The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-12-24
IN COURT YESTERDAY
s5A5Lafge List Of Offenders Arralgned Before
81 Police Justice Burroughs.
RIGAT's. CUTTING AFfRAY.
Heavily Fined for Disturbing He
aiGtous Worship. sudt' mud His
FrIends Sent ON to Court Strong
Swearers--Thc Church street Raid
.ThcirPositions Revcrscd.

Apparently, on account of the very
small Police Court dockets that Justice
Burroughs had to deal with last week
snnd with n view to balancing things
up, the Offenders against the peace
and dignity of the Commonwealth
piled into the stntion-house from all
quarters OF the city between saturday
fafternoon and yesterday mornihE;
There were young and old, Migrants ana
some from among the better class,
charged with every ofrense from that
( for which n minimum fine was the
I penalty to the liability of term in the
penitentinry. The raids on the Gamhlihs
4 houses Saturday night drew .numhGi
4of spectators, both white and coAreh
3 into court.
gRAzORS. KNIVES AND BOTTLES
The colored man Moore who took out
4 q marriage license on Saturday anu was
3to habe been married to Mary Robinson
on Sunday, but who, after equipplhE
himself with his license, got into serl-
GUS cutting scrape with Henry brown
colored. mar Tsonney's barroom. on
Union street. stood before Justice i'ur-
roughs In the Police Court Yesterday
q TO answer the charge. but owing 10 Inc
Z inability Of Brown to appear the case
was continued until Thursday next
From the investigation MS far ms made
1t was learned that Moore imbibcd
4 freely after making the necessary pre-
paration for his marriage. and was
Joined by Brown. who angercd hi'f by
some remark made resnccting the APP
proa ching nuptials. Hot words were
passed, then blows and finally the com
. batnnts hecamc tangled up in bloody
4 cutting biting and slurginE ARRAY, IN
: which n knife or razor. beer hOttl" npd
teeth were'nsed. II took tho combined
efforts of Officers Curtis. Williams ana
, Snyder to separate tho bloody and on.
ragged men. After being parted it was
found that Browns ear was nearly soy
cred from his head. n part of his nos"
/ nearly cut or bit of and n bad. cash
about the head. Moore was cut about
4 the head, but not so seriously, BROWN"
wounds were dressed by DR.. Spcicht
S and he was en' howc. II Is not yet
8 known who was the nggrcssor.
woRSHIPPING PLACES SACRED.
4 One man at least in the person OF
q white man named Thomas Kenny
realized yesterday after his case was
4 disposed OF by Justice Buroughsr that
. disturbing religious worship I'm the city
:$of Norfolk could not be indnlrcd in
with immunity. Kenny thought It was
a good Joke on Saturday night TO enter
{ the Union Mission on Church street
] and attempt to break NV the religious
4 worship. The strong hand Of die law
4 was placed upon him. however, and he
\ was taken to the station house where
nc was round to have concealed wca-
3 pom on his person. He was arra jgncl
ION both charges in the Police Court
yesterday and sentenced to serve three
months In jail on the first charge and
hned s22,25 for Carrying the concealed
weapon.
BUDD SENT ON.
Steve Budd colorcd, proprietor or
the notorious gambling and drjnkinr
place on Plume street, was again In
3 o,e yesterday. Budds place was
ralded by the officers between ono md
Two o'clock Sunday morning. and he
Gnu several others caught gambling in
(, u room upstairs. Commemorative AZ
a!orney Baum was in the Police Court
~ aSslst III prosecuting the accused
ana steve acted as attorney for him
self and his friends. and before he was
through handling his side of the case
ne succeeded In tnngling himself IN TO
such an extent that there was no need
p prosecutor. Steve convicted
Doth himself and his friends by his I'M
wary admissions and Justice Burroughs
sent all the Samblers-vi2 Sieve Budd
Robert Johnson. William Lawson. and
William Rainey on to the grand iurv.
Two o others that were arrested at the
stlme were dismissed.
STRONG SWEATERS.
Z, a folored man named James Wat
kns. q stevedore bearing a good repu-
stattoni land endorsed by several proini-
nent contractors in the city was arrest
ed Saturday night on three warrants
charging him with obtaining money
from three parties under false pre-
lenses. The combined charges If prov
;;en, We're sufficient to send the accused
ITO Jail for long term. He appeared in
the Police Court yesterday with his at
tofney, Mr.. Julius It. Saunders. who
stated to His Honor that his client was
READY Tor trial, when to the Justices
Gand the attorneys surprise, not one of
the parties who had done the tall swear
ing In getting out the warrants appear
ed to prosecute Watkins. although they
Were about the courthouse early in the.
morning. Mr.. Saunders asked that his
client be discharged. but was willing to
continue the case another day in order
ehat the Commonwealth might get hold
5of the accusers and make them pay the
costs after his client was acquitted
8Ihe case was continued until to-day.