The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-12-23
JUSTICE JOHNS
CHRISTM COURT
Works Every Day in the Year Except
on Sunday.
THIEVES COME TO GRIEF
"A Faithful Dog Holds Would-Be
Burglar a. Bay Until a Policeman
Comcs-Pcoplc Too Busy
10 Stagger.
THIEVES COME TO GRIEF

Other people may set booty and lock
their store doors and 40 home or loaf
around the corners Christmas day and
watch the children and lot OF grown up
simplctons. who are In debt for their last
weeks grocery binburn powder and make
a noise. but Justice John viii move right
along and do business at the same Old
stand.
lie will hold Christmas day court and
II any body who have valuable presents
for him can't send them 10 his West
End mansion they can present them be-
tween The acts while the Great Dispen-
ser is OH The stage.
GAY AND FESTIVE.
When justice John mounted the throne
yesterday he was In a gay humor as
becomes the festive season. and when he
turned % thc Sergeant with the order TO
De- her roll. DIS face Deamcd with health,
hon homnic and humor.
Pat Green answered the charge 81
beating Eliza Wallace and the girl swore
10 unpro, oked and cruel treatment. But
Eliza c0u,dnt show "a scar and Pat de-
MED the soft impeachment
The Great Dispenser knows women's
ways and requested that she show
mark
Eli1a's skin was as uubrokcn as six
months old colt and Pat escaped pun
ishenL
YELLED MURDER
Hester Fowler. coIored. was yelling
murder On an alley AT \. NJ and could
not tell vino her enemy was She was
yet heavy-eycd with long indulgence I'm
J-cout shorts and went TO jail for 90
days
George Brown. alias Fred Richardson.
coi0rcd.. WAS charged with stealing an
oyorcoat worth SIS from James Grande
and tho pawn ticket was found on him.
lie implicated George Williams. who has
am unsavory reputation in police circles
and Do was charged with being sus-
picious character. Both negroes were held
and the case continued until the 3Oth IN
order 90 have the owner present.
Wilbur Goddlu. whose young life has
been given over 20 debauchery. was
back again ON the old charge Of being
drunk upon the street When arrested he
was hatess and coatess. and so APP
pcared 500 court. lie went down for 90
days
NINETY DAY CASES
Robert Meek'ns was charged with be
ing suspicious character. Robert is
black and W00lv headed and IS young.
though the military suit OF q United
states volunteer OF the Spanish war.
several times too big Tor him which ne
wore. gave HIM AN oldish. sawed-of
look
The back door of Lena BOXERS house
was prized Off the hinges and broken
and n gold breast pin. gold eye glasses
and some cups and saucers stolen.
Robert undertook 20 sell some Of the
stolen good and was arrested. He SAYS
ho came from Treyilians station. ana
saws he was helped IN the robbery by
two other boys
lie went down for 90 days
HELD BY \ DOG.
Thos seaton. colorcd boy who recently
MAS discharged from ial was discovered
bv officer Gentry IN Tie alley behind some
boxes I'm m, retr of Cottreh Watkins
COS hardware store. where he was heid
m bav by "a dog belonging TO the esiao-
lisfmcnt
The back door Of the store was open.
but nothing had been disturbed.
Thomas will also spend the three WIN
ter months i'm iail
The case against T.. g. Huonard the
last Of the parties untried who were
charged with disorder and shooting into
n Traction car az Grove avenue last iall
was continued to he 2Sth.
IN BIG LUCK.
Unity Anne James coIored who bias
several times been in jail for roboing
countryman was charged with stealing
three dollars from James Jones raw
coiored specimen from the farm lands
of Chesterhe u.
The money was found on the woman
no the Station Hous'. and jane grinned
with fine appra citation of the power Of the
law when tine Court put the bills back
in his first and he left "a wiser and 1t hap
pier man.
Unity Anne was given 20 months Hat
and received the sentence with the stoi
cism of her kind Had the amount been
i've dollars the Icnalty would have been
five years
TWO BUSY TO STAGGER.
Patrick Carlin got ON a tear all by
himself. It's lonesome business these
DAYS. The people are ain too busy TO stag
ger ana "a policeman never knows when To
make am arrest unless he smells man
breath
But Fat laid down. and though his bed
had no sheets. the nights lodging cost
him $3.50