The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-02-19
I'M COURT YESTERDAY
Additional Charges Heaped Up Against
the Young Burglar J. W. Harvey.
HIS. ATTORNEY ABAHDOSS THE CASE
His wire's shoes Identified nv Having
Bccu Stoicn-Another Thief Sent
TO JniI-In the Corporation Court
"A Marriage stopped Prosecution
In The Other Courts.


In The Other Courts.
Justice Burroughs Police Court dock
ct was small. but interesting one
MORE CHARGES AGAINST HAIR
VEY
When the young white man. j. w. |
Harvey, was arraigned again yesterday |
to answer to the charge OF forging the
check for slS5 which his wife attempted
| to pass upon Wait. Rettcw & Clay IT !
was found that Il number OF additional
serious charges had accumulated agains:
him since his arrest. There were sevc-
raj additional warrants for breaking into
the Virginia Beach railroad offices One
for burglarizinS Hop Sings laundry. on
east Milan street. to prosecute which
| HOP appeared In court and identified
the goods stolen from him. which con-
sisted of pistol. pocket knife and other
| articles. Hop also claimed TO have lost
| S3 In cash which. Of course. he could not
identify. The next warrant was for
The larceny of shoes from Hofheimers
shoe store. on Main street several pair
OF which shoes were identified by MIR.
Hofheimer, Mrs. Harvey being
brought In court that the shoes on her
| rect nighs be identified. And SO the
warrants continued to come until Har-
| Hey himself remarked that, "lC they
|
enough to hang me-" Justice Burroughs
| sent on two of the additional warrants
| Tor houSeDreaking to the grand pllry
| ana continued the one for larceny until
tomorrow for further investigation 1t
| Is said that Harvey is wanted in both
Richmond and Danvillc for housebreuk-
Ing and larceny He was very biaZrn
| in court. boldly saying that lie did not
care what they did with him ana his
actions confirmed his words. MIR Nor
ris who appeared for the accused on
| Monday, yesterday abandoned his case,
stating that the accused was too tough
character for him TO defend
ROBBED HIS FRIEND AND RAN.
n newly formed mountaineering. u
large number of drinks and ATTEMPTED
robbery by one Of the parties cuuscd
two white men named James Reed ana
j. X. Hinton In he placed under arrest
Monday night and arraigned before Jus
tice Burroughs yesterday. Hinton, who
claims to live in the apparently fateti
county of Nansemond. near Deans sta
ton. testified that he came to Norfolk
) on trip day or two ago. and on Mon
day last met Reed. who stated that he
, had lived In AleXnndra Va, anu In d
| Just arrived in Norfolk that day The
two Immediately formed a friendly ac-
quantancc over Il number OF rounds OF
intoNicants and towards night the two
repaired TO Hofheimer's shoe store, on
Main street, to select a pair OF shoes
| The opinion OF the clerk and Hinton's
opinion as to the quality of IL pair of the
shoes did not agree and the latter. he
inE evidently i'm n sporting humor offer
ed to bet the clerk S. that his opinion
was right. and to back his opinion drew
Il crisp 81 bill and placed II ira his newly
made friends (RpedS) hands TO hold
Reed eagerly accepted the grave respon-
Sib!lity as stakeholder. took the money
ana ran from the store up the street at
Il clipping gait. He was artcrward APP
pretended, however, by Detective Rus
sell and lodged in the statiun-h house.
Hinton was also arrested on the charge
OF drunkenness. Justice, Burroughs yes
terday fined them both $3.I5 for drunk
enncss and sentenced Reed to four
months in Jail for the theft.
FOUR MONTHS IN JAIL.
y similar sentence OF four months
in Jail was given to Felix Bell. colored,
who was arrested Monday night on "a
warrant charging him with stealing Il
coat and vest from the clothing store
of l.. Morris. The goods and prisoner
were identified and the case against him
was conclusive.
MINOR OFFENSES.
Felix Bell. colored. larceny; four
months In Jail.
James Reid, white, larceny; four
months IN jail.
| i''hhiH -pStttS, N.liNt, uSSuull, COl-
tinucd To the 18th.
j. w. Harvey. houscbreaking, No. 226
Main street; sent on To the grand jury.
j. w. Harvey. larceny from Hofhe,-
mer's: continued till the 10Th
j. w. Harvey, housebreaking. A. and
y. X. X; sent on 10 the grand jury.
Ida Smith, colorcd assault; dismissed
with SlI5 and costs.
William Wright, colored, murder; sent
on to the grand jury.
y. Barker, white, assault; fined $3.50
and costs.
, Willie Brown. colored. assault; contin-
! ued until the 18th.
j. y. Conway. w. j. Dixon, James
Reed, white. drunk; fined 81 and costs.
j. X. Hinton, white, drunk dismiss
| ed with Sl.25 and costs.
Ben Courtney. John Joyner, colored.
drunk; fined 81 and costs.
Jack Briggs, colored, drunk; dismiss
ed.
Corporation Court.
In the Corporation Court yesterday
Charles 5. Rutiin was arraigned n the
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