The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-04
JUSTICE JOHN
NEEDS NO Law YER
Meets With an Old Acquaintance After
aQuarter Century.
FELT THE LASH IN THOSE DAYS.
Hclned a Coachman Rob His EN-
pIoycr and Both Go to Jail-Not
Even Women Allowed to Curse
Richmond Police.
FELT THE LASH IN THOSE DAYS.

lawyer expressed desire 10 set throush
with a case in order leave the ci'S' ne
offered to give the entire bar SIX NOUNS
leave and declared ne "oulo tiy ~ ~ us
court without en-.
The Great Dispenser was very eha'
ty, discussing the general bearings u
each case as it came before MN.
throwing IN a little reminiScence mere sihi
snere, and taking as many Responsiveness
as a monoIcgist in keeping the audience III
tereSled.
MODERN METHODS.
He ran the court according to improved
ideas of common sense Justice, ana adop-
ted ingenious cXped!ents 10; securing eEi-
oence when the oral testimony was not
sufficient to trust his own judgment III
forming an opinion.
J.i.nas Coleman (coloreD escaped the
punishment OF a serious charge by one Oh
these expedents. Lnas was charged Win
assaulting Ella Shepharcson with DITCH
and everybody knows how serious 1t IS
to nit a woman in Richmond.
Elias husbands and her sisters ana her
cousins and her aunts were there to tesu-
fy. but Lmas had never i witness or any
testimony except his own stout ueh!a'
ella claimed that she was hit IN the
back and knocked down by BRICK
inas had a lawyer and he was anX-
in,s to set rid of the case. The Great DIS
J3enser changed his chew OF TOBACCO from
ieIl To right, put his liiy-Whlte n@hu -
his classic brow TO keep his active thoughts
from vibrating his head, and, after a pen
siye moment, he called for two women IN
the crowd 10 come forward. They came
and proved to be more OF Elias Kin
They were discarded and two more call
ed that never saw Ella before
LOOK FOR BRICK MARKS.
These two, after having made solemn
promises to tell the truth, went with Elia
into the private office to hunt for BRICK
marks on Elias back.
The first witness on their return ue-
clared that Elias back was as smooth Us
the palm Of the hand bleached by many
fathers in the wash-tub, which she helo
UP to view. .
The Great Dispenser declared that II
L;mas h;t niger whose back was too
tough for a brick to make d marx on
he should not be punished, and L'Slas
walked away looking as proud as young
husband with a brand new baby boy.
William Johns and 81 WINSTON tcoi-
oreG) were charged with stealing two oa!sS
OF hay and bag of oats from Mr.. F.
Wh;tlock's stable. William was Mr.
wbitlock's conchman and 81 runs street
wagon, an Old sinner whom the Great
DISPENSER recalled having sentenced 10 81
lashes for stealing barrel OF flour tWen-
ty-fve years ago, when the VIII ppnS-post
law was in force.
Mr.. Whitlock and his boys watched out
for the thieves who were Systematically
robbing his stable of feed. ST was ldenti-
fed fully by one Of the young men, VINO
struck a match in his face IN the a1ies.
William Johns and 81 Winston were
both sent to Jail for six months and placed
under bond for twelve months.
A STARTER.
Irving Johnson, a youth, was charged
with creating a disturbance and throwing
rocks in CANDLES Hill Park at night.
Keeper Walsh and Officer Poitiaux. both
were on the watch ind had the deadwood
on the rock-thrower. He was fined $3.50
las starter" and the Great Dispenser
gave warning to all hands that he plo-
posed to have order in the parks.
Mamie Wright. Il coy maiden Of some
forty summers and overplus of Win
tiers, was charged with being drunk and
cursng and abusing the officers in the
discharge of their duties-i. e.. catching
dogs. Mamie went to the pen in default
OF So fine.
Mat Henry (colored) was charged with
feloniously cutting Rosa Minor with
knife. Rosa was cut in the head and DR..
Oils testified that he took four stitches
in the wound, but by Rosa's own testi-
mony she was the aggressor and cut
Mat with knife first. The Great Dis
penser declared tl:at he didn't intend TO
put the State TO the expense of a couple
of hundred dollars to try passle of no.
count nisgers, that wouldn't bring fifty
dollars on the block and he changed the
charge to "fghtIns," fined both $40 each
and sent them TO jail in default of fine.
COUNTRY MAN ROBBED.
James Morris (colored), charged with
being a suspicious character in connec-
ton with the robbery Of a Charles City
county farmer, whose pocket was cut
and rl1led of $40, was held for ten days,
pending investigation.
Molllo Washington (colored) came out
OF the penitentiary q few weeks ago.
and instead OF going back where she
came from hung around penitentiary bot
tom, and, a choice between working
and stealing, she went to stealing again.
She was found by Officers Gibson and
Wren wearing clothes stolen from a res
id>nce. Sixty days in Jail was the YER
dict.
Moses Bowler, the Mark Tapely Of JUS
tice Johns constituents, was up once
more on the old charge. Moses is lame
and has .swunk up to half his original
size with much earnest wrestling with
old John Barleycorn. but his sweet
smile Is as broad as his face, and has
lost none of Its magnetic charm Tor the
Great Dispenser.
Moses swore, as an honest man, that
II the IISil WOuIu lei 1lIn go
this one time he would take the pledge
for six months, and if he broke it the
Great Dispenser was to send him down
for siX months.
MOSES SMILES.
How many lies have you told me be-
fore this, Moses? asked the Terror of
Evil Doors, as he frowns down on the
meek and lowly Moses.
! could not deny anything Your Honor
says, replies Moses, because You are al
ways good to me And Moses smiles q
smile that would make the fortune of
Chinese diplomat or tobacco drum
NOR.
Well, Noses I'll take your word and
only hold yo'l to it for thirty days, says
the Great Dispenser Moses promises.
and goes out to freedom when the chain
gang was his expectation.
Four negroes, under separate charges,
were sent to jail as Migrants and called
forth the ,!acl RI ii III that Nir :,n.l sh"ull
not be flied up with disfranchised North
Carolina niggers if he could help it
And then he turned his thoughts to
the nearly hundred civil cases to be
tried at - o'clock.