The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-05-27
JUSTICE JOHN
HAS A BUSY DAY.
Only Few Sinners to Say Grace
Over.
MANY CASES IN CHAMBERS,
He Gives a Practical Exhibition OF
How 40 Make a Good show With
Few Actors on the Stage-i'incd
for Splitting on tho Sidewalk.
MANY CASES IN CHAMBERS,

Justice John sits I'm chambers a good
deal Of late ana Friday is bis busy day.
Following the criminal docket comes
long lst OF civil cases. and many are
settled out OF court
lie knows more grievances than there
are islands in our new possessions.
Everybody makes their troubles his and
he is expected 10 give advice as well as
Judgment in the case.
FRIDAY DOCKET
There are always few criminal cases
on Friday. There was hardly enough In
the Police Court yesterday morning %
say grace over, and Justice John played
through the NTH inning with several
men short to keep from giving rain
checks.
lie is too old q hand at the business
10 ring down the curtain until the audi
enve get their moneys wor h. and by
injecting Few speoialties between the
acts. gave an up-to-date exhibition Of
justice on the haf-sheii.
il was a scant panorama with lee
ture after every picture a joke here and
there to keep the spectators awake. and
the organ playing softly whcu there was
a wait.
The pictures were few but the Great
Dispenser knows how Go spread his stock
can create a comic drama with one actor
and supe as easily as a Second Market
hucEeter makes three boxes of berries
from QUART
FINED FOR SPLITTING.
The "expectOIating ordinance vas the
attraction of the show and SIR. oscar
Currin and Mr.. David 81. Johnson have
The honor ~ being the first OF record On
tho book and paying two dollars each for
cxpectorating ON the granolthic oi Broad
street.
Sergeant Thomas announced 70 tho
audience that the ordnance would be
strictly enforced hereafter in the Police
Court and the floor was more immacu-
late az the close of the days session than
it has been in many moons
VIM. Dandrige. cO.OrCu. Dos nearly blind,
bat his temper gives him a thousand
eyes He got mad with Daisy White and
chokcd and beat her badly. Christina
Giles came 90 her assistance and William
broke up Christmas china. William went
TO jail for tom days.
AIDING AND ABETTING.
Pleasant Pollard. c1l1rcd 10y aged
fifteen. charged with aiding and ahotiing
John Scott in shooting Paul Robinson.
was committed FOR examination June lst.
The case against John scott. the princi-
pal I'm the shooting was also continued
Harry Walden and Howard Wood. white
youths. were charged with stealing
roll OF copper wire from the Richmond
Railway and Electric Company.
Three of them came 30 Browns Island
I'm a boat and when discovered all three
RAM one having a fifteen pound bundle
Of wire ON his shoulder
They were discovered and closely pur-
sued and the one who had the wire on
his shoulder threw Il down swum the
canal en- his clothes and escaped. The
other two were captured while getting
into the boat.
They said they were from Norfolk and
were given thirty days fiat
Frank Mcclure was found very drunk
and glad Of st. piled I'm the fence corner
m Tr'pe's shipyard. a huVdlc of lifelcss
clay. Frank swore he hadn't been before
tho Great Dispenser for nine years and
was allowed TO go.