Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-11-11

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* MINOR CASES.
Annie Harris, colored denizen OF
Reiu IS lane, was charged wlth.robbing
!. NJ. Eddy Of a gold watch and ring.
Both the articles We're recovered--the
watch from Main street pawnbroker,
ana the ring from the woman's finger.
she protested her innocence and said
the articles were given to her by Eddy.
a thorough examination of the case res
suited in dismissal Of the prisoner.
5. S. Anderson, colored, paid Sc for
assaultlng and threa tening Elizabeth
Watson.
colored, will be tried next Tuesday on
charges preferred against them by Hes
ter's wife. IS
Mary Cooper. colored, assaulted and
threatened to kill Margaret Tinsley, al
so co'ored. and was required to pay
S5.50 for being so bad.
IN the u. S. District Court yesterday
the jury, in the case of Thomas Ram
Sey, charged with Illicit distilling In
Mecklenburg county, reported mo
agreement" for the third time yester-
day morning, and was discharged from
further consideration of the case. Ram
sey's father stood surety on the 5000
REQUIRED of the defendant until the May
term of court.
NOLLE PROSECUTED.
District Attorney Allan entered a
nollc prosecute in the case of >R. r..
Chandler, white man, OF NIecklenhurs
county, charged with secreting NOON
shine whlskey.
TWO BANKRUPTCY CASES.
J. b. and j. /. Mitchell, of Yorktown
through Attorneys Hubbard and Gar
nett, filed q petition in bankruptcy in
n
Their liabilities are S3,542.10; assets, So
012.9l.
w. H. Stewart. OF Newport News,
through their counsel, a. c. Penchy, al
so filed petition. Liabilities, S5,S22. &c;
assets, S175.
Both cases were referred to Referee
John b. Locke. of Newport News.
BIG DAMAGES ASKED.
The trial of the unlawful trespass
suit Of Oscar Young, of Newport News,
against the Baltimore, Chesapeake and
Richmond Steamboat Company, was
begun in the United States Court yes
terduy afternoon. The plaintiff came
from Baltimore to Old Point with his
family on one of the defendant COM
pany's tseamers in 1898, and claiming
10 have certain baggage niscarried set
up IL claim for damages. The steamboat
company, believing that the baggage
claimed to have been lost was in his
room at n Newport News boarding
house. sent agents to make an invcsti-
CATION. and the agents. it is claimed,
forcibly entered Young's room. For this
the plaintiff asks $4,000 damages. The
lawyers are j. l.. Hudson, of Newport
News, for the plaintiff, and w. L.
Williams, of Norfolk, and II. c.. Eos
ter, OF Baltimore, for the steamboat
company. Young brought suit in the
Court of Law and Chancery, this city,
for the loss Of his baggage, and recov-
cred $500 damages. The unlawful tres
pass suit WIS first brought in Newport
News. but at the instance of the de-
PENDANT company it was removed to the
United States Court. Young, the plain
tiff. was formerly of San Francisco.
The jury found for the defendant.
ANOTHER DISAGREEMENT.
The case OF Sylvia Ann Teemer, the
colored woman charged with perjury in
a pension claim, which resulted in a
mlstl'ial at the last term OF the United
States Court, was resumed last night.
The jury disagreed, and having inform
ed the court that there was no possibil-
ity OF reaching an agreement, was dis
charged.