The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-27
JUSTICE JOHN
PRiAC TIC Al Law
He Quotes the instructions in the
Gilligan Case.
BElLEsoF SCALE HOUSE CORNER.
Another Piece OF Unpromisins Ma.
teriai. ont of Which to Make =. Man
It the Colored Rcformatory.
Contractors arc assessed,
He ()uotes the instructions in the
GiIligan Case:
BELLIES OF SCALE HOUSE CORNER
Another Piece OF Unpromisins Ma
wh;ct, tn Make Nlau

]. was too hot IN the Big White Chamber
Yesterday for any except those Obliged TO
o. there, and the satellites of Justice John.
who cannot ca. with proper appetite or get
proper sleep unless they se, their daily
portion OF abuse from the Great Law
Givef.
There was trouble and a plenty OF Il
IN the Ponce Court yesterday, and the
Great Dispenser gave notice carly thai
he was hunting for bear.
SOOTHING.
The summer arrangements Of clearing me
space around The throne Of onlookers mas
had a soothing influence on the turbulent
shirt of the Great Lawgiver. and. though
full Of determination to distribute JUS
,}ca as copiously as a Grace-Streets water
cart il was done with the sort OF piaclclty
that brings old age without wrinkles
He had the Passenger and Power Com
any and several contractors before MIN
ON account of street Instructions III the
Wcst-End. where track improvements are
being made, AID so successfully dis.fiou-
led his favors as 10 put the drinks on
each one IN turn. and accumulate nice
little fund in the treasur; for new jail
and other city improvements
Justice along practical lines was the
Keynote Of the day.
GIILlGAN CASE.
Eugene Heard tcolorede was charged
with assaulting Richard Henry taiso col
nred, with shovel. Eugene said he
asked Richard TO hand him the shovel.
and, because he didn't do it. he called
Richard a black niger fool; that Richard
then came after him with a knife, ana
he hit him with a shovel.
The Great Dispenser quoted the afSu-
ment in the Gilligan case 10 the enect
that Eugene Heard, having created the
cause of the attack, could not plead self
defense and. concluding that it was not
worth while 10 put the State to an expense
Of 500 TO try Eugene, he fined him $40
and sen. him to Jail for thirty days IN
default Practical punishment.
ScALE-HoUSE BELLIES.
Belle johnson (colored was arrested for
disorderly conduct on the Chesa peake and
Ohio Railroad Belle with mans hat
on the back of her head and a swagser
like a cowboy, stood before the Great
Dispenser. swinging her arms and Shaping
her hands with The careless case of
schoolgirl, and with mock courtesy eff
fusively thanked the Great Dispenser for
the fine Of So which sent her to jail.
Belle Webb tcolored) was another of
tie bellies of scale-house corner, and she
was charged with disorder in Buck Spots
woods hegira Of sin and under Justice
from frequenting bar-roms, Belle was
fined s. and went to the pen with merry
smile.
al. Hamilton. who was charged the day
before with choking and Shaping John
Eseterick. a boy, and the case continued
was back again and the boys testimony
heard. It cost the offender So and costs
HEAVYWEIGHT
Mary Carter rolled her three hundred
Seventeenth Street to answer the charge
of ilarboring Fannie Knuchles against
appearance, she IS old enough to enter any
harbor on the coast. without a pilot. but
she agreed to stay at homo and the case
was dismissed
Walter White who is black and about
twelve years old, stole ladies' ring and
sold it and then entered the store of J. a.
Bradshaw Sunday morning by the way Of
window and took whatever was pleas
Ing to his appetite or his fancy. He frank
ly acknowledged to these little ecceDtri-
cities. but could give no philosophical solu-
ton Of the impulses that prompted him
TO commit them. and by consent of his
paternal parent, he was committed for
three years to the negro reformatory.
GOOD AND BAD.
Mr. G. F. Stringer, q good man, sober
and dangerous one drunk, acknowledged
TO striking his wife, and paid fine of $40
and was placed under bonds of 500 for
twelve months.
Alex. Lipscomb and ". F. Hord We're
those who fed on fiery liquor when the
balance Of Their friends were trying to