The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-11-14


| Law Giver lifted the flower and kissed IL.
Who would not pay such delicious trib-
ute to "A lady Red Rose? Yes there Is SEN
| timent and romance and love even IN the
| Police Court.
MANY JAGS.
Justice John, the great jag specialist
| had TO deal with a worse lot OF wrecks
| yesterday than the Spanish fleet al
Santiago after Schey mad dosed EN-
down.
Rum and rebellion rampant Saturday
night had retired IN place of repentance
and rectitude and punishment had
| 10 be melted out to people as full 'f good
intentions as they were Of whisky the
| day before.
| Kettle Branch. coiored. opened the ball.
| Betties tongue was so badly tied the
night before II had never gotten I'M
Drunk on the street," sternly and
mterroeativey remarked the Great Dis
| aenser
"Yath Their" meekly lisped repentant
Betsy who turned toward the pen even
before the verdict two and half had
been pronounced. 10 tread the path she
| had trod before.
lNDl SIIk1 "a y NJ.
W. e. Batiett plead for the sake OF
| ms wife and child not 10 be locked up.
4 good record for industry proved a
wall Of strength TO Bartlett In his time
of greatest need. lie offered TO swear of
for six months and sealed II with kiss
/ on the Book OF books and left the pres
/ ence Of the court with great responsi-
! biity.
". \. Jones the star OF Justice John
| galaxv OF -drunks." VINO took the pledge
| iast Wednesday AFTER making contract
with the Great Dispenser Tor ninety
| DAYS on the chain gang n he broke IT,
/ was bowling drunk the same night ana
back again on the same old charge
COMPLETE SURRENDER.
w. A.. whose GIT o. CAB IS always
come 10 nis renct was c0rnereO, disdimed
and dumb. 80 excuse came 10 his ready
nps. W. a. mad crank tie cup ~ us
bitter dress The mules had run away
with MS guns. lie was surrounded
The Great Dispenser never likes TO hll
a man when he's down. lie spoke kindly
| To the conquered bottle tWister and COM
muted his sentence 10 thirty days on the
| chain gang and W. A. swore nea Work.
BeyerIv Isaacs (coiored) proved % be-
|
week and bought d quarters worth OF
whisky Saturday night.
He was ordered to hereafter coniine HIM
self to 5-cent shorts and was dismissed
John Trent (coloredJ according 10 the
officer was hung up on fence and
couldn't get loose John hadn't been
drunk before for - years ana was given
a. warning and discharged.
on THE COOLING BOARD.
b. y. wyatt and y. NJ King having
shown a too constant devotion TO prac'
tice at the bar, were given fifteen days
on the cooling board
Many others told their little tales and
| listened TO the admontions of the Great
Regulator OF human affairs and left after
paying the usual assessment into The
| city treasury.
Earnest Kessler was charged with being
a suspicious character lie has a num-
| Der OF times made narrow escapes from
| criminal punishment and on this occd-
sion borrowed" two dollars from a
| drunken negro. His excuse was that
they were all drunk together.
lie was put under bonds and sent to
! jail for twelve months.
\ GOOD COLLECTOR.
| SANFORD Lyons lcOlotcd) WAS CAdIBtl
with stealing four dollars from Sam
| Fora (colored). sam handed Sandtord a
uve-dOlllr bill out OF which to pay him
| hNy cents and DE kept tne entire sum.
IL was proven that while Sanford was
In Jail in North Carolina Tor nshting,
he placed his goods valued at 81 aud also
his wife IN sam Ford charge.
7 sam broke open bus boxes wore his
clothes and otherwise destroyed his be-
longings.
When Sandford go. Dis claws ol Sanr
s.. he simply froze on to il to square old
scores.
The Great Dispenser condemned the
method but endorsed the equity Of the
case ana dismissed the gang.
Geo Nelson ,cV.ore4 "0s lined three
dollars for dlsurban.e 0n the street
The case of 1. Meyers. charged Win
assaultlng i. W. Neam0n wl,u O. L4iD-
mer, was continued.
VOLUNTARY REFORM.
When the Great Dispenser was conf
fortably seated in the boudoir after court
RECALLING a select few with the latest bon
mots an incident occurred not uniie-
quent in Justice John varied experience
j. b. Beasley, tired of hiiarty and his
own designations. marched IN and asked to
be put on his honor NOT 10 take another
drink for twelve months. lie took the
oath and swore he'd die before he'd break