Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-11-18
THE NOVEMBER TERM.
Docket of the Law and Chancery
Court Has $50 Cases.
Strange Case of Dog Under Sentence OF
Death Liquor Thief Arrested Barlow
Sent to Jail to Protect His wifo- Other
Thieves Caught.

| AhC 4NSNCihbSh bcIHh VI the court OIL
Law and Chancery. Judge w. b. Mar
tin presiding, begins on Monday. There
are large number of cases 10 be
tried, among them several interesting
damage suits.
The whole number of suits in the law
department is 116 cases. These are di-
vided as follows: Motions, g. old
cases, from the last docket. 5S; new
wits OF enquiry. IS; office judgments,
II; cases dismissed at rules, Is.
In the chancery department there
are go cases on the docket. Many of
them are suits for damages against the
various railways. One OF these is the
suit of r. f. Johnson. of Richmond,
| against the Chesapeake and Ohio Rail-
| way, for $4,000 damages. There are
several suits against the city, one of
| which is that of Cornelia NJ. Kidd for
$3.50.
There are number OF suits for dam
ages for various amounts against the
Norfolk Railway and Light Company,
| of which six are new suits recently
| filed.
CASE OF THE DOG.
There is q dog at the station house
under sentence of death for biting Mr..
| Michael Cashin. Mrs. Winn the dogs
owner. noted an appeal from Justice
Taylor's decision, and Judge Hanckel
Is considering whether he has jurisdic-
ton in the unprecedented case. Per-
sons interested were inQuiring yester-
day as to the progress of the case, but
Judge Hanckel being absent, nothing
was learned. No bond has been de-
posted for the appeal and Police Court
| Clerk. Mr.. Jordan. says the appeal is
pending MEANWHILE the condemned
brute is in Chief IiiZers care and is
living off the fat of the land.
A I, 7, nc
QUOR.
| Edward Vincent, colored driver in
| the employ of w. p. Ives &. Co., Com
mercial Place liquor dealers, was ar
rested last evening by Detectives Hep
pei and West for Systematically rob-
| bling his employers Vincent confessed
to stealing $50 worth of case WHISTLES,
which he told the detectives he had
sold to small dealers. The case was
called in court yesterday and continued
until Friday of next week.
BARLOW SENT TO JAIL.
Andrew Barlow, a negro who refused
TO keep off the premises of MIR. T. c.
White. in Atlantic City Ward, where
his wife was employed. and when eject
ed therefrom threatened to kill his
wife and everybody else who opposed
him. was fined $40 and costs in the
Police Court yesterday. He was sent
furnishing q 5000 bond for good be-
havior.
TROUSERS THIEF ARRESTED.
Israel Spottswood, colored, was ar
raigned in the Police Court yesterday
on the charge of stealing six pairs Of
trousers from a dying establishment
where he was employed. The case was
continued until Monday Spottswood
was arrested by Detectives Heppel and
West. who have succeeded in recover
ms three pairs of the stolen trousers.
JUNIUS WALKER ARRESTED.
Junius Walker, colored, was arrested
by Detectives Heppel and West yester-
day on the charge of stealing $50 in
cash from a bartender at b. p. Sales
saloon. Fifty dollars of the stolen
money was found in Walkers hat ard
$40 was found hidden in n bag of meal
| The remainder of the money was found
in the prisoners pocketbook. The case
will be tried by Police Justice Taylor
| on Monday.
SOAP STEALER SENTENCED.
Ephriam Arnold. colored, received a
| fifteen day Jail sentence in the Police
| Court yesterday for stealing a nve-cen
cake OF soap from the Virginia Grocery
| Company, Market Place.
NEW SUIT FILED.
| George w. Butt has brought suit
against the Kemp Lumber Company in
| the Law and Chancery Court alleging
breach of contract and asking dam
ages for 500.
CORPORATION COURT.
Byrd Baldwin & Co. agents against