Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-08-23
POLICY WRITERS FINED
Three of the Defendants Convict
ed in Police Court.
Church Lewis Was Acquitted, as IIo sworo
He Had Quit the Business Conn
missionors Appraiso Damages to MIR.
soldncr's Property.

soldncrs Property.
The commissioners appointed to ap-
praise the damage done to certain pro-
perty on DeBree avenue as the result
of the building of the viaduct over the
Norfolk and Western tracks for the
Sewelrs Point railway. have concluded
their work. Mr.. Seldner is allowed
$500 damages on each of his four lots.
and Mr.. George ID. Dey was allowed
800 on one lot. Instead OF accepting
TINS sum, MIR. Dey will probably ac-
cept the railways former offer of $500
for a deed to his lot.
QUALIFIED AS NOTARY.
j. b. S. Colbert qualified as n notary
public. with Hugh G.. Miller as surety.
Livinia Wake, colored. qualified as
guardian of her daughters, Lillian and
Mary.
The following prisoners, recently con-
victed in the Corporation Court, were
sentenced to the penitentiary:
Frank Prout, third offense petit
larceny, eighteen months; Charles
Thomas Sherrer. grand larceny, one
year.
SUIT FOR DIVORCE.
A suit for divorce was entered in the
Court of Law and Chancery yesterday
by Loranzo c. Morris against Mrs. Liz
zie p. Norris, who before her marriage
to the plaintiff was Lizzie Carver.
Nrs.MorriS now lives at No. 702 East
Main street Richmond, it is said.
Burroughs Sc Bro. represent the
plaintiff.
CONVICTED OF POLICY WRITING.
Arrested several days ago upon a
pench warrant sworn out by Judge
Hanckel, Dave Hathaway and Edward
Moore, white, and Alex Robinson, COL
ored, We're convicted of promoting pol
icy yesterday In the Police Court. JUS
tice Taylor fined them $3.50 each and
sentenced them to Jail for thirty days.
They each took an appeal to the Cor
poration Court, and were baled in the
sum of $500 for their appearance before
Judge Hanckel in September Church
Lewis and Ed. Mars became their
bondsmen.
Church Lewis and Robert Taylor
We're arraigned on the same charge. but
both went free. The case against the
former was not proven beyond q ques-
tion of doubt. and he was given the
benefit of the doubt. Taylor turned
States evidence. and went free.
Taylor testified that Hathaway,
Moore and Robinson had been writing
policy in Norfolk to his own knowledge,
and that he had played at their places.
He said Church Lewis and George Tay-
lor arc partners in the policy business,
and that he was formerly in the en-
ploy of Lewis
Judge Wilcox, who appeared for the
defense, asked Taylor where he had
been employed for the last six months
Taylor replied that he had been work.
ing Cor Eugene Rhea, and upon being
pressAd, admitted that Rhea was con-
Quoting policy shop.
Church Lewis swore that he had not
run policy. shop since the Prohibition
administration. He loaned the policy
promoters money, but didn't know, or
didn't care what they did with it so
long as he was paid. Commonwealth
Attorney Venable asked him If he was
not connected with the business of
policy writing, and he denied that he
was.
The Police Department had nothing
to do with the prosecution of these
cases, as the warrants were issued by
Judge Hanckel upon the strength Of
evidence given by Robert Taylor in the
Corporation Court n few days ago
when he was on trial for fclonious as
sault.
THREW BRICK AT WIFE'S AID
MIRER.
Edward Hawley, a painter. living at
the corner of Bank and Butte streets
was arraigned before Justice Taylor for
throwing a brick at Wade Burwright
AS q justification of his act, Hawley
claimed that Burwright was flirting
with his wife. and reckoning her to
come out and meet him on the street
Tuesday night. Justice Taylor fined
Hawley $40. and sent him to Jail pend
ing the payment of the same.
MUST WEAR BATHING SUITS.
Frank Harris. Dorsey Martin and
John Gray We're arraigned for bathing
without suits in Mahone's lake. The
two former were fined So, and the lat
ter was discharged. as he proved that
he wore suit.
HEBREWS COMPLAINT.
r. II. Dodson. coored, who keeps n
drug store under the colored Masonic
Temple, Queen street, was fined SO for
selling watermelons, etc, on Sunday
The complaint was made against him
by I. Beskin. who said that the He
brews are allowed to keep open but
six days in n week. while DodSon kept
open seven days.
Frank Matthews who was charged
by l.. T.. Woodsend. of the Connecticut
Pie Company. with misappropriating
$50 of the company's money. was dis
missed upon his paying the costs.
Matthews was formerly a driver for
the pie company.
James Harris, colored, was sent to
iaii for four months for stealing n
beer pump from a brewing company.
A,FearfuI Blow.