The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-05-19
IN THE FOUR COURTS
considerable Business Transacted Ysster-
day by the Bar and Bench of Norfolk.
HEAVY FINES FOR CRAP SHOOTING
Ais Honor Announces Instrumentation
OF Breaking Up the vicc-Ron.ted
"e Omcer-Assnulted His WIFE
stole aPockctbook-The Cnse Went
oSer-Sunday Liquor Cases.

aHuay morning about s o'clocl, on
hoif = ,, US ana Russell discovered some
rea,, uoSeh little colored boys in the
80. 80 Oh Sanderlin's saloon. on, Ouaan
s.iee., sitting around q board and
S ,," crap for all they We're worth
fnna ~ imam Hopper was seated on the
ee, acting as watchman. He was
as , ~ psiore he could make his escape
20 vas also Isaac Holland. The others
~ INTO a house nearby, mounted Tho
cps and jumped out of the seconS
oiy window on Smith street. disan-
"rihs, before the officers could arrive
ia'.er had hardly returned to the
soi-nouse before phone message
iorn neu them that another gang Of
oiored youths We're shooting crnn In
me middle of the public thorouphfala :, :
me corner OF Cleveland and Riley
streets. Proceeding thither the police
stcoa on Holt street and saw the gang
violating the law on Riley, but It was
iinpossioie 10 get close on them without
giving the alarm. AS Il was. they ar
rested two OF the larger bovsSenn,
lhomas, who seemed 10 be the leader
alu ttopert Claiborne, who was standing
oS. Claiborne proved that he was not
connected with the game and was dis
missed His Honor. declaring that 1t
Mas ms intention to break up this crap
smoothing, fined the other three prisoners
WI and costs each.
Thursday afternoon Miss Mary WI.
manson went into Main street Store
| TO purchase Il pair of shoes. While she
was trying them on her pocketbook,
containing $3.50, was stolen from the
bench on which she had laid II by two
small colored boys. Paul and Percy John
son, aged respectively IL and 3 years
and no, Kin to each other whatever. On
| Friday the youthful criminals took the
Norfolk and Western train for Peters
| burg. They were headed off ia Suffolk
| by telegram and brought back to Nor
| FOLK. where they confessed 10 an officer
In the Police Court each accused the
| other, but there was no doubt but that
| both were equally guilty. They were
sentenced to six months in jail each.
THE CASE WENT OVER.
! w, f. Lintz and j. NJ Garrett were
arrested Sunday on the charge of sell
\ Ing liquor on the Sabbath at No. 9 and
| II Talbot street. The police did not
find any one selling liquor and the evil
| dence, so far as given, was rather in
| favor of the accused. The case went
over until Saturday for new witnesses.
| There seems 10 be an effort on the part
| OF the police to close Lintz uIj before
election day. In Sundays raid Garrett
was not found at the place and the OFF,
GERS claim that LintZ was in charge
They also say that the license was issued
10 Garrett WITH the express understand.
ing that Lintz should have nothing to
do with the business, and 1t Is on this
point that they hope to shut the estab-
lishment up.
ROASTED THE OFFICER.
About 6:3O o'clock Sunday morning
Officer Chasteen was hailed on Church
| street by Mathew Springer, IL white man
employed on a farm of Il. p. Sale drv-
Ing by in his buggy. Springer accused
the policeman of stealing u grindstone
and called him thief lair and hypo-
cr!te. Chasteen claims that he got out
OF The vehicle and assaulted him with
a whip. This Springer denied and de-
clared that the officer not only arrested
him unnecessarily, but dubbed him
twice when there was no earthly use i'm
II. He further told the Court that he
wished to emphasize what he told Chas-
Teen The day. before. that the officer was
a liar, thief and hypocrite. and he could
prove 1t. Chasteen asked the Courts
protection, but the words were spoken
Ills Honor took the case under advise
ment. The whole trouble arose from a
previous affair growing out of civil
suit. The men have been on bad terms
ever since. w. r. Taylor, who was
charged With interfering with officer
Chasieen in making the arrest Will learn
his fate Friday, to which date his case
was continued.
ASSAULTED HIS WIFE.
John .. Adams is white man who
mas habi; OF getting drunk on Saturday
night and assaultlng his family next
morning about time people are passing
by going to church. He did it once too
often last Sunday. for an officer heard
mis- wife scream when he struck her In
the back. and proceeded to arrest him
and bring him down to the police sta
tloh. HIS Honor, upon investigation,
| iined the prisoner 81 and costs for being
drunk, and gave him 500 and ten days in
Jai! TO? assault on his wife.
MINOR POLICE COURT CASES.
IS. G. Pennnl, William Jones. Oily
Hicklebeiry. William Welsh, white,
drunk: fine! 81 and costs.
Thomas Perry, stephen Riddck, Nath-
an savage, Jonn Brinltley. Joe Carey.
George Smith. William Pope, colored.
| drunk: fined 81 and costs.
julia G:ih.n. coiored. larceny; fifteen
| days.
j. F. Wood colored, drunk; dismissed.
George Land, white. writ of lunacy.
| Thon!as Cutler colored, breach of the
| peace: fined $3.50 and costs.
}. II. Hunter, colored, obtaining goods
under false pretenses; dismissed.
II. w. Hawkins colored, drunk; fined
81 and costs; breach of the peace, 81 and
costs.
Pompey Britt, colored, breach Of the
peace; fined 81 and costs.
Lou Alden. colorad. selling liquor with