Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-06-20
THE JUSTICE HAS A BIG DOCKET.
Most Of the Cases Grow Oot Of Saturday.
Night sprees--MaS Be Murder.


When Justice John. resplendent in hi
airy seersucker coat and dainty negii
gee shirt. assembled the bench at TN
Police Court yesterday morning host o
woe. begone miscreAnts met his stern gaze
This prisoners pen was filed with per
spring humanity, and IN nearly every cast
investigation proved that whiskey was tn,
root of the evil which had proved subver
sive 10 the laws OF the city. In the heated
assembly of swelteripg unfortunates could
be seen the lingering traces of SATURDAY.
night Tags" and Sabbath jamborees-in
| fact. il was fiery day ana hre-watef
/ crowd.
Leigh Dean, o white youth, was charged
with assailtlng and beating Q. q. Dowdy.
| IL seems that Dean and another youth as
/ saulted Dowdy on the 24th OF last April.
/ He was bruised considerably about the
/ face, but il was thought 10 be nothing
more than common street nght. On
MAY 9th the injured man died after an III
ness Of only q few days, and some think
that his sickness was caused by the beat:
ing he received. Owing TO the absence OF
important witnesses the case was contin-
ued until the 9th instant. by which time
II was presumed that the other youth Will
be arrested. Dean was bailed for his ap-
penrance on that day. ,,.
Andrew GaskiDs, Charles Beale. Willie
Dennis, John Walker. and Granville john
son all colored) were charged with gam
bling. Cornelius Boiling (colored) was
charged with keeping disorderly house.
where men congregate for the purpose OF
gambling. G. n. Gregory (colored) was
also arrested. charged with keeping and
maintaining an ili-governed house. These
cases were the result of rad
made by the police Saturday night
on house in Pink alley, where
the game of sweat" was being played
All of the paraphernalia used In the game
and S1.S5 were taken by the ofiicers.
During the examination Justice Crutch-
field issued attachments for Cornelius
Boiling ard Andrew Gaskins. Beale. Den,
mis-. and Walker were sent on To the grand
Jury and Johnson was discharged. The
case of Gregory. who 1t Is understood IS at
the head of a club whose rooms are in tho
same house, was continued until to-day:
Jordan Brown (coiored), was fined $40
for recklessly driving his team over the
infant child of r. NJ. Ford. II appears
that the accused was driving his milk
wagon very fast Saturday afternoon. ne
drove against the child, who 10 about
years old, and knocked him down, the
wheels Of the wagon running over bis legs,
The negro did not stop to see whether the
child was hurt or not.
Harry Bol,1, George Harris. George
Bowles. Milour Jenkins. William Monroe.
and I'd Salmon white. and l.. Holt (col-
ored). who profsned the Lords day by
getting drunk, all clipped five shekels into
the city's exchequer tor their frollc.
At least fifteen Saturday-night baccha-
nalians were fined $3.50 and costs each for
their intemperance.
George Harris. the colored man arrested
Saturday for driving three mules which
were badly CALLED and otherwise unfit for
work, was charged with unlawfully work
ing his team. The owner Of the les,
Mr. Gregory. of Chesterfield. was also be-
tore the Justice but as neither of the ac-
cused had secured all their witnesses the
case was continued until the 23d. MIR.
Gregory and his driver were arrested at
the suggestion of the Society for the Pre-
vention of Cruelty 10 Animals.
The case OF Anderson Lewis (colored),
charged with stealing PAIR OF boots from
Charles Smith, was dismissed.
Edward Hughes tcolored) was charged
with being an escaped lunatic from the
asylum. The case was con-
tinued for ten days.
Fannie Holmes. q colOred woman. was
charged with breaking into the house OF
james johnson and stealing three pairs Of
lace curtains valued at 80. one mantle
valued at 80, one bunch Of bananas valued
at II. and Sl.J0 IN currency. The prisoner
was discharged. as there wa no positive
evidence against her.