The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-23
JUSTICE JOHNS
VERSATILE HAND
A Picture Of it With Every Decision
Rendered.
MEAN PEOPLE IN COURT.
Also Some Not SO Mean and Others
Who Wore Silks anil Diamonds.
He Guards Against the Uncer-
tainties of Jury Decisions.
MEAN PEOPLE IN COURT.

Justice John is studying palmistry and
can now be caught at odd moments
thoushtfully looking into the palm OF MS
own hand like a man gazing into an empty
pocket-book trying to account for money
that is spent
He has had the picture of his lily white
hand taken and will give one with each
decision rendered
He has a very versatile hand. have
seen it come down on a man. VINO nao
mistreated woman. with the weight OF
a ten-ton trip hammer, and l nave seen IL
again when it lifted the burden from
homeless waits heart with a touch as
light as a mothers caress.
It's wonderful hand, but 1T mighty
hard to make him show it till the last
trick is taken.
DIAMONDS In COURT
A brilliant audience witnessed the mat
inee performance in the Police Court yes
terday, and the box-ottice receipts were
handsome in proportion.
The Great Dispenser was surcharsed
with magnetic htimor and fired 1t VoiieS
after volley until every kopje III s1Sht
was taken and the laagers OF the enemy
captured without the loss of an ounce
of reputation.
There were many ACKNOWLEDGMENT
ladies in the reserve seats, and diamonds
flashed in the front row. One gentleman,
of embonpoint anatomy, whose sense
of hunlor was as keen as machlne
politicians methods. shook until the WOW
en- figured buds on his bright SILK vest
were full-blown roses and their petals
falling on the tioo.-
A DAYS DOINGS-
There were all sorts OF mean people IN
court, and here's what they did:
Aldonla Cox, colored, took advantage
of Mr.. n. p Burns, after he had been
pouring lipations to the God of hilarlty,
and stole his gold watch, and then did
dissemble much when Officers Wren ana
Gibson conversed with him on the sub
ject.
He sold the watch to another Afro
American, who knew a good thing when
he saw it, for $3.50. Mr.. Burns got his
watch. the purchaser OF the time-piece
got back 81 cents of his money, and Al
donia got twelve months in Jail with $500
security and, as a formality of the law,
was sent on the grand jury.
William Nash, colored. entered the re-
sidence Of Mr.. Gary, at 205i north 18th
street, when the badge of mourning was
on the door and the undertaken had just
passed in to perform his offices and rob
bed the hall-rack. The overcont OF Mr.
VIM. King, one of the attending friends
at the house, WIS found on William
Nash's back
CAN'T TRUST a JURY.
William was sent to the grand jury,
and theush his case seemed to be a Lead
pipe cinch for the suaye Con1inonwealth's
Attorney, who plays short stops TO the
Great Dispenser on the next floor, the
astute Law Giver, in order to guard
against tho contingent vaSaries ana the
idiosyncrasies of a Richmond jury, put
William under security for twelve months.
James Thomas. colored, is yet young
and his soul did yedrn for pair OF STRIP
ed pants in tailor shop.
He looked at them long and eagerly,
and. while the tailor turned his back the
pants walked away with James. He strus-
eleu with the pants and his conscience
Tor several hours. and then returned the
pants to the tailor and carefully pre-
served his conscience
The Great Dispenser marveied nucn at
the incident, and was SO struck with the
fact of finding a negro with 4 conscience
he declared he she uld be rewarded Inc
e;,ar.e OF larceny was withdrawn and
James was put under security for 80 days
PUBLIC BENEF,ACTOR.
William Landrum is not so mean. Ii
fact. he is, in sense, q public 4benelac-
tor. He tries to drink all the mean whis-
ky in town and as an indirect conss-
uueuce stood once again charged Wilt
being drunk and a vasrant-
He will assist Squire Susar-Bottom
Jones for twenty days in adding lew
more pounds to the pile of 100 tons OF
broken rock now reposinS IN the city
stable yards. used to patch holes Wasneo
out by the street sprinhlers
Chas. Hughes. colored. was mean
enough, but Henry West. colored, was
meaner Chns. Hughes was charged
with assaulting and striking Waiter Io-5
Ter witt, some deadly weapon Toler
said he knew nothing about 1t until
some DAYS afterwards when he awoke
and asked II lightning struck anybody
q but him.
william Bannister. the black Jehu.
saw the blow and said It was brick ana
that ..EIenry West flung it, and that
"Chas. Hughes was only backing MIN
up
Charles Hughes was fined SO for crs-
ating a disturbance. and put under. Sc
Ecuriry for sixty days, and Henry w est
was sent toSthe grand jury
In view OF the little uncertainties OF
the twelve members Of the House Of
Peers IN the Hastings Court. Henry was
also put under security for Twelve.
months.
The Great Dispenser finds, in his long
experience, that 1t Is always safe to
give North Carolina or Hankee MIG
ger twelve months on general fD9fneaD4eas