Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-10-01
With THE COURTS
The October Terms of Two VIII
Begin Tomorrow Morning,
tinportnnt CrIm.nni case to Ec Tried
in tho corporation Court Note>
fr"n, tno Clerks ouico poi,c"
Court.

The October terms of the Court Of
Law ana Chancery and the Corporation
Court will begin tomorrow morning.
This is 4 grand jury term of the lat
ter court. and as there has been no
grand jury for more than month. Will
be a large number of indictments pre-
sentcd by commemorative Attorney
Duncan. The number OF cases on the
criminal docket is l12 and there is like,
ly to be several others. Among the
most important of the cases that Will
probably be tried at this term are:
". " Coke. charged with shooting
Councilman James ~. Ridgewell, set
'3erkiey, crimual malpractice, set for
October 18th: IIoratio Solomon, col
ored murder second ttriaD; D. j. Hath
away. shooting W. Church LEWIS.
docket of the Court OF Law and Chm
Gerry. and the law docket contains over
4 hundred cases, writs, etc.
DIN CRCE SUIT ENTERED.
In The Court or Law and Chancery
Yesterday q suit for divorce on the
ground Of dcsertiun WAS entered by
AIRS. Nora c. BOggs against her nus
band, J. w. l3oggs, n painter. Mrs.
/ boggs counsel is Mr. Hugh g. Miller.
! Mrs. Boggs is cashier in the Monticello
hotel care. In the past there has been
considerable litigation over the custody
Of Alma Lee Bosgs, the little 7-ycar old
sirl OF the litigants. The child is In
and il; is not likely thnt this question
Will be involved in the suit for divorce.
IN THE CLERKS OFFICE.
Thirty marriage licenses were issued
during, September, only eight OF which
were 20 white couples.
The following are the deeds of bar
gain and sale recorded yesterday:
James O. Boley 10 Charles III. Lassl-
ter, lot on Newton street: sG25.
Nirgnia y. GOrnley TO j. ~. Deal. lot
fronting 20 feet OH south side of High
street; 1915.
The Norfolk Company to Earl,
: Whltehurst Whitehead, lot No. so il
plan OF Client Company, fronting ?;
feet on Boissevain avenue; 81. 500.
Wlloughby Il. Cooke. trustee to
Franklin -. Gill. the two lots of lanG
with the buildings Nos, CSC and 29t
Water street; SS,4l5. This was held IL
trust under q deed OF trust from Louise
u. and j. G. Byrnes OF last December
and the parties OF the first part liz,
in several States, they being as fol
| lows: Sarah G. Cooke. Willoughby L
and Carrie NJ. Cooke. Lucy r. Battle
John w. and Alice 4. Baylor, OF Nor
folk; Buckner c. and Florence b. Bay
~.
Of Petersburg; Lucy 3. and John Il
Shacklcford OF Columbia, Ga: Gaarg
Il. aud Anna c. Church. Of Aiiam
county, o.; Celeste V. f. Cooke an.
Henry S. Cooke, of ST. Louis. NO.
POLICE COURT RACKET.
There were only a few offenders &,
the Police Court yesterday, something
unusual ior Saturday morning. The
! Dispenser Of Justice was OH time as he
always is, ana after roll-call proceeded
10 business. Following is q list OF the
un!ortlnatcs, who received their de-
| Sorts:
Sonny Hoy, n colorad boy, who bears
the reputation OF being The champion
boy ihief of Norfolk was arraigneCl
on the charge Of stealing clock from
| the Five and Ten Cent store. This,
was Sonny's ffih visit to the Police
| Court IN the last few months, and Ills
Honor thought ninety days as the guest
| of Turnkey Friedman would do him
good.
John Harris, colored treated his horse
cruelty, and was fined $500.
! Hannah Stevens, white woman.
charged with keeping dsorderiy
mouse; will be tried tomorrow.
| Ed. Holloman, coored carried a
slins-shot and was fined $50 ana costs.
| G. II. Ellsworth, white. charged with
! en- len,am-- Miii he -.,.,,all Tuesday
! j. $. Eubank, white, charged with
assault and carrying concealed wea-
pom, will be tried Tuesday.
PRINCESS ANNE COURT.
At Princess Anne Courthouse to-
| morrow morning the Princess Anne
| County Court VIII convene. The docket
is large one, there being several i'm
! portant criminal cases. Among these
Is the case If assault on young lady
nCainst Cartain Partridge. a prominent
| citizen Of the county. There VIII he a
| grand Jury.