The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-04-04
JUSTICE JOHNS COURT.
ur rxJLs An EASTER STORY OF a
CACKLING MEN.
The Presence of Drunken S"''''
Hissoncr TO Drop Into f"e"'-
More Potent Than Words

the day in his cnsNh'"'S -.,,,,e
- hut no wore doubtful. ANXIOUS
.-,,r-,os look and when he saw '"use
,,,,, +, s,n,le came over his race an"
,....sor seemed rolled away from
his troubled heart
nsello sam" he said. "comc mere
.,-.,,o. o,o you holding court to-day!
mo. John. certainly not; TINS Is ooo.
rrh,av." replied Judge Wit whoso 'o"''
adiourned more than week aso. at,
@tyen that's what thought salu
~, t.s,irc II saw all the churches opc"
~ ,o,ks dressed up. and heard peop'e
,,ikinc about Good Friday ana l M .
,slIow who said the supreme court We We,
rot in session, and / am niue ouOlous '
about opening up to-day. "h"' oo ~"
link OF itY .. ..o,, know that
,,s Good Fr'day." replied Judge w.t. win
g. inward chuckle but j can d4'iS'
vo, Won must do as you think PEST
80 dnn.f want to offend anybody Vr
shock the moral sensibilues OF TINS !u.s,
and pcace-abiding community Gan" So
Ius,ice John. but l amt just on 10 til'S
Ssoo ,l racket; tell me something
'.V,.l ., seid the Judge solemnly, dohi'
This ia a great church day. Il Is tile s"u'
sacred Observance I'm memory OF INC "''-"
OF our Lord. .... roh, "so
- 80 mat / had forgotten about It,
int Guess IN keep open today anyhow,
diI LAST wear. / remember now, ana
,obcdv kicked. and then precedent now,
and Won know what we Judges are "'"
on preccdents. en-. sam =. ..,..,
81 guess that's right Johhh iausneN
Judge Witt. and he depaIteu VIZ D,,'a.',,'e,.
,ice John hurried TO the White Chaihper
for another days CONNECT WIN
the story is told.
THE CACKLING HEN.
.,.,r,o,,. Pollard has dark flashing eyes
90 gaebinc head-eear. and a flashing re-
-,totion that would suggest the New VI
IONS vower-girl Of Creole birth ana uh-
restrained impulses. or the lutc-piaYlhs
danseuss ender the langourous SKIES %
Italy. " -,,-- c....~. ~,
Henrietta was IN the Police Couro Oh
Thursday, charged win caleiesShesS -.
personal conduct and the cOuhtehaicihs
~ unsccmly department upon her prem.
Sees She was bailed by a friend, ara IL
snnears that she talked too much about
the matter. and was again brought up -"
a similar charge. ,.o.
Look here, Henrietta, salu JUSTICE
John. II will tell you an Easter s'oiy' or
al least one about en- egg.
MANY years ago a hen lad an egg,
very line egg il was, and 1t was IN her
own nest. and nobody knew nyAing
about il, but this foolish hen Immediately
few out of the barn and began 10 cdChlc
at a terrible rate and somebody came
and took that egg away ana now s"i ''
Justice John. "in order TO force upon you
The moral Of that story, l fine you slV'
and commit you to jail for ten days
clarence Moss, a cOlorcd man. who Is,
he said. a delivery-man FOR Christians
grocery store. was charged with tres
passing upon the premises oi MI, 'a0oo
Levy. Mrs. Levy testified that ABOUT ~
o'cI1cix Thursday night she went 10 one
Of the back rooms in her mouse ana mere
saw the negro man. She ran to the 'front.'
window, and her calls were heard 10y TWO
Young men who were standing on the
corner. They ran to the house, ana
caught the man as he was leaving tho
-,4illey-way through the back gaze. ne was
placed under 5000 security for twelve
months. and went TO jail in default.
THE DRUNKEN SAILOR.
Ioscnh Sweeney is n sailor, but his I'M
steady gait as he walked in the court
Yesterday was not entirely due 10 the
.'sea legs" which often betray tile steps
OF hose who spend their days lQon the
sea Joseph had just returned from n
trip down the bay, and night after night
as ne sat with his hand on the wheel,
with his eye fixed on the evening star
that lldZef as Deacon III til' H'eiN'4i'
froTn pincy Point To Ragged Island ne
thought Of the grog in Richmond, ana on
Thursday night he struck ii amidships
ami was soon three sheets In the vlnd.
Justice John gazed upon Joe, and softly
he hummed the opening lines OF That
touching old ballad:
'what shall We do with the drunken
Put him In the boat ana make him ban
her"
Slowly he shook his head. ''rhat won't
do" he sighed half aloud. II am snort on
boats" Then a bright dazzling thought
zig jagged through his head like the y
RAYS on a spree, and ne reeled Off another
sentimental couplet.
What shall do with this drunken sailor
But sesd him down to the city jailer?
'Ten days" he said. and he laughed
merrily, as he thought of poor Alfred
Austin foundering about in the wake OF
Tennyson.
Bette Branch and Susie Thomas. bott
brown, were charged with being drunk
and fighting in the street. They swore
they were the best Of friends, and adj
mittod being drunk. but never, never
could they fight each other.
"Oh. L see" said Justice John.
.They were red-hot with drinking;
So full of yalour. that they smote the air
For breathing in their faces; beat The
ground,
For kissing of their feet"
Gust pay 50 each, then. for not hitting
something
A. Il. Harris (white) WAS fined $50 70
being drunk.
The case OF Moses Lee (colOred), Charge
with stealing a watch and SO from Ed
ward Cabell, was continued TO the Sth.
TEARS. NOT IDLE TEARS.
Jessie Walden and G.. W. Spiiing wer
called TO answer the charge OF disorder.
conduct and cursing and abusing u. J
Euker and w. G.. Myers. Mrs. Nadcn 1
a rather pretty woman, or rather hal
been. and would have looked fairly we
yesterday morning. but she wept an'
wcpt until her nose was red. ana he
eyes were red. and then she wept SOM
more until she rcscmbled one OF thos
iron white painted figures that are erocte
under a playing fountain, that pose an
drip from June til frost; then she wep
some more until Justice John turned hi
picture OF Niobc 10 the wall. and Tn
Broad-street water sprinkler was run u
the stable.
Then having a clear field. she wep
some more until Edgar White got out IN
tathing-suit, Sergeant Thomas pulled O
his rubber boots. and Justice John stco