The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-06-07
JUSTICE JOHN
VERY JEALOUS.
Stands Up Strong for importance Of
His Court.
VALUE OF GOOD CHARACTER.
The Great Dispenser shifts RESPONSE
bility OF Boys Punishment.
Ne Learns q Lesson in
Juvenile Slang.

Woe ho unto the lawyer who inviting
ly lets fall an ander estimate 81 the
dignity and Importance OF Justice Jonas
Court The resentment is prompt ana
the attorney lives hard FOR the next
month 90 come lf Dee has any business
before the Great Dispenser.
Touch the prerogatives of his position
and he falls on the offender Ike ths
third blseman on a sliding runner.
VARIETY SPICE or LIFE.
Justice Johns Court was as iull OF
variety yesterday ass a modern fasn.
ION monthly and the cases comprised
everything from splitting on the slde-
walk t0 breach 81 promise.
Tally Hatcher, "a heavy weight mu-
l8tto rolled in. drapcd in repentance
silk shirt-Walst dipped in rainbow hues'
3D. short skirt. and white slippers. sna
made n0 defence % tho charge or being
drunk and dls0rdcr.y and rolled on liks
wave off the rrs.stless ocean until sh9
mmhiad on the beach OF the prisoners
pen.
Charles Johnson coiored. acknowi-
edged 90 having slapped Bette Branch.
The latter told a story OF abuse ana
maltreatment at his hands but Bette
BIAS poor standing for truth with tha
Great Dispenser and no character 10
Jean upon.
Johnson went free.
LUMP WORK.
j. T.. Loving was drunk. lie said "a
himself but did not remember splitting
ou the sidewalk as ne was charged with
doing. Tho two offences were Jumped
and he paid A TWO dollar bill.
Eddie Jones coi0red with the rech-
lossness of n Brooklyn bridge Jumper
utcrfcrd with officer Mathews In the
Dad d. q.
tr0us as the charge OF the Maccabea
bowmon on the American artillery al
Calo0can He was fined so and went %
Jail for thirty days.
Chas S. Holiday. coiorod. from Chic
ago borrowed a bed TO sleep on ana
then sold BE- 20 buy his breakfast. 10
win repent Of the transaction for sixty
days 200 JAIL
BOY SLANG
VIM Bradshaw knocked another small
boy WIN prossor. ON the head with
brick Tho witnesses We're all boys ana
did not seem 90 think Bradshaw should
bear AN the blame.
ono ~ them said Prosser kept on
chawing the rag and then Bradsha" MI
him.
Chawing the rage repeated the Great
Dispenser. after the boy witness with
ouizz'cal look What's that;
"Whv" said the boy. she kept on Jaw
irg me and then ] batted him side tho
head
What kind OF a bat was it; base
BAN bate The Great Law GiNer ls
something of "a connossicur on baseball
lingo bIt he dii not readily tumble 10
o. Juvenile slang and the boy had 10
explain that Bradshaw did not use
naf at au but simply threw a piece or
brick M tho other boy when he called
him names
white ln tho w0od-shci and 'he Great
DISPENSER shifted the responsibility ~
prlrcr pom hmont % the Old man
shoulders
a STEP MOTHER.
Clara TtyIor ls Martha Tayior's step
mother Martha ls a small black sirl
very slender and was brought into Court
with her arm n sling her collar-oone
being broken. The iirle girl said she
dropped dress on her fiep-mother
Sunday-g0-to-meetng bat. aud the "o-
man boat her with a. big stick
t.1A exhibited "a small switch ana
sWo-e Do was the only method 81 pun
ishm,nt used.
She wcn' to The grand jury.
John. alias China Ahcuathy a tai
slim. young negro "a son of Mary APE
uathy was sent 10 the grand jury for
attempting fo kiu negro man named
Wright with "a knife
John sworo he did not DO IL, bur
Wright said DE would know him IL he
met him m the devils house.
The man said be knocked him up in
tho night and became furious because
the door VAS not more promptly opened.
AS soon rs be- opened the door John
proceeded % carve bin and he nearly
bled 90 death before Dr. Lemon. on tho
ambulance. tied TWO severed arteries
and sewcd up his wounds