The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-06-15
JUDGE ROBERTS COURT.

The Observer man found the Judge at
dinner and Micaja holding the fort when
he visited Judge Roberts court yester-
day evening. Micaja remarked that
yesterday and Sunday were corkers as
seasonable signs of summer, when the
mosquito turns his festal eyes, and the
murcury shoots aloft in the family Their
mometer." Said he, BOSS, [ was out
to the park Sunday and saw more sand
witches of two outer layers of feminine
variety with middle enclosures of ugly
masculinity than ever before" The OBJ
server man suggested that the new black
silk beaver Micaja spOrted Sunday
made him look like a Liberian member
of Congress. YES" said Micaja:
A hats the dome, the steeple-top of
thought
The attic room the cockloft of the head;
The hive where practical ideas are
caught,
When all else in the brain is fed.
''Well, Micaja, what has this worship
full court been doing all day" BOSS, the
judge has been busy as a bee all day.
Three or four civil litigations were dis
posed of and then he gave his attention
to the criminal side of the docket. The
first case was Mrs. Elizabeth Medlin
alias bush Watkins This Queen of the
Bowery put herself outside many cups
| of mean, cheap, corn whisky and made
things lively in her realm. Mrs. Nancy
Belts, who resides on the banks of the
Gas House Branch, hung her red blank
cts out to sun and like an enrage bovine
of male persuasion Bush" became en-
ragged and rent tears, rips and great holes
in Miss Nancy's blankets. Nancy rem
onstrated and Bush threatened to beat
the life out'en her. Guardian of the peace
Tom Oaks scooped Bush in and she was
before the court when the above facts
came out. Judge Roberts told Bush to
stand up and then he said:
It's plain to me and you can see,
Yaller corn and you do not agree;
When full of drink it makes you swear,
Run about and rip and tear.
You did quite wrong, it's also plain,
And you must not do so again;
For if you do | will not fail
To lock you up in the county Jail.
Martha Ann Foster. colored, of Han
CRY Neck, and Emma Jones, also col
ored. had some words when Martha Ann
shook her fist in Emma's face and called
her bad names. Emma had Martha ar
rested for an assault, and it appearing
that no damage was done, the court
placed nominal fine on Martha tOgeth
er with the costs, which were paid.
Wesley Mayfield, colored, is a married
man who spends his nights in East Raj
eigh gambling, $50 his wife says, and
drops in home about daylight on Sunday
morning and beats his wife because she
has no breakfast cooked for him. Wesley
told different tale. but the court would
not believe him, so Wesley was sentenced
to twenty days on the road, his pay to go
to satisfy the costs.
State VS.. RObt Bland and w. NJ
Scott, ARRAY. Warrant quashed for that
the Superior Court had taken jurisdiction
by bin of indictment.
Elijah DunstOn, colored, upon i'm
QUESTION of lunacy was adjudged to be
insane and committed to Jail awaiting
his removal to the Eastern Hospital at
Goldsboro, n c..
Mary Slocum, colored, complained that
William Brown slapped and cursed and
abused her at ball in East Raleigh
Mary called several witnesses to prove
her tale of woe, but each one said Mary
lied; that she was drunk and fell out
| a window and William went out and
picked her up. Mary was taxed with
costs and went up to work them out.