Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-10-24
COULD NOT TESTIFY.
Evidence Refused Be-
cause He Was Perjured.
Divorce Suit Dismissed Jones VIII Contest
to DO Heard Execution Against j. ID.
Hofheimer Returned Voter From Fin
land Small Cases In tho Police Court.

land Small Cases In tho Police Court.
The $4,000 damage suit Of George
Hunter, colored. against j. NJ. Clark
and Alvah H. Bushell. for alleged in
| 5uries sustained by the defendant in
u collision between the tug Roy and
barge. was tried in the Court of Law
| and Chancery yesterday. The defense
showed that Hunter had been convict
ed and sentenced to years impris-
| onment for perjury before n registrar
| OF election in 1885. and the plaintiff
was not allowed to testify. The jury
returned verdict for the defendants.
! DIVORCE SUIT DISMISSED.
The divorce suit of Martha V. Jack
son VS.. BENJAMIN Jackson was dis
missed yesterday by Judge of the
Court OF Law and Chancery, William
Is. Martin. The court held the accent
ance of service by defendant not good.
THE JONES CONTESTED WILL
CASE.
Judge Prentis will begin a special
circuit Court Thursday for the trial
OF the William Jones contested will
| case. About SIC. 600 is involved. The
deceased left his estate TO his widow
Mrs. Virginia Jones. formerly Miss
| Ives OF the county. and his sister
Mrs. Gregory. of Virginia Beach. End
nephews, William and Mathew Jones,
are trying to break the WILL The
case promises to be q most interesting
one. The lawyers are Mr.. a. ]. Ackiss,
OF Princess Anne; Judge ]. NJ. Keeling
and Judge f. NJ. Whtehurst. of Nor
toik, for the contestants. and Mr.. l..
| w EaSon, Judge ID. Tucker Brooke
Messrs. a. y. Seldner and e. NJ. Baum,
all of Norfolk. for Mrs. Jones and ex-
ecutriN of the estate.
EXECUTION RETURNED.
Carey and Shipp VS.. ]. D. Hofheime-,
executor and garnishee, VS.. City of
Norfolk. The execution was issued by
Justice ]. L. Seneca and returned to
| be tried by the Corporation Court in
November.
VOTER NATURALIzED.
Nkolai A:asaari. native of Fin
land, yesterday renowned his allie
glance to Nicholas H.. Car of Rus
| STA. and was granted full naturaliza-
ton papers by Judge Hanckel In the
| Corporation Court. Alasaari secured
| his first papers in New York two years
ago. He will vote in the November
election.
IN THE POLICE COURT.
waiter ADD, COlOTeQ, aSSuultlnP Lee
| liza Carter: fined SIZES.
| Charles Britt, colored. assaulting and
choking Laura Lee: fined SIZES.
Halle Franklin, colored drunkenness
and sleeping on the street; fined Si.75.
Halle NJ. Wilson and John Williams.
| both colored. public nuisances; sixty
days in Jail each in default of furnish
| ing $50 good behavior bonds.
| Willie Ash, colored. suspected of
| stealing a baggageman's badge; dis
| missed.
Henry Anderson. colored. carrying
concealed weapons; dismissed.
| William Ennis, colored. was fined
1925 yesterday on the charge OF abus-
| ing Mrs. S. r. Ayers. Ennis claimed
that he was addressing his remarks TO
| Mr. Ayers servant.
| Henry jackson, colored, was arraign-
| ed yesterday on the charge of stealing
! n $50 merchants license from A. Fivcl.
| The complainant had gone to Suffolk
and jackson was released upon his own
recognizance.
FINED FIFTY DOLLARS.
| ]. T. Richardson was fined $50 and
| costs in the Police Court yenterday on
| the charge of threatening to kill w. a.
| Hendricks yesterday morning with an
| axe. The defendant went to jail pend
| ing the payment of the fineN
| SENTENCED UPON THREE
| CHARGES.
John DeFord. the white man who
| created a disturbance on Commercial
Place on Monday. and attempted To
strike Policeman S. ]. Taylor with his
crutch when that officer placed him
| under arrest, was In the Police Court
yesterday fined S7.25 as a public nut
sance. 1925 for begging and given four
months m istf-fe assatfftffff an officer.
FOUR MONTHS IN JAIL.
John d. Cranberry, arrested by
| Policeman J. C. White yesterday morn
ing on suspicion of having stolen a
rubber hose which he was trying to
months Jail sentence when arraigned
in Police Justice Taylor's Court later
in the day.
TO BE TRIED TO-DAY.
Bill Darden. colored. will be tried in
the Police Court day for breaking
into Harry Noes uptown store and
stealing $25 in cash while Noe was at
| the barber shop Saturday morning.
Darden. the police say. has made con
fession. telling what he did with the
money. The case was worked up by
Detectives Heppel and West.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
Annie l.. B. Smith to William Henry
Smith. lot in New street near James
street: gift.
| two story house and lot on Levitt ave-
nue.. Brambleton Ward: $3.50.
Ernest r. Joynes. trustee. and limo
gen Knight to n. B. Joynes. lot at
Church and Hull streets. with build
| ingS; $4,000.