The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-10-29
IN THE CITY COURTS
Justice Burroughs Has an Interesting Session
# the Police Trial Court.
THE CORPORATION AND OTHER COURTS.
Dcdectivc Richardson's Detection OF
Postponed = Suits Entered and
Arstcd- frIzzclI Declared Guilty
Hills of sale. Etc.

Justice Burroughs had II large dock
ct yesterday and owing to the character
OF arrests made. the courtroom was
filled with spectators. the sporting class
predominnting.
REID'S CASE CONTINUED.
On Saturday last Mr.. w. NJ. Core, OF
ATLANTIC City, appeared before just.
tice Burroughs and swore out a war
rant against G. II. Reid, alias Jack
Hunter, colored. charging him with en-
pezZlinE three pairs Of oyster tongs
valued at SIS the property of MIR Core
and disposing of them in Suffolk. Va
officer Williams arrested Reid late
Saturday night. and yesterday he ap-
peared in the Police Court with two
lawyers. Mr.. Groner and Colonel Mar
tin. Mr.. Core conducted his own case
Ihc defendant told Il plausible tale to
the effect that he had been employed
by Mr.. Core on a. small boat belonging
to that gentleman: that he was run
down by the tug Hinton and had TO tie
me boat up forreDairs: while tied up he
had placed the tongS with Il party I'm
SutTolk for safe keeping. as il was UNI
saie 10 leave them on the craft Reid
commended that he was ready To return
the tongs to Mr. Core as soon as hr
could go To Suffolk and get them. Ad-
uitional witnesses were wanted by both
Siucs py request of counsel, Justice Bur
roughs continued the case for ten DAYS.
CHARGED WITH THEFT.
Jesse Johnson. Keeper of Il bar at 202
Water street, missed n watch and some
change from his counter ON Scptem-
per 18th last. and suspected colored
boy named Jim Blind, alias Jim Smith
or having stolen II. a warrant was
sworn out for Blind, but lie had ,iisun
'earcd and was not unprecedented until
.ist saturday afternoon. when officer
Moore located him I'm Berkeley. The
ease was called up before Justice Bur
rouShs yesterday and continued untjI
next Saturday for evidence.
RICHARDSON'S WORK.
\ pretty young girl nnmcd M,
Jones. stood before Justice E,,rro,,,h.
yesterday under the serious chur.r Of
heins detected in her back ward I'm brr
Mother Hubbard dress by Detective
itichardsnn. The detective promptly
placed the girl under arrest and hm,I
her locked up for this violation of the
rules OF etiquette governing female at
IRE. In court yesterday His Honor
did not View the crime in the same lirht
that the detective did. TO the con-
trary, the Justice thought that in this
| irec ahd on ours n woman could not
| De compelled In conform To any par
| ticulhr mode of dress. so long as she
| was fully clad. To the detectives dis
may, His Honor dismissed the charges
against the girl.
NOT YET PROVEN GUILTY.
| Detective Richardson's recent raid
| upon the questionable houses In lower
| church and Nicholson streets has not
| as yet yielded much fruit in the way
OF convictions. or the four women ar
! rested, namely, Molie Hogwond Sue
Murphy. Kitty Wilson. and I.ibbcy
| Land all have been released upon their
! own rccogn2ancc. while His Honor has
| thcif cases under adviscmcnt
FRIZZEL GUILTY.
| Joe t'riZ2el, the his colored man
chnrsed with entering the house OF
| DALLAS Charters, on Lincoln street. some
days ago and stealing II pocket-booli
| containing Il small amount of money
and then striking the old rolorcd
grandma of the Chafers. which ease
| was continued on last Saturday. was
| tried in the Police Court yesterday ana
| he was sentenced to thirty DAYS i'm iaiI
ana iincd $40 and costs for the assault
| Much amusement was created by the
| dramatic testimony of the T6-ycar-0ld
grandma When Frzzcl's attorney
Julius II. Saunders. questioned her
| ABOUT the free ana easy state of n affairs
| existing between her daughter and The
accused, The old aunty made frequent
appeals to Heaven to bear witness as IN
the truthfulness of her statements. and
| IN giving her testimony she struck her
attorney, Land, so violently on the
knee and so repeatedly that the at
torncy was obliged to put wider
distance between him ana his witness.
The evidence against FriZZeli was con-
elusive. and the only plea set up by Mr..
Saunders in his clients behalf was that
| the state of living as shown by the
evidence gave the man some color a.,
right to take the pocket book, and
That the assault was provoked by the
Old woman. who acknowledged that she
raised chair to strike the accused
before he struck her
ACCUSED OF CRIMINAL LIBEL
Application was made to Justice Bur
rouEhS by MIR. w. y. Swank attorney
for NJ. Friedman. the second hand cloth
Ter. TO have issued u warrant for tho
arrest OF Detective Curtis on the charge
of criminal libel. The criminal offensr
alleged is that the detective maliciousIv
and with the intention to iniurc Mir
Friedman in his business good name
and reputation did make false represcn-
tations about him and the character OF
his business, designating his place of
business as q fence" for stolen goods
etc. IL Will be remembered that the
whole matter was aired two weeks ago
before Board of Police Commissioners.
NJ which meeting Mr.. Friedman pre-
ferred the same charges against the
detective that he is now pushing under
the criminal process.
MINOR OFFENSES.
Joe Wright, colored, larceny; dismis-
Sed.
Mike Ginta, white, nuisance; fined 81
and costs "