The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-10-27
OSCAR 7. HINES
WITHOUT OFFENCE
Shown That He Shot Vaughan in Self
Defence.
JUSTICE JOHN A JEHU.
A Law That Requires a Poor Woman
to Pay a Fine Because She Tries 20
Protect Her Children From
Illegal Sale OF Liquor.
JUSTICE JOHN A JEHU'

The session lasted several hours and
the audience was one OF the most at
tcntlve for many days.
The Police Court was a surging mass
Of humanity and positions for observation
were as much in demand as seats on the
grand stand for the shubrick launching.
Justice John gathered up the reins Of
justice with the confidence Of the driver
Of a circus band wagon and drove like
q Jehu through the day rs docket
SOME SPECIALISTS.
The State Medical Association was
again well represented by specialists on
the risible muscles.
They found Justice John in a highly
tonic and anti-toXical condition and pre-
scribed thirty minutes rest for his tongue,
with an Havana cigar as sedauve.
Mr. oscar n. Hines who was charged
with the fciOn.ous shooting Of George
r. Vaughan on the night OF October 18th,
was discharged at the close of the eX-
animation.
The wounded man was I'm court and
testified that he was too drunk az the
time to recOllect any of the details Of the
occurrence.
The evidence went to show that Mr.
Hines was set upon by several drunken
worthless fellows, and only used his pistol
after he had been twice Knocked down
and beaten, and Vaughan had followed
him up for another attack.
PURELY SELF DEFENCE.
He warned Vaughan off AMI shot him
at short range when Vaughan made
rush on him. The second shot was fred
when both men were Oh The ground,
Vaughan on top.
The discharge was made without afgu-
ment Of the case. and Immediately on
hearing the evidence. 1t was complete
generation of Hines. James Ray, one
Of the drunken party who assaulted
Hines. went to jail for sixty days on the
charge of being a suspicious character
and a vagrant.
Mr. w. r. Rothrock was charged with
| beating his wife. lie denied any recol-
lection of anything on the green globe
until ne awoke from a stupor in the Police
Station
Mrs. Rothrock and her married daughter
We're witnesses. Mrs Rothrock. with un-
conscious pathos. told how Mr.. Rothrock
beat her over the head with a stick be-
cause the baby her grandchild. was cry
ing and She did not pick il up quick
enough. The circumstances save the
Great Dispenser text Cor one Of his
magnetic lectures lie laid down the
proposition that IL was az much the duty
of the man To- look after the crying baby
as it was for the WOMEN, and gave the
regiment of young men present 10 under
stand that that would be his ruling in an
! baby cases. and that they should calcu-
late that fact among their connubial La
bilities when the time came to take a
VIE.
HIS DAUGHTER TOO.
| Mr.. Rothrocks daughter testified that
/ the old gentleman in his cups used the
/ stick on her too.
IL was am eminentlv respectable appear
! ing trio that stood before The Great Dis
| penser. the offenders head grey with
| many winters. ana ne went 10 the pen
| with a long drawn sigh when the verdict
/ OF ten dollars fine. the smallest 81 Justice
| Johns punishmcnts under any circum-
/ stances for strikink woman was i'm
/ posed
Another case which created much in
/ terest was the charge against ". c.
| Hooper, Thos. Smith and two other young
men Of using profane and indecent lam
/ guage ON Traction Car No. 60. and o.
! shooting at and rocking the same car on
/ a subsequent trip.
, it was shown that Hooper was not pres
! was on hand when the fight and attack
o. the car at Groye-Avenue took place
| 10 was proven that ne cook no part i'm IT.
/ a dozen street-car men testified but
/ none implicated either Thomas smith or
| Hooper and they were discharged.
THE REAL CULPBETS.
| The two young men FOR whom warrants
I are now out are presumably the real cul.
| prits ana they have fled and cannot be
| found.
Young Hooper was also reported TO have
| left the city. This was untrue
The case of John Bonini, g bar keeper
on Brook Avenue charged with selling
| liquor TO Wise Blackburn, a minor, proved
/ TO be a very bad case.
! Mrs. f. J. Grubbs was the complain
| ant. Her little boy was brought home
| dead drunk I'm a wagon and was very
| sick the next day from the liquor
Wise Blackburn the boy who bought the
| liquor from Bonini, failed TO appear but
| it was proven that Wise Blackburn
| bought ten cents worth OF whisky from
Bonni during the day ana did the same
| three times az night and it was this liquor
ON which The Grubbs boy got drunk.
An older boy perhaps sixteen. testified
| reluctantly that he had several times
bought whisky from Bonini. II was pretty
well shown that B0uini was in the habit
OF selling whisky to small boys ana OK
cused himself on the ground that all bar
Keepers did the same thing.
A BAD ORDINANCE.
While the case was on trial Justice
! Johns attention was called TO the fact
/ that there was a city ordinance pro-
vldlng that minors who 90 into bar-rooms
shall be fined
The law was passed by the Council in
| 1857 al the instance OF the saloon men
and provides that a minor who purchases
| ll,alor in bar-room shall be fined not
- than two nor more than twenty DOL
lars
Mrs Grubbs was present 70 ask for pro-
| lection for her children against the IL
legal sale Of liquor to them.
Her boy testified that he, minor Lad
bought the liquor
The law Of the City Council Is that The
minor must be fined.
Justice John is a sworn officer
lie executed the law and mel he boy
/ Eve dollars
| Mrs. Grubbs is a poor woman.
The lesson is plan.
BONINTS FINE.
John Bon!ni was fined 50 and placed
under bonds OF Sj00 for his cool behavior
! Under the law should he sell iiQuof TO
minor IN twelve months he VIII forfeit his
I bond
Mary Perry (col0ged stole a diamond
slick pin worth SIS from "a young lady
in the house where she was employed.
She was given co days.
Clemmie Taylor (colored charged with
( assaulting and beating Annie Whitcamp
a small white girl was fined s..
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