Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-02-06
COURTS OF NORFOLK
Work Of Corporation Court Special
Grand Jury Yesterday.
Policy cases sOt Forwcdnc.day weoL
when Detective Fitzpatrick VIII
30 on Hand-Ancr Crap Joint~-
Excessive Pnniahmcnt.
cs sot Observation-Disclosures

The Corporation Court convened yes
tcrday in February term. A special
grand jury, consisting OF NIcssrs.
Luther Sheldon, foreman; W. w.
Hosier. II. c. White, NJ. Il. Cooke. It.
II. Daughtrcy. j. S. Groves and ]. w.
Arncs. made the following returns to
the court:
True Bils-George Reid, colored, fclo-
NOUS shooting.
William II. Brickhouse, coored, high
way robbery.
| John Young, felonous cutting.
Thomas Fogarty, felonious assault.
james Buxton. colored, houscbreak-
| ing and larceny.
lclnora Brown and Maggie Haywood.
| small colored girls, housebrcaking and
larceny.
| Not True Bills-J. Winston Cahoon,
forgery and uttering.
| John Wright anu Columbus Ricards,
| grand larceny.
Bench warrants were issued by Judge
| llanckel for the proprietor of IL crap
| Joint at the corner of Church and Union
| streets. and another for George Reid
| No. "a Talbot street The special grand
| jury made Il report to the court in each
case, and will, it is understood, make
others to-day. The warrants are made
returnable 10 the Police Court this
| morning.
QUALIFICATIONS.
Mr.. It'd. IIeyl qualified us guardian
| of his son. T.. ID. Heyl, Jr., under a
bond OF $3.50, with w. d. Southall
| surety
Rev. Harry l.. Walton, OF the Union
Mission. qualified under n bond OF $500
to celebrate the rite OF matrimony. Mr.
| 81 .. Collins was accepted as surety
for the bond.
THE POLICY CASES.
Once more the policy cases have been
| set for trial. This time the trial is
scheduled for Wednesday. the 18th In
slant. Chief OF Police Kixer is author
| ity for the statement that Detective
| Fitzpatrick. the Washington Cd. C.)
sleuth. who failed TO show up when the
case was called before, will certainly
he here on the 18th and the Corporation
Court has set that day on which to hear
| the case
EXCESSIVE PUNISHMENT AL
LEGGED.
a writ OF habcas corpus, sued out in
the Corporation Court yesterday by At
torney w. S. Woodwork. to ascertain
tho reason for the detention i'm Jail of
| Eli Holloway, colored. Justice Tomlin
sentenced Holloway to twelve months
| In Jail for petit larceny and Mr.. Wood
worth claims that minimum punish
mont for such offense is fifteen days
and the maximum six months. Tie also
asserts that the detention of Holloway
in iail unon the strength OF Justice
romlin's decision is illegal.
DIVORCE GRANTED
Judge Martin yesterday granted an
absolute divorce to AIollic c. Roberts
| from her husband. r. c. Roberts. De
scrtion and abandonment were proven
The couple had been married only four
years and it WAS proven in the suit for
| divorce that the husband had desert
| ed his wife more than three years ago.
This is the second divorce granted by
Judge Martin since Friday last.
FALSE IMPRISONMENT CHARGED.
The suit for $4,000 against Police Jus
ticc Tomln by Hayden d. Drake, of
! Wilson. n. c., is the outgrowth of the
| Imprisonment OF the plaintiff in the city
jail for ten days last April, at the in
4-stance- Of -PriYate Detective Bradford
who charged Drake with being impli-
| Gated in n robbery on the Norfolk and
Western railway
Drake, at the time of his imprison-
Hicit' StyS uc dSkcu the court to COM
municate with the authorities in Will
son as to his standing in that com
| munity, but his request was not COM
piled with, and he was on two different
occasions sentenced to five days in Jail.
AT the eNpira lion of the first five days
Detective Bradford. 1t is claimed. asked
the court to recommt the prisoner.
which was done.
Drake. ii is said, is we'll known in
Wilson and other parts of North Caro-
Ina and has employed five lawyers to
push his case. lie thinks he has good
grounds for n suit for false imprson-
ment, and will endcavor to touch JUS
tice Tomln's bank account for the
amount stated above.
OTHER SUITS INSTITUTED.
The Norfolk Virginia Peanut Com
pany. doing business on Union street.
has brought suit in the Court of Law
and Chancery against w. d. Cooper.
claiming $500 damages.
y suit in assumpsit for $4,000 has
been brought against C. II. Bull & Co
by the American Lumber and Box Com
pany, OF Maryland.
MINOR POLICE CASES.
Sarah Sheppard. colored, abusive Ian
guage and assault; fined $3.50