The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-05-26
PAT BOOKER FINED
The Figure Is $500 For the Two Charges
Of Illegal Liquor Selling.
JUSTICE BURROUGHS HAS A BUSY DAY.
Two Youthful Criminals-SIx Months
and S23 For AssauIt-Cases of
Fighting and Breach OF the Peaco
The Ornisby Case-An Important
Order-In the Clerks ONCE.

The case OF Pat. Booker was an In
teresting one. He was arrested on the
charge of selling liquor without a IL
cense at his little store, No. q Nebras-
ka street, on May q and %. Sergeant
Taylor, when the case came up for trial
before Justice Burroughs yesterday,
testified to finding 10 bottles OF beer and
two crates of emptieS on the premises.
He, however, saw no liquor sold. Then
officer William Mansfield. q recent
acquisitionto thes force. was introduced
and testified that in company with u
friend named Underhlll he had visited
Dookers place on the 2lst and the two
had bought and drunk 4 bottles of beer,
Mansfield furnishing the wherewithaL
On the next day they visited the place
again, and Underhill bought a couple
Of bottles, which they drank. Mansfield
again payirg the cost They also,
Mansfield alleged, saw beer purchased
by some marines. Mansfield did not
produce Underhlll to corroborate his
testimony, and Mr.. Booker. going on
the stand, positively and emphatically
denied every word Mansfield had utter
ed under oath. Mr.. Randolph. attor-
ney for the defense, argued that his
clients word was as good as that OF the
officer and better, and declared that
without the evidence of the mysterious
underhill his Honor could not convict.
This necessitated IL suspension of busi-
ness until an officer was sent out and
found Underhill, who, when sworn. cor
roborated the evidence of the officer.
Justice Burroughs them imposed two
lines OF $3.50, one for each date, to which
an appeal was taken, bond of $500 be-
ing required in each case
HAD HARD LUCK.
Kenny Ruffn, q young colored man.
ran out of Reds lane on Saturday
night and hunted up some officers
When he found them he said he had
been assaulted by a woman in Reids
Lane, and that she struck him over the
head with bottle, inflicting wounds
from which he bled profusely. He
TOOK the officer back to the place and
pointed out Mary White, colored
woman, as his assailant. In court YES.
terday she declared that the man was
chased out of the rooms over her by
three women, who beat him over the
head with tin pans. The lattertestifle6
That the assault was made by the White
woman, who stood on her doorstep and
threw a bottle at him. AS Mary had
several witnesses against her and none
In her defense she was fined $3.50 and
costs.
THE SAME OLD JAG.
Rosa AIacklin. a colored woman. bet.
ter known in the Police Court than in
the Sunday-school, was arrested las,
Saturday night on complaint OF Steve
Budd, the charges being that she was
profane and drunk. She was bailed
out, and three-quarters OF an hour
iater was arrested by another office,
for being drunk. Rosa pleaded that Il
was the same old jag, and the police
hadn't given her time to get sober. His
honor dismissed the last charge and
fined her 81 and costs on each of the
other two.
SIX MONTHS AND s25.
On Saturday might Bulah Poole who
has only recently completed one iai
term for cutting a woman, was over.
come with a great yearning to do some
body up, it didn't seem to matter who
In lane running into Plume street
and not far from the station house. she
met Georgia Williams, accompanied b1
jag and two dear friends. BuIah en-.
gagged Georgia at once in a fight. cuttin,
her In the temple and just below III,
eye with pocketknlfe. infiicting urI,
wounds. which were dressed bv Dr
Speight When the case came I'D in tn,
Police Court for investigation yester
day 1t was shown that Bulah was tn.
aggressor. and she was fined s25 ant
sentenced to six months in Jail. Th,
charge against Georgia of assault wa,