Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-09-27
How Judge Blackstone Worked
Two Juries Yesterday.
RECORD ON FELONY CASES
Them Sentenced Within Three Hours.
Justice brown Administers a
Dose to John Hayes.

Judge Blackstone. in the Corpora ton
Court, yesterday worked two juries and
broke the record, trying two felony
| cases before l O'Clock, progressing
with one while the first jury was out
| with the other
| BY this means the two cases were
| disposed of without difficulty and one
Or two more might have bean tried had
| they been ready. The court adjourned
until 10 o'clock this morning
| James Crawley was the first man to
| get his deserts. the jury finding him
! guilty Of stealing Il lot OF clothing from
the store Of Hughes Bros on Washing
! con avenue, and fixing his punishment
at two years in the penitentiary. At
torney w. Il. Moss. appointed by the
court to defend the prisoner, moved to
| set aside the verdict on the usual
ground. Argument on this motion will
be heard later ..
| Mr.. Moss also defended James Walk
er. a negro charged with stealing from
the Cadwell hardware store The prls-
oner was found guilty and his punish
| nent fixed at one year in the peniten-
tiary There being no motion in his
| behalf, he was sentenced on the spot.
HAYES HEAVILY HIT.
Police Justice ]. D. G.. Brown put the
screws to John Hayes yesterday to The
| tune OF 1891 .23, for various alleged vio-
! latons of the liquor laws.
| Hayes $ the man who some time
ago applied to Judge 3arham for a
| license to sell liquor at the corner OF
Forty-tifth street and Lafayette ave
| nue.. The good people Of that section
bitterly opposed the application and
His Honor turned it down.
When the Circuit Court convened
here short time ago. Hayes applied
TO Judge Blackstone for a similar priv
ilese. It happened that one or more
Of the North End citizens was in court
at the time, and explained to His Hon
or how the people felt about it. also
saying that there Was a strong suspi-
! con that Hayes was selling there at
! the time without a license
Judge Blackstone refused to gran.
the license. Hayes left the court room
and returned to his place of business.
! 1T was suspected all along that he
| was running ''speak-easy'' and the
citizens of that section made an eff
| fort to catch him at it. They were so
| FAR successful Sunday and Monday in
their efforts, that Hayes was arrested
and brought before Justice Brown,
who, after hearing the evidence, unhes-
itatingly fined Hayes on all three
charges, as follows: Selling LIQUOR
| without license, s350.75; selling liquor to
minors, S27.75; selling liquor on Sunday,
s1275
! OF course, the usual appeal was noted,
and the accused was required TO give
| bond in the sum of $500 for his appear
ance before the Corporation Court
| The people of North End in the vicin-
| ity of Hayes alleged Illicit operations
propose to fight him TO the bitter end
and will attempt to make it so warm
| for him that no one else will dare to
| follow where it is charged, he has led.
| The case of John ]. Haley charged
with petty larceny. was continued one
week. the accused being baled.
| In the United States Court Monday,
| John H. Seymour. of this city, was .iis-
charged in bankruptcy.
In the case of Bertha Young vs.. the
Baltimore. Chesapeake and Richmond
Steamboat Company. 4 Newport News
case, the court refused to remand the
cause back to the State Court.
| IAN order was issued designating the
penitentary at Moundsvil!e, w. Va,
| as the place OF confinement Of prisoners
convicted in this district hereafter.
These prisoners We're formerly sent to
Columbus, O., but the West Virginia
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