The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-10-01
0VER-DRIVING
LIVERY HORSE
A Young Man Heavily Fined in the
Police Court.
S. P. c.. A. THE PROSECUTOR.
Out OF Consideration for His Youth
He Was Not Given a Term I'm Jail.
Contractors Fined for Having
No Nights on Material.
S. P. C. A, THE PROSECUTOR.

The big White Chamber held a large and
apDreciative audience yesterday. The first
portion Of the day was taken up in a
lengthy interview with contractors Who
failed to obey the injunction 20 keep
your lamps trimmed and burning"
one contractor placed lamps on material
left In the street thieves removed the
lamps, but he had to pay the fine all the
same.
It was horse-day in the Police Cours
aud Justice John handled the reins with
the skin Of the band-wagon man with the
runaway team on circus-day.
lie cracked his whip so loudly that nc
body else could talk when he had any
thing 20 say, aud that was nearly all the
time.
CRUELTY TO 4 HORSE.
The case OF greatest interest. which oc-
cupied nearly the entire session Of the
court, was the charge against Robert
Page, a young man. for ni-treadng. over
driving and cruelty treating a horse hired
the evening of September "a from the
livery stable of 81. III. Mills, on Cary
street.
AANa was NAH NAAAM UN ANANAA NNIIllIh OF
the case. A humble OF livery men were
Ia court. interested spectators ina the result
Of the trial.
The Society for the Prevention OK Cruelty
20 Animals prosecuted the case through
IT'S attorney. Capt. A.. 49,. Guigon, and
Or. Jud. b. Wood. president Of the Soci-
ETY.. was present behind the bar. Mr..
George H.. Wise defended young Page.
The horse was gotten from the sto-
bic. and the hire paid in advance 10y Dud-
ley Brown. q youth. who secured 10 for
Robert Page. and Brown was arrested.
but on the first examination he was dis
charged and a bench-Narrant issued Tor
Page.
ONBR-DRIVEN.
The horse was driven from about Q
O'Clock I'm the afternoon until Z or after.
and when returned from Pages house t0
the stable by two small boys. could hardly
walk and was covered with Whelps mals
boy the whip.
The animal dropped from exhaustion
after being led into The stable and was
badly injured. The prosecution stated
that there were perhaps a dozen similar
cases every year where the valuable
horses of liyery-stable keepers were driven
TO death by young men. and that the only
redress the owners had was I'm the punish
ment of the offenders. and the counsel
asked that in their interest as well as for
the sake of humanity the offender he
punished.
HIS YOUTH CONSIDERED.
Tn delivering his opinion Justice Crutch-
field stated that the case was a very bad
one, and but for the youth of the offender.
q young man not set grown. he would
make n part of the punishment "a term in
jain. but I'm consideration of bis age be
would not impose that stigma on him. but
fined him 500.
Lewis Howard. o small co.ored boy. was
charged on suspicion by Joseph Clam
broni of entering the ~latter's store iu the
daytime and stealing United States cur
reucy 10 the amouu OF S..
The boy worked in the store and the
money was missed. There was no other
evidence upon which 20 base the warrant.
The boy. however. told a policeman that
NE took the money at the instance Of am
other boy.
Before the bar. however. he swor~ that
he did not take the money. and that bis
statement TO the officer was made on ac-
count OF fear.
lie was discharged for want Of evil
dence.
The case OF Geo. IT, Thomson. colored.
charged with stealing "a gun from r. III.
Garc.n. was continued 10 October 9Th.
IT. S. Moore paid two dollars for his son
throwing rocks on the street. and three
contractors paid two dollars each for fail
ing 10 place lights ON material In tho
street at night and were given a dose OF
razzle-dazzie bcside
Peter R0undtree paid a like sum FOR
leaving his team on The street without
an attendant.