The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-07-18
IN THE LAWS DOMAINS
A Chronicle of the Gases Settled Through
the Medium Of the Courts.
POLICE JUSTICE TOMLIN'S BUSY DAY.
Case OF u Father Charged with Cruz
city io His Little Girl Dismissed
Ed BIount Given Sixty Days for
Stealing u rrunk-StOcKton Will
Join thc United Stares Army.

| justice Tomlin had pretty busy
| mo lIng yesterday. bur disposed of the
! business before him eXpeditiously.
The case of Edmund Short. charged
by the S. =. c. y. with cruelty whip
! ping his little four-year-old daughter
| ca;Se up, and WAS dismissed after eX-
| aas.nation. it being shown that there
was not sufficient evidence to warraw;
acton again-t Mr. Short
The Society had another case before
His Honor also. THAT of a white man
f.om the country named Lloyd Stock.
charged with driving to heavily load
ed Wagon n horse entirely unti: for
work. The prisoner pleaded as his eX-
cuse that he was poor. that 1t was the
only horse he had and that he wa:
dependent upon il as means of 1--we
iihood. Ills HoLo.. after lecture. al
lowed him to so. as it was his first Of
fense.
THE CASE OF BLOUNT.
An Interesting case was tina; of Ed.
Blourt. the young colored man. arrested
10y Detective Arlington and Officer
Swinson Thursday night. on the charge
of firing pistol at one White. carry
ing concealed weapons. and of breaking
into the trunk of James Horton and
stealing a sui: of clo.hing. Justice
Tomlin gave him sixty days in Jail on
the last charge, which he confessed. He
will be tried for ;the others at the eXpi-
lation OF his gentence.
WILL JOIN THE ARMY.
Paul V. Stockton is free 50 far as
emancipation from prison bars are con,
cerned The charge against him. II VIII
be remembered. was the itheft of
wheel from Chapman e Jakeman. who
had loaned him one not long ago. u use
In the races at Mariners Park. Stock
tua. who il 4. professional rider, ar,e!
he had fini:hed with the bike. pawned
II for s22. and left The city. He was
arrested in Washington. 1t was shown
N al the wheel was not worth sou. which
would have 10 be its least value TO make
the theft a felony. Stocktons 5 fr1ends
and attorneys had been hard at wprk'
and produced in court written state
ment from the owners of the wheel that
they were sati.tied to let the matter
Il on. and the case being misdemean- n
or was dismissed. Last evening. by
arrangement with StocktonS frlenuS'
officer Palette took him to Richmond
where he was 10 enlist in the army.
His consent to do this is said 10 nave
been the basis of the present EFFORTS VI
his friends in his behalf
MINOR POLICE COURT CASES.
Frank Jones. John Bits. Charles
Smith. Hugh Bendy, white; Robert Ma
son. James Jones, colored, nuisance
fined 81 and costs each.
Walter Blount. a small colored lad
was arrested by a citizen on charge OF
stealing am umbrellaL The complain
ant did not appear and the case was
continued until Tuesday.
John Olsen. white, drunk. nuisance
anti begging on the ssreets--tned SZ.nu
and costs.
Sam Stroud, coaored. suspicion of steal
ing. held five days.
John Smith, colored. fighting dis
missed.
Brldy World, colored, stealing from
Mrs. Olsten dismissed
Jam s Waterhouse. white, drunk and
asleep in the street. 81 and costs.
C. H. Shepard. colored assault on Min
ME Jasper. $3.50 and costs.
John Harriet. colored asleep on the
street. fined 81 and costs.
John Robinson. colored. using abusive
language and assault, fined $3.50 and
costs.
James Blount alias Horton. colored
adultery. continued to Saturday.