies on mOlasses barrel.
noticed smile most radiant and bewitch-
ing twinkle IN the eye OF tho great dispenser.
A / got out OF the crowd and the door. which
was not like new mOwn hay or huneysucHle
hlnasorns Justice John handed me neatly
fnlIod paper addressed TO Tag Times re-
porter" ..
the use OF the press, / read the beau
tim no.,n while tears ran down my
cheeks IN GREAT streams and my heart sweiied
within me till 10 Durst the buttons from my
bluble-breasted brown coat; ,,..
IL was good. but too good for publication:
In fact. / know that II any or lHE ZINES
readers are pOssessyrs OIL doIOie-yIeh'0et
brown coats and should read u their buttons
would surely 20. For that reason slinply Gear
render have refraneI from giving 10 u tue
public tits tied UP with blue ribbon ana
filed away in the archives OF the ONCE Ou9
as poems go it il a daisy.
Margaret Smith alias Iownes was cuaiSeg
with trespasslng on the premises OF ""u
abusing Lena Bartlett. Like most such cases.
the evidence showed that both women were
catering tor tie affections OK one u an
auQ when tho latter was taken SICK a. lhe
home of Lena. Margarets b4- U,hch Aea'
yearued To hover over the i8Yered FORM o.
her dusky lover and with teuder "oius anu
loyinr hands administer . BIS wants. MS,
OF course. did o please Lena WHO thought
she could furnish al tie necessary tehnef ness.
Words followed Dy blows eusuei. ana MAJ
raret wanted 70 show the Justice now hel
heav.ng Osom had been hammered, Dut inc
Justice stopped her Iust IN time. she was
assessed $50 and cost.
Maggie lurpiu WAS charged with cutting
Martha Booker witt knife with the intent
To MAIN. dishguro amt Kill. This was an
other case Of misplaced Affection. and Martina
being several shades f8lrer than her duShF
rival, and whose hair was not SO curly. came
out tie worst az 10. Maggie viii nave an OPP
portuuity 20 tell Ter troubles and disappOlut-
ments o. q jury.
Catherine Howard, charged with cursng
and abusing liza Taylor. THIS was the
same old story. The cursing aud abusing
seemed about equally divided and as neltuer
party was physically hiSt and tnelr leputa-
ton, could not be. the case WAS dismissed.
Clarence Smith lc0lOred Was charged wl;n
shooting Lucy Coleman with rne. lhe
affair took place in bar-ioOm and Taa e1l-
IDENTIFY an accident caused By tie careless use
Ot "a GUN that was thought not % be loaded.
The wound was OF a trrlng nature and the
case Was dismissed.
Charles Wooten, crippled yagrant VINO
SNlN ne was rom i'eAFAitSf was - AN+tNA ~
leave town.
Selim lightfoot is man. but it would take
a Broadway dry goods clerk t. tell his COM
plexiou. lie bad his hair cued up M celes-
ta-ike style and It was OF sc0rched hue
that is suppOse d 10 preiomlnate IN one OF the
regions seen by Dante IN hl, dreams. Sem
hal INDUCED Inns desires for liquid refresh
ments "a rifle Ootreey and rs he was unt r
tuuate en- ugh 20 get caught he was hned -
and in default VIII queucn his thirst with
prison tea for q while
il. f.. Stratton. charged with being drunk,
was dismissed.
Vim. a. Smith. white youth. paid one dol
Jar for throwing rocas M the street. with as
much Indifference as % police officer would
lean against lamp post.
William Booker au ugly black negro. was
fined 3 for indecent conduct Ia the Union
depot
Albert Toney (colored) paid e for too
generous use %, alcoholic stlmulants
Edward DonahOe paid costs for cursing
Nike Roach.
Geor-e Lowe. assauiting T. f. Stage, con-
tiuuel % the 10Th.
James archer and George Washington. two
small negro boys. were mp for throwing rocks /
on the street The Justice discharged them |
on the condition that they would be whipped |
by their mothers