The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-09-18
IN THE CITY COURTS
Many Matters Of Interest Around About
City Hall Square.
THE lOVITT LAND CASE is APPEALED.
Supreme Court Grants Writ or SUPER
sedcns Justice TonIin Deals wifi,
Many Offenders I'm the Police
Court-Oystermenh Are at Logger.
hcads-wnrrants ana Cross Chars CT

There was little business of import
| ance transacted in any Of the city
courts yesterday.
Justice Tomlin had before him in the
Police Court q choice assortment of
cases, ranging from the common, every
day Sl-and-coSt drunk to case of wife
beating. The man against whom this
charge was brought was Henry Harris,
colored. His wife, Maggie Harris, said
that he had assaulted her numerically,
and Henry was fined $3.50 and given
thirty days in Jail
George Bell, colored, assaulting and
threatening to shoot Henry Langley,
colored; fined $21.5O.
James L. Williams, coFored, seduction
OF Almeda Gaskins, colored, under prom
Use Of marriage; continued till to-mor-
row, and the prisoner bailed.
Sarah Deans. colored, abusing Charles
Jacox; fined $3.50.
{. flemming, colored, abusing L. Ere
den; fined 81. so.
BETTE Rocker, abusive language and
assault; continued till tomorrow and
the defendant bailed.
John II. Love, alias Peet, colored
threatening to kill Joseph Degg, col
| ored; continued till tomorrow and the
defendant baiied.
| William Nash, colored, assaulting Mo.
| SO.
Joseph Nathan, colored, riding a bicy
Gle without light; fined So.
Ella Morgan, colored, larceny; dis
missed.
John Mills, colored, drunk and resist
ing an officer; fined 81 and cost. Johns
! mead came into violent collision with
officer Williams club on Talbot street,
while he was resisting arrest
AT the request Of Mate Bradley. of
| I 90 Oh L., oil,
ing here, Justice Tomlin has sent James
| McMasters, fireman on the steamer,
10 jail to await the sailing of the KEEL
vim. He was charged with drunkenness
\ and disorderly conduct on the YES
| sci.
OYSTGRNiEN AT WAR.
a number of oystermen, who dig their
living from the oyster beds OF the Eliza
beth river are ii loggcrheads. AT the
instance or Z. j. Cannon, Justice Hawks,
or Huntcrsville, has issued warrants
against John Stakes, Edward Bradley
and y. c. Asa, charging them with
! stealing oysters from the oyster beds
OF Cannon & Ballard. in the Elizabeth
river The cases are to be heard by
Justice Hawks next Monday
j. j. Ransom yesterday morning swore
out warrant before Justice Hawks,
charging MT. Cannon with unlawfully
stalking off public oyster grounds
PROPERTY TRANSFERS.
H. II. Wharton to Walter Il. busch,
an one-half interest in a lot with i'm
provements on Scott street, near SaNcr
street, $3.50.
LOVITT LAND CASE.
The Court of Appeals, sitting at
Staunton Thursday. granted an appeal
and supersedeas in the ase OF Outten VS..
Lovftt, which went up from the Court
of Law and Chancery of this city This
is the famous Brambleton land suit,
which has been pending in the courts
for some years, and which involves the
titles to the homes of many residents
OF that section Of the city. The large
tract of land in question was sold Off
In lots from the Robert and Henry
Dovitt estate. but the court decided tina.
the Robert Lovitt half must revert to
his daughters. as he had no right to dis
pose of II. QTor reasons which the pub
lie undcrstands.) The holders of the
Robert Levitt property then claimed
that the Henry Levitt property should
bear half of the loss, because of q cove
nant between the two brothers, Robert
and Henry Lovitt, made when the land
was DartitiOncd between them In July
last Judge Martin decided that the loss
should all fall on the Robert Lovftt
property. from which decision an an
peal was taken. 1t was upon this an
peal that the supersedeas was yestcr-
day granted. The case now comes be-
for he court for hearing and decision
There are some 300 PARTIES to the suit.
This Is the second time this Brambleton
matter has been before the Court of Ap>
pealS, but upon different phases of it.