The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-12-25
in COURT YESTERDAY
Isaac Joyner With Many Aliases Placed on
the Rack Before Police Justice Burroughs.
FIVE MONTHS IN JAIL AND A BIG FINE.
Fined for Cruelty TO Administering
Guilty on n Charge of Stealing
"A Serious ChnrRe-Other Minor
Cases iIenrd-A Big Transfer Of
Stakeholder Courts.

Justice Burroughs had small Police
| Court docket yesterday, only two or
three of the cases being OF public 'inter-
ance transacted by the other courts, md
altogether II was q dull day In court
/ circles.
| JOINER ON THE RACK.
The much wanted and we'll advertised
negro from Nanscmond county Isaac
Joyner, alias Wilkins, who created such
u sensation I'm these parts by his clever
methods of swindliny Il number of our
shrewdest business men md finally dt,pefl
two Of our well known young attorneys
! Messrs. Enson and Wool, to such an ex.
tent that he escaped from their vigilant
/ clutches. and sojourned awhile in parts
| unknown, stood on the rack before Jus.
lice burroughs yesterday and listened
| for several hours to the statements or
ms ruscality as given by his many vic.
inns; among whom were II. O. Wood
ward, who kept the courtroom In n
roar Of laughter as he portrayed the in,
nocent air of the prisoner. while that
individual bcguilcd him into loaninr him
20, while he congratulated himself upon
,,a,i, ,, secured such a worthy and re-
puGii oie colored man rs a customer for
big Dill Of goods. Mr.. Woodley, of the
firm OF j. w. Perry & Co, came neyt
with his statement of how he was tiuue5
INTO IN making the supposed big consignor
'ottut Gus VI Dulles or cotton md
thousands of bugs OF peanuts a cash
advance on goods that never material
iZed. representative of N1cssrs
iiolmes d Dawson, commission NOR
chants. on Commerce street, told his
woeful tale of how adroitly no had hcn,,
| victim of misplaced confidence. as aid
representative of Messrs. Jones. 90
S Co, and so on, until n smile OF sat.
islaotion began to play around the fca-
lures OF the two young attorneys, who
I n ron l{srr 4
only parties capable of being duped by
son or Ham. Joyner wore an uncon.
cerned air and promptly and fiatly do
| nled the statements or each and every
one or Norfolk's respected citizens. So
! Oold was he in his fiat dcnlals that n
| made the spectators roar with laupbtar
~ MS audaclty. Prior to the hearin,.
the recently engaged attorney for the
defense, Judge Wilcox, asked permits.
SION from the Court to withdraw from
the case, stating as his reason that his
fee wsS not forthcoming, and as IT was
not a case from which much fame was
10 ne derived, he must shift the burden
upon other shoulders Tor something IN
.nat eltecp. Mr.. Eason, one OF the form
erly retained lawyers for the defense
ana recently reported attorney to assist
the prosecution thereupon stated TO His
Honor that seeing Commonwealth At
tofney Baum In Court to conduct tho
prosecution. he and Mr.. Wool did not
leei that they were necessary Us prose.
cutors. and would like TO Withdraw a.
course their request MS was Jnds.a v,, NJ
eoN's. was granted, and Joyner defiant.
~ faced the music, unasssted by any
of the legal lights The man had no
substantial defense and the only cues.
ton for His Honor to decide was how
to legally apply the penalty under so
many separate charges. His Honor con.
GUIDED TO send the prisoner to tail for
i've months and fined him $50 under the
warrant sworn out by Mcssrs. j. W.
Ferry II Co, and hold the other war
rants under ndvlscment for Il few DAYS
10 decide what additional penalty should
lollow under them.
FINED Eop rp1,Drrv no
~ AiNlNlNl.''
~ lieS meyers, white stableman
VI oNetseer ior MT: w T. Irwin, the
Gp VI the Twin city Express
l'n wafer street was ar
ing liea oelore justice Burroughs yes
.s.uay ol ne charSe OF cruelty to ami
m " hichihs an overloaded horse on
Smui ol street, Inc property or MIR. r.
~. ne Warrant was sworn out by
e.PS Ciieer moore agent for the
- ~, -. "a, anu us Mt: n. IS. Seldner,
~ ivSuh,i hLtorncv Tor the society.
NJ ~ I apSeit n rom tne CITY, lie retained
80, t E -. Suuliuers 10 prosecute the
who had witrassod tS BUSINESS men
horse testified for the society ms
tice Burroughs after hearing the nvi
dence and argument fined the accused
SIPS.
A warrant against Mr.. Irwin for nar
hitting the horses to be overloaded