Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-08-22
THE POLICE COURT
Offenders Old and Young, Black
and White, Dealt With.
Many Persons. All Ono Mind. roce
stern Jasticc Trouble About "A
Bccr Glass CarcSscd WHO with IA
Ifatchct-Ofhor Items.

The Police Court had its usual Mon
day morning appearance yesterday. and
justice was me,ed out TO Il large crowd
of sinners. as follows:
Bculah Poole. Annie Smith and Jane
Hardy. Il trio Of dusky bellies. were
charged with assaulting Emma Foster.
whose skin is also dark. hut they were
discharged for lack Of evidence
Chum GIL. who was so cruel as 10
drive 4 pair of CALLED horses was f,ncd
$3.50.
Ben Sawyer. Il colored assaulter. was
fined $3.50 for plying his vocation ON
MIR. and Mrs Goodman
John ard Luke Davis, colored. who
Gid the brother act III stealing brass
from the Norfolk and Western railroad.
were delivered to Special officer Bar
ron for trial at Lambcrts Point.
John White. but colored. WAS fined
$3.50 for assaul,ing George Jones. his
colored brother.
Mary Gregory and Leila Parrish. col
ored. for engaging in a iistic encounter.
were taxed $500 each.
Mary Wood, coloTcd. for rObbing Geo.
I-anSford. IL hoatSman. OF s.. was held
for ten days for further examination.
Moses Armstrong. colored. was dcliv-
cred II the Norfolk county authorities
for robbing houses in that territory.
G. f. Cummings. who looks suspi-
cious. was detained for five days
Martha Williams assaulted Ada Wat
kins and paid $3.50 for so doing.
Charles Campbell. colored. also did
the assaulting act OH Della Stoval and
paid $3.50.
TROUBLE OVER BEER GLASS.
T.. Wangerman. n saloon keeper Of
NO. 40 East Main street. was ARA gned
charged with hurting a. beer bottle ut
the head of c. :. Mahone "a young
white man. Wangerman claimed thar
Malone first threw glass behind the
counter at him. while Malone contend
ed that he only showed the glass from
the counter. The court held Mahone
| responsible for the trouble and dis
| missed the case.
| CARESSED WIFE WITH HATCHET
Mills FELTON,. colored, of No. zig Smith
street was sentenced to six months in
1ail yesterday for attacking his wife
with IL Ratchet. The woman exhibited
bruises on her back and her left arm
was bandaged on account Of IL severe
fracture above the elbow. She said her
husband attacked her about 10 o'clock
saturday night While she was in her
bedroom. He approached her from the
rear and struck her on the arm with
a hatchct. rendering that member help
less. while he felled her to the floor
with another blow. The woman's name
is Maggie FELTON, and she said she had
been quarreling with her husband for
his attentions to another woman
The sight of $40 in the hands of n
drunken man named OZiaS Cooke
prompted Pidlcy Whitehurst, n motor
ious negro, to knock him down and get
possession of ii in IN Avon street alley
way about o'clock Sunday morning.
Whitehurst was arrested Sunday night
by Detective Childress and yesterday
morning Detective Heppel recovered
Cookies money from n negro named
Dick Lewis, who said Whitehurst had
given 1t 10 him To keen. Justice Tom
lin sent Whitehurst who has been be-
fore him repeatedly for felonious shoot
ing and cutting. ON to the grand jury
y RIVER THIEF
James Arts. colored was arraigned
in the Police Court yesterday morning,
charged with stealing clothing belong
ing 10 Captain p. i. Walker. of the tug
Estelle. Walker boarded the tug Sat
urday night and While the Captain
was ashore broke into his locker and
stole his clothes, which We're recovered.
however. Justice Tomln sentenced
Arts to three months In Jail
In the Police Court yesterday morn
ing Wei. Satcheil. colOred. who was ar
rested With Richard Sherron for fraud
ulcntly disposinS of $50 worth of fur
niture. purchased from n. I.afflcr, was
given ninety days in Jail. Sherron was
discharged.