The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-09
BAD BOYS IN
POLICE COURT
The Hardest Nut That Justice John
Has TO Crack.
CITIZENS MAKE COMPLAINTS.
The sprins-s,rcct Gang 10 be Inves.i-
ratcd-Tho Great Dispenser Tries
Large Civil Docket aud Deals
With tho Woman-Bcater.
CITIZENS MAKE COMPLAINTS.

FRIDAY. outside of the civil docket IS
usually an unifnportant day in the Ponce
Court. The Great Dispenser has been
anovn TO wipe UP the offences of the day
a, Ave minutes. and twenty minutes Is
lorE Friday docket
If a reporter IS q few minutes sale ne IS
greeted with q good evening, aiiu pioo"'
hears The last case
s,p, Yesterday there was bad boy case
before the Great Dispenser, and IL was as
nara TO dispose OF as fire in a cellar.
HARD Nut TO CRACK
We'll, Justice John, what are you gong
to do about II?
Tho boy problem is a hard nut to crack
and you are up against it strong
Togs will be boys, and some boys get 10
be thugs and so invest and annoy a neigh
borhood that the citizens become ouuAs-
ed. they are unable 10 enjoy in peace and
eI,iat the comforts of their homes. and
even their property is depreciaieo oecause
of The reputation of the gang.
Yon have warned them: you nave 1iaeo
them time and again, and once sent Two
of the ringleaders TO jail, but things 90
not improve, and the same old names are
on your court docket for disorder anu
annoyance TO the neighborhood
They became SO bad that you Instructed
the police TO arrest them and bring en-
before you whenever they We're found lott
eri,1c in the vicinity where they have
become nuisance.
TRESPASS1NG.
And now they have been arrested again
A citizen states that some OF them i'iVao-
I'D his residence going through his hali,
his 6ininC-room and into his kitchen,
and made afectfonate sport OF his COOK
Another says he cannot sit on his front
porcil because OF the ANNOYANCE ana sass
OF the gang.
1t is no wonder, Justice john that you
continued the case a day to secure VII
masses and get at the bottom facts, the
only kind that pass current in your court
have. known you 10 line these same
boys and give them good adHlce a1io
wholesome warning. and their parents
have by the hardest sacrifices, Pald Inc
fines.
They are hardly jail offences and it is
serious thing TO send a boy 10 jail ior ere
atins n disturbance
Know of a case where yen have lined
a boy time and again Everybody says ne
is u bad boy; indeed he Is a holy terror
His father is a good and poor man. lie
has been trying 10 save up little money
for a long time to go to hospital Tor the
treatment of a terrible disease be IS Just
through paying u fine Tor this same boy
and the punishment has fallen heavily on
tho innocent
MS a hard problem TO solve, Justice
John.
ARE IN FOR IT.
Dan Butler was reported by Officer
Amos for disturbance on Spring Street
ana: so was Fleming Fearce and John 3.
MATTERS and W. I. Farmer.
Citizens were there 10 add their testi-
gnony to that of the officer concerning the
ANNOYANCE to the neighborheod. The
citizens could not testify 10 this parucu-
lar charge, not being eye witnesses, but
the case was continued one cay TO allow
, witnesses to be summoned for q full in
yestigation. and The gang and Justice
John are in for It
You may waste your sympathy on the
boys-ours goes out To the Great Dis
penser.
John Childross slapped his wife, Mrs.
Sue Cllildress. lie said he didn't she
said he did. John said he was not drunk.
Mrs c. said he was. and moreover, mat
fl was his habit TO get drunk, and when
drunk to strike her.
John was put under security for 80 days
and in default of a bondsman, good and
true, went To jail.
STRONG EVIDENCE.
TAYLOR Brown, coored, struck Callie
Jones on the arm with chair. Taylor
had some strong witnesses who SWore 10y
ally in his favor, but there was the
bruises on Caliies arm, and there was
other strong circumstantiaI evidence and
Taylor paid a crisp ten dollar bill ana
some little loose change to make up the
costs. You shant hit en-" says
the Great Dispenser.
Willie Harris, colored. charged with be-
ing fugitive from Justice, at Newport
News, was held to await the coming OF
an officer from that city.
HeZehah Dickinson and Leache.
Jones, colored, went down for 50 days
under The charge of being suspicious char
ucters.
George Howard. or fighting On the
street; paid "a tine of IS.
Sarah Preston. colorec. for trespassing
on the premises of Lucinda Robinson, and
abusing the said Lucinda in most rude
and ualind manner, went to the pen In
default OF $3.50.
Then the Great Dispenser took recess
until L O'Clock, when he tried IS civil
cases.
Uneasy lies the head that wears the
crown.