The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-09
HEAVY FINE FOR
SUNDAY SELLING
a Jury to Pass on the GiroIami Sab
bath Violation.
THE PRECEPTs OF JUSTICE JOHN
Young Man Used Monroe Park as Il
Driving Kuad-Kichmond Rail-
way and Electric Company Fined
OH Account OF Tenders.
THE PRECEPTS OF JUSTICE JOHN

a fine audience fronted the Regulator Of
human affairs in Richmond yesterday and
picked the best seats they could get with
out danger Of being turned out Of them
to digest in comfort the unique and start
ling precepts OF the Great Law GiVer
when the temperature is high.
The Great Dispenser came on
the bench with his sleeves rolled up
and his arms stuck out Ike a chickens
wings IN tho heat OF the day and an
nounccd that he was worn 10 a fragile.
The fact that the Committee on Grounds
and Buildings appropriated SIS for cleo
trio fans in the Police Court did not re-
vivc his sinking spirits. neither I'D he
consider that while he was being worn to
u fragile that other people had been torn
TO shreds.
HEAVY FINES.
The case of A GirolamI, charged with
keeping his bar-room open on Sunday, oc-
cup:ed large pnrt of the days session
Commemorative Attorney Richardson re-
presented the State and Mr.. II. NJ. Smith,
Jr, the saloon-keeper. The report came up
through a row, which started in Girolanli s
saloon at the corner OF Fifteenth and
Franklin Streets, sunday night, when
Samuel II. Rowsey, an honest young man
got III some very Dad company anu WAS
arrested for striking a woman.
The evidence was that a woman of the
neighborhood invited Rowsey nnd Willie
Crewe to take a drink and they did SO
twice around.
THE EVIDENCE.
The evidence in the examination Of the
assault case Monday was very conclusive,
both Rowsey and Crewe testfying TO the
sale of drinks in the bar-room, but when
it came up Oh the chnrge against Girolami,
Crewe was struck with a lapse of memory
and the woman who paid for the drinks
swore she didn't, and lied in a pitablc
and transparent manner, doing the best
she could to save the diVe-keeper from
pun shment.
Girolami was fined $50 in each case,
making 500 in all, and his counsel took
an appeal to the Hastings Court
GIVEN y SHOW.
Poor Bob Gibson was once more in
front of the Great Dispenser on the same
old charge, after having just served
long term on the chain-gang. Bob has
been the riSht-hand man OF the chain
gang for many months The Great Dis
penser looked with Commseration on
Bob and declared that Bob needed a
change of air, and advised him to swap
off on Justice Brown, of Newport News,
~ SNN $3.50
here. He was given one more chance.
General Clarke King, arrested by
Officers Gibson and Tate as fugitive
from the jail authorities at Danville, was
committed to await the coming OF an Of
1icer from that city.
Robert Daniels (colored) is one of
those individuals who recklessly deals
with destiny and did dare to strike a
woman, and was even bold enough to
~ Val
the Nemesis on trial. Her head was
bound up in a turkey-red bandage, an
aesthetic attempt at harmony OF taste
With the balance OF her apparel.
Doctor" Thomas examined the badly
bruised optic, and result Robert
Daniel now pines in Jail for the want Of
S11.20 to pay damages.
WILD DRIVERS.
N1essrs. NJ. c. Allen and w. J. Trice
were enticed by the smooth walks and
cool shade of Monroe Park to drive a
buggy in its sacred precincts, and came
up on the charge of being drunk and
carelessiy driving their team in the Park.
They tteSsed up and accepted with
good grace the Great Dispensers rubbing
down with a curry comb, and escaped
with $50 each.
Sarah jones lcoloredi, who counted her
self shrewd, tried to swindle an INSTALL
iAieiil 1ioUSC Jul VI u DGu-SDredu, ana was
charged with stealing the same The in
tent was proven. and Sarah will ccme
out OF jail ten days from now a wiser
f, II not better judge OF ins,alment me-
thods.
Annie Thornton (colored) was charged
with unlawfully AMI felonously cutting
with intent to wound. MAIN. distigure, dis
able and kill John Lewis with a knife.
1t had all been fixed up Everybody
swore it was accidental and costs was
all the Great Dispenser got.
Kid Watson. charged with being a sus-
plcious character, was laid on the shelf
Tor to-morcow's programme A like DISPOSE
ton was made of Robert Mitchell, charg-
ed with assaulttng Frank Nagle. and the
case OF Ola Wood, for knocking Frank
Iaylor In the head with brick, was also
continued
The Richmond Railway and Electric
Company was fined SO for falling TO use
tenders on their street-cars. The fine was
imposed in one case. and the other post
poned or the recommendation Of the City
Attorney.