The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-10-26
YESTERDAY in COURT
An Unusually Dull Day Reported In the
Several Halls Of Justice.
THE sHopLlFTERs TAKE AN APPEAL.
They object to Serving Three Months
in Jnii nnd Desire TO stand TrinI
before Jury-A Small Boys
Wickcdncss-The Law ma Chance.
ry Courts.

Yesterday was u quiet day among
me courts and In the clerks Office. The
Police Court docket was small and
void OF sensational interest. There were
no real estate transfers, no marriage
licenses issued. and not new suit
entered. The trial of the Pat Booker
case In the Corporal ton Court and the
argument in the Virginia Beach rail-
road chancery suit in the Court OF
Law and Chancery were the only mat
ters of Importance.
SHOP-LlFTERS CONVICTED.
The Police Court room yesterday
morning looked like Il small dry goods
store caused by the quantity and va
riety of calicoes. percales, cottons,
dry goods. etc. displayed before His
Honor us evidence In the eases of
MARY Barnes. Claudia Jefferson. Mary
stiff, and Della Hinton. who live ut
Pig Point in Nansemond county, and
VINO were arrested OH Thursday by
Captain Ladd. on warrants charging
them with stealing goods from Messrs
Watt, Rettew a. Clay. Russell Il Sim
coc. and Whitehurst K Dozicr, dry
goods firms In this city. On the hear
Ing before Ills Honor the women were
not represented by counsel. and the
evidence of their guilt appeared con-
elusive. They all protested their In
nocenoe. however, claiming that the
goods We're purchased at Fricdlins store
In Portsmouth and from travelling
Dcddler. The evidence against them
was to the effect that the four con
stituted a regularly organized gang.
who had the shop-lifting business
down To u scientific point. The duty
of the Hinton woman appeared to be
the part of engaging the attention of
The clerk, who was waiting upon the
crowd, by calling him to the back part
or the store to see some special article
While thus engaged the others would
secrete about their person various ar
ticlcs. ana on tho clerks return they
would make some little purchase and
walk out.
After hearing the evidence Justice
| burroughs decided that they were gull
| ty. and sentenced three of them to
| serve ninety DAYS In Jail and the IIin
ton woman to thirty days. After their
! conviction the four retained Attorney
Julius II. Saunders as counsel, and he
Immediately asked for rehearing Of
the case on the grounds that the wo-
men were tried before they had been
allowed sufficient time TO procure coun-
sci or collect evidence and witnesses
in their defence. His motion was over
| ruled. and he noted an appeal
Justice Burroughs fixed their bail bond
at $3.50 each for their appearance.
Mr. Saunders ARGUED that the bond
was excessive and out of proportion
to the enormity OF tho ofTcnse of which
| they had been convicted.
| Justice Burroughs declined to- re-
! ducc the bond. and the attorney will
have to apply TO Judge ilanckcl for IL
reduction.
In the meantime the wom,b, are
| committed to jail.
~ SMALL RASCAL.
| y small colored boy, only eight years
| of age. named Milan Harris. was
charged with assaulting James VIII
| liams, colored man, with Il brick
| Williams appeared. showing II badly
| h,. nf hA l,,.;pL
| thrown by the young rascal. Justice
| Burroughs remarked that the boy
was the same one who had been before
| him several times before for similar
| ofenses. and he regretted that Norfolk
! did not have Il work house for sucl,
lyoung scamps. His Honor dislikcd to
send such young law breaker to Jail,
as 1t did not have the tendency To re-
form them AS he was guilty. how
ever, he was given five days in jail
BIT HER EYE OUT.
! An old colorcd woman named Mary
Jones appeared before Justice Bur
toughs yesterday showing a badly dis
] figured face. which she said had been
lacerated by the teeth of Mary Turner
| tcoloreO last June, and who the com
| plainant claimed had been at large
ever since until yesterday, when she re-
| turned to the city, and was Immediate
| ~ arrested.
| The Turner woman. who stood by the
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she had bitten the old woman badly
| about the eye but claimed that il was
the result of a free fight. brought about
by the abuse and aggravation of the
Jones woman.
| Justice Burroughs regarded the Of
| fence as serious one. as there was
\ danger that the old woman would lose
| her eye. and he therefore sent the Tur-
ner woman on to the grand jury
| GUILTY OF THEFT
! MI. w. Fl. II. Trice some time ago
| missed two chandeliers from one OF his
| vacant houses on Mariner street, and
| swore out warrant charging an old
colorcd woman named Mary Cart,6
with the theft.
Yesterday before Justice Burroughs
| the woman pleaded not guilty, claim
| ing that she found the articles in an
old Clubhouse, and did not mean to steal
them. His Honor thought that she
was guilty, and sentenced her to
| ninety days in Jail
MINOR CASES.
George Thompson. James w Balm.
l.. Is. Curtis. Alex. Nicholson (Hhite).
drunk; fined 81 and costs
Mary White and India BLACKWELL
doth colored). breach of the peace,
fined 81 and costs.
NJ. Tuciman (white). false pretences:
dismissed
Mrs. Benz, Murden (whitc), breach of
the peace; dismissed.
Bessie Russell (coiored), house OF i'll
fame: dismissed
The two last were continued cases.
Corporation Court.
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