The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-08-21
FOR CRIMINAL LIBEL
Suit Is Brought by Mr.. W. u. Sargent
Against Mr.. ]. 3. White.
GROWING OUT ENLIGHTENMENT CHARGES
Recently Hade Against aIr. WHITE
Court Hears Evidence and Re.
serves Decision Until To .day-In
Jnii Four Times for Stealing and
Only Eleven Years OLD.

One of the most important cases tried
In the Police court yesterday was that
OF Mr.. j. b. White. the well known COM
mission merchant, charged by Mr.. w.
II. Sargent. Jr, attorney, with criminal
libel. The facts leading up to the case,
Some time In July, Mr.. Sargent, net
ing for his client, T. NJ. Vail, of New
York. swore out a warrant charging
MIR. White. with the embeZzlement of
$40. representing the amount he had re-
ceived on some onions he was alleged
TO nave sold on commission for Vail,
asserting he had made no returns. Mr..
White was in Canada at the time, but
nearing that warrant was out against
him. FASTENED to Norfolk, showed that
he kad bought the onions on account
instead of selling them on commission
ana settled the financial end of the
business. The warrants were dismissed,
In the Landmark of the 18th inst. ap-
peared card signed by Mr.. Sargent
and his colleague in the case, Mr.. Taze-
We'll Taylor. in which these attorneys
stated that they were informed that n
mistake had been made and that Mr..
White had honorably explained and set
tied the affair. Immediately beneath
this appeared n card signed by MIR.
White. in which he asserted that not
ONLY was the information upon which
the warrant was sworn out false, but
that Mr.. Sargent knew it was false
when he did it. Mr.. Sargent then had
| n warrant issued for Mr.. White charg-
ing him with criminal libel.
The case was the first of it's kind to
come up in a Justices court in this
section and attracted considera BILE at
| tention. Messrs Harry Walcott and Hugh
Miller appeared for the accused and Mr.
Tazewell Taylor represented the COM
plainant. The evidence introduced was
chiefly of character tending to prove
the truth of the statement in the card
| ana reDuttal to the Same-in q word
justification. Many details of the form
| er case. irrelevant to the matter in
| hand were also gone into, and after an
! exhaustive argument by counsel pro
and con. His Honor took the matter I'M
der adviSement, promising u decision
| this morning.
| The Justice had a busy day yesterday
| and disposed of number of cases with
more or less rapidity.
One of the most unique was that of
Alex Luke. This youthful freak has
hardly seen eleven summers, yet he
| stood I'D in court and told His Honor he
had been in Jail four times already for
| stealing. and he admitted he was guilty
IN two instances. The offense charged
against him yesterday was that of
stealing coat the other night from
| the hall of the residence of Major TaZe-
well Thompson. No. n Charlotte street
The crime was proven against him and
Justice Tomlin sent him on to the
Grand Jury under the third offense pro-
| vision.
Lucinda Tabb's jealousy of her hus-
band. had good deal to do with Luz
cinda's crime OF hitting Ella Morgan
over the head with an axe and gnawing
her LIP half Off. When His Honor fined
her $3.50 and costs, he said that he
thought the only mistake Lucinda made
was In not using the axe on her hus-
band instead of Ella.
Charlie Adams, Vermont Davenport.
Llovd Burton.Joe Rosanna, George Will
liams. George Black, Sam Wasserman
and Howard Walden, the young white
bows arrested for striking matches rcck-
lesslv about the n. Y, P. & N yards
were fined 81 and costs each and sent
to iail for ten days in default.
John Eason. colored. stealing, was
committed five days for examination.
| William Fuller. colored. charged with
stealing corn. will be tried Friday. He
was released with Richard Williams
surety. in the sum of 500.
Dismissed: Mamie Reid. colored. pro-
family: Henderson Pitt. colored, charged
with breaking into n store. no complain
ant: Josephine Stewart, colored, abusive
language; Henry Love, white. nuisance
Iona Nash. colorcd. assault: James
Lowerv. colorcd, suspicion: India Ma.
son. colored. abusive language.
Robert. Love. colored, breach of the
peace. fined and costs.
Ella Jenkins. colored. drunk, fined 81
and costs.
Charles Cooper. colored driver, was
fined $3.50 and costs for driving n horse
which was unfit for work on account
through it's agent. Mr.. Moore. prose
| cuted the case