The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-03-03
IN COURT YESTERDAY.
An Unnatural Brother SIaShes His Sister
With a Knife at Her Home.
AT ONCE INDICTED BY THE GRAND JURY.
A Long List of Minor OGcnders-Thc
Work or tho Grand Jury. w.
Harvey Indicted on Five Chnrgea-
Many Judgements in tho Court of
Law and CInncery.

Justice Burroughs had the usual large
Monday morning Police Court docket
yesterday. The penalties consisted
chiefly of small fines. however, there
being but one case of a serious nature,
which was sent on the grand jury then
i'll session, and for which he was i'm
medlately indicted.
SLASHED HIS SISTER WITH Al
KNIFE
AN unnatural brother named Henry
Aiinton, colored. was arraigned before
Justice burroughs yesterday. charged
with cutting his sister so badly with
4 Knife that she came near dying. The
ihhunan brother. according to the testi-
nohy OF the injured woman, Nancy
washington, and her daughter. Blanch.
became enraged because the sister hung
some clothes In his yard on n clothes
line 10 dry, and cutting the line, he al
lowed the washing to drop in the mud.
whereupon he stamped upon them. His
sister demonstrated with him and he
cursed and abused her. finally following
her upstairs TO her rooms. where he
cut her across the head and cheek. the
FORMER cut being about six Inches and
the latter four inches long. which DR..
Speight sewed up. Her daughter scream
ed murder and as the poor woman ut :
tempted to get away from the brute, he
again caught her and slashcd her az third
XIII her and regretted that lie had not
done so. His statement did not help
MS case and Justice Burroughs sent him
on 10 the grand jury, where he was I'M
mediately indicted for felonious assault
SIX MONTHS IN JAIL.
a snatch thief named Douglas Pelham
was yesterday given six months In jai
by Justice Burroughs for attempting
| TO grab a pocketbools from colored
| ct
about half past Z o'clock on Saturda,
night. Pelham, who is about IS wears
old, made n desperate effort to wrench
the pocketbook from the woman, but sh,
held on to 1t and screamed for help
when he rclinQushed his hold and ran
but was caught by citizens and turned
over to the police officer.
MINOR oFFENsEs.
j.. w. Mathews, white, profanity; finet
81 and costs.
, Charles Williams. colored, assault
lined $3.50 and costs.
Charles Howard colored. gaming or
The street: fined So ana costs.
Kelly Ruhin, colored. breach of the
peace; fined 81 and costs.
John Evans, colored. assault; contln
ued one day.
Walter Fuller, colored. breach of the
peace; fined 81 and costs.
Alfred Newly, coored trespa sslng
fined 81 and costs
Laura O'Neil, white breach OF the
peace: fined 81 and costs.
l'assiter Linton, colorcd. lunacy; sen
10 his home. Norfolk county
+. l.. Robbins. white. breach of the
peace; fined 81 and costs.
Erangelne Smith colored, nuisance
fined 81 ana costs.
William krcvan. white. breach of thu
peace; fined 81 and costs.
George Cornck. colored false pre-
lenses: continued ten days.
Frank Nimmo, colored. breach of thu
peace; fined 81 and costs.
James Harris, colored. larceny; dis
missed.
George H. Cornick. colored. breach OF
the peace; fined $40 and costs.
John y. Jones, l.. r.. Williams. An.
J drew Walker. John Hatton.James Smith
colored, drunk; fined 81 and costs each
Sam. Boyd. Horace Respew. James
, Mcfarland, Abner Willis. n. w. Small
David Dudley. Robert Brown. Harry
Emmerson. John II. Smith j. w. Math.
cws. l.. +. Nichols. James Niilien, Ar
, thur Harding. white. drunk; fined 81
and costs each