The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-07-11
DAY OF INTEREST
IN POLICE COURT
Justice John Sports a Variegated
DabIia on the Throne.
READY FOR B.Y.P. CONVENTION
He Proposcs TO Give Them the Best in
the shop While They arc Here
and Gave Full Instructions
as TO Their Treatment.

Things had something Of the old time
look in the Police Court yesterday. Re
served seats were in demand. The snow
was neither too short or too long ana
everybody left satisfied that they had
got their moneys worth.
Justice John was on time as usual
and as busy as a hen with one
chicken in the boudoir before court con-
vened. The court flower for the week
is rare and viii be hard to duplicate
a rich double dahlia with purple edges
and a pink center 10 was "a beautiful
specimen and attracted much attention,
especially when the Great Dispenser sew
eral times gracefully carried 1t TO his
nose.
The use Of sweet peas. carnations and
violets have gotten him in the smelling
habit. and all flowers now 90 the same
road.
BRILLIANT AUDIENCE.
A brilliant audience greeted him with
suppressed applause as he entered the
chamber with n two-time minuet step
and lightly kissed tho tips OF his I'm
gers 20 the assembled multitude with
the ease OF manner and aesthetic spirit
which characierizes an his actions
He instructed the baliin 10 reserve all
the chairs inside the railing during the
balance of the week for the Baptist
young people and 10 practice the Off
GERS and satellites of the court in Cha
tauqua salute.
The law OF succession holds good i'm the
Police Court as well as I'm railroad ac-
cidents. and the first two cases yesterday
morning were fusses over chickens.
Isham Waymack was charged on war
rant with abusing. and cursing Clement
Moore. and charging him with stealing
his chickens.
PICKED AT HIM.
Mr.. Moore said Mr. Waymack had been
picking at him for some time and ho
had been taking IL; bur that IL had nov
reached "a point past standing.
Mr Waymack keeps chickens and they
ran over into Mr. Clements yard and
some OF them disappeared Mrs. Clements
and her boy decided 90 nail ND an the
cracks IN the fence 90 keep the chickens
OF Ar Waymack inside their own baili-
wick. and were engaged with few bar
rel slaves and TIN cans in stopping up
chicken thoroughfares in the division
fence when Mr.. Waymack made some
critical remarks about locking the stable
door after the horse was stolen Then,
by way Of elaboration of the idea. accns-
cd Mrs. Clements children of taking HIS
chickens 20 Mrs. Clements face.
There was an array OF witnesses and
considerable discrepancies I'm the testimo-
ny with very little material evidence
Mr. Waymack was warned 20 put brake
on his tongue and the whole case was
dismissed as a much Of muchness about
nothing.
CHICKENS AND GARDEN.
Then came the case of Annie Frazer.
colored. charged with indecent language
and annoying the entire neighborh0od
To an grew out Of the fact that Annie
Frazer kept garden and Rosa REM
ington kept chickens. The whole neigh
bOrhOOd was summoned and marched into
court in single nle like a. procession OF
the Royal Children OF Ham.
The testimony Of the principals was
heard and the case dismissed.
Kelly Jones. a colored youth. con-
fessed 10 stealing the pocket-book OF
Mrs. Lulu Davis. containing money and
stamps 10 the value Of Sll. Kelly had
spent one dollar OF Mrs. Davis money
but had some In another pocket-book Of
his own. and from this source the amount
and Kelly went 10 jail with the re-
mainder to serve four months.
MUSTN'T BEAT WOMEN.
James Kinny. colored beat Victoria
Kinny on the street and Hattie Love. in
response % his inquiry. acknowledged
20 being a friend of Nictoria's. and on
this ground he also pitched into Hattie.
He was fined so and given a hum
drCd dollar lecture.
He was also given % understand that
woeen must not be h.t under any cir
cunstances-thatt they were put here 20
prosecute men and not 10 be- beat by EN-.
James took the lecture 20 heart and
went 10 the pen In default OF his fine.
Thomas Harris cut Abraham Christian
with a knife and was charged with doing
IL with intent to Kill. Both are small
colored boys. Abraham's coat showed a
vicious cut I'm the back. but the doctor
who sewed 10 the wound was not pres
ent. and the case was continued. The
parties are small negro boys.
Tho reuof 1fef Of DRINKS and al -or1rrfv