The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-08-04
MANY GRAND JURY
CASES WERE TRIED
Justice John Shows OFF to His Fine
Audience.
GREETS HIS LIST OF OLD TIMERS
An infatuated Gamcstcr Plays Until in
the Actual Grasp of the Law - The
Great Dispenser Makes Fine
Decision in a Family Case.
GREETS HIS LIST OF OLD TIMERS

There is inspiration in a good audi
once whether On CHURCH, theatre or the
! Police court. and il takes the spirits out
| OF Justice John TO have 20 speak words OF
wisdom TO q scurvy lot Of TWO cent sin
! ncrs and row of empty chairs.
Yesterday there was good and appre-
ciative audience and things went with
rush In the White Chamber. Although he
had plenty of time the Great Dispenser
came into court like man who is late
for the train. plunged into his chair and
commenced knocking things right and
left as IL ne had on brass knucks and
knew there was no fight in the crowd
UP-TO-DATE SHOW.
/ The show was one OF the best IN the
/ White Chamber for years. the specidltleS
/ an being good with a serenade by Sim
mons and SloClm quartette as an after
piece.
! The minstrel men lined uD 'n front Of
the bar after court WAS over and sung
+ several selections which were loudly APP
4 pauCed by the Great Dispenser. the de-
/ lghtful acoustics of the White Chamber
I beautifully cchoing the yodllng notes Of
the leader.
An the Old Timers We're in court. Poor
/ Jack McDonough' out of jail yester-
day. was back again
VIM. Landrum. who the day before so
braNely made "a contract OF six for six.
with the Great Dispenser did not keep
It twelve hours. The Great Dispenser
promise 10 give him six months on 'he
chain gang Was reduced to Tabor for
sixty days
James r. Jones. one of the brothers.
whose rounds i'm the Police Court are a.
endless as the cycle of the years, appear
ed undaunted at past failures and plead
beautifully for freedom. Sixty days was
also his portion
A FAMILY ROW
A case came up out of Jackson Ward,
johnson VS.. Burley that threatened 20
run against time like Jaundice VS.. Jaun-
dice and the witnesses were punched
mp as thick AS the chorus I'm an amateur
opera. II was a case Of cross warrants.
Annie Burnley colored. particularly well
named for size was charged with curs-
ing and abusing Robert Johnson an old
fashioned black citizen Of the gunny sack
apron variety, and he was charged with
assaulting Annie Burley, tO-wit Slap
ping her in the mouth.
Annie has a step-son that she was rep
rimanding' with a switch. Uncle Bob
thought IL had reached the point Of cruel
ty and went 10 Annie's front door TO
demonstrate. She pushed him of the
porch and alleged that he hit her. caus-
ing her mouth 20 bleed "scandalous."
Uncle Bob on the other hand charged
that Annie used some very inhamed Ian
euage' toward him, and denied the hit
ting.
The witnesses told long rigamaroles and
few facts.
The questioning finally slmmered down
TO- Did YOU hear the cussin' or see any
body hit?'
The conflict Of testimony was bewilder-
ing
WISE DECISION
The Great Dispenser decided that the
old man was a trcspasser and did wrong
bat that il was directed towards a good
cause and he lectured the whole gang
and sent them an home bordering over
the devious ways of the law
Another Robert Johnson and their
name is legion" paid $50 for the pleas
TIRE OF hitting Joe WoOdsOn up de side OF
de he'd with a brick
Henry Goode colored was so infatuat-
ed with a game of craps on the street
az two thirty I'm the morning that he
sat stiI with his stake of one cent when
all the other players ran on the approach
of an officer.
Henry was shaking when the COP
pulled him and the cent.
Henry went down IN default OF three
dollars fine. and the Great Dispenser took
the cent
Jackson DcHart, a negro boy seventeen
years of age stole a bicycle from the
back porch Of M. j. S. Patterson. and
was sent to jail for six months.
Mr.. John r. billiard knocked Jno. II.
Tunstar in the head with a two-pound
weight. with which he was mailing a box.
The negro ran against um. an alterca-
ton ensued. and the testimony was that
the negro placed his hand on his hip peck
ct as if to draw o. weapon when Dillard
let the weight fly. lie was sent TO The
grand jury and bailed.
4 BRUTAL HUSBAND.
Richard Brown. colored. beat and cut
Annie Brown. his wife, I'm the most shock
ing manner. while he was drunk. The
womans face was hardly more than a
swollen mass of bruised flesh with two
very blood shot eyes peering through IT,
She was stabbed inside the mouth. the
knife coming through under her chin.
lie was sent to the grand jury
jeanette Turner, colOred, was charged
with stealing six dollars from William
Johnson. colored from the country. She
was seen in bar-roOm with the bag
that had contained IL. Denied ever hav-
Ing been I'm the bar-roOm Another Wit
ness was sent for and proved Il on her
She also went TO the grand jury.
Bonnie Bryant and Willie Banks were
arraigned for jumping on a G. O.
train while in motion.
Bennie's mother bought him for dol
lar There We're no bidders for Willie,
and he went To the pen.
There were many other minor cases that
went to swell the city treasury