Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-01-30
THE NORFOLK COURTS
The Norfolk Street Railway Sued
For Twenty Thousand Dollars.
In Trouble Abou, Exg.-Ja,lod n
Year for Breaking INTO n shoe
shop-A co,orra Undor,.nerrincd
Minor poiirc cour, eases,

Mrs. Mary E. Diggs, wife of Mr..
Charles H. Diges. has brought suit In
the Court of Law and Chancery for
$4,000 against the Norfolk Street Rail-
way and Light Company. Mrs. Diggs
was injured some time in front of the
Sacred Heart Catholic Church, on York
street, while alighting from a trolley
car Another car struck the one on
which she was about to leave and
Knocked her violently to the sidewalk,
lnjcring her head, from which she still
suffers.
Judge Martin, in the Court OF Law
and Chancery, was busy yesterday
hearing the case of David CarriclS e
Company, of Philadelphia. against the
Union Brokerage Company. of this city.
The amount involved is s120. the value
OF q lot Of crackers.
TRANSFER OF PROPERTY.
]. 0. Boley. of Lynchburg, and Rosa
NJ. Janson, of New, York, to Hattie l..
Land, lot with improvements fronting
twenty feet on the east side OF Cum
berland street, 1S5 feet south of Nichol-
son street, Sl,4UO.
IN TROUBLE ABOUT EGGS.
Frank Joyner, colored. was sent to
Jail for twelve months by Justice Tom
lin yesterday in default Of furnishing q
$3.50 good behavior bond. Joyner called
at the store of J. l.. Walker &: Co., In
Brambleton Ward. Saturday and said
he had seventy-five dozen eggs he
would sell for eleven cents per dozen.
10 ,fA6 So
pay the freight on the eggs. which, he
said, were in the country. Mr. Walker
suspected the negro and-had him ar
rested. Joyner is the same negro who
oefrauded a number of cotton men sew
eral years ago, but managed to keep
himself shady from the police.
ONE YEAR IN JAIL.
One year in Jail each was the penalty
imposed upon Clinton Burton, George
Hawkins and Arthur Ogman, all color
ed. who were charged with breaking
into the shoeshop OF A. A. Browning,
on Queen street, Friday night and prac-
tically stealing everything movable In
the shop.
COLORED UNDERTAKEN FINED.
The case OF Jesse c. Wilson, colored
an undertaken, who was charged with
hurying a child In the same coffin with
woman, who was no relation of the
child, was fined $40 and costs in the
Police Court yesterday
Wilson denied the charge, and said he
only buried n child days old without
burial permit. lie said the premises
from which the child was taken would
not permit any delay in removing the
body and. from his standpoint, view
ed his act as humane one, instead Of
n violation of the city ordinance in re-
gard to the burial OF the dead
MINOR POLICE CASES.
Edward Vincent colorcd, charged
with stealing a horse valued at $50 from
Joseph Jones, will be tried this morn
ing.
NJ Flval will also be tried this morn
ing upon the charge of buying stolen
goods.
Robert Murrer a sick vagrant, was
sent to the jail hospital for five days.
Jack Cason. colored, charged with
housebreaking, will be given a hearing
to-day.
Mary Hyman. colored. paid 81 for ad-
ministering beating to Laura Miller.
N. Black, alleged to have bought sto-
len goods, will be given a hearing this
morning.
Daniel Watts. colored. will spend six
ty days in Jail in default of furnishing
a good behavior bond. He was arrest
ed for vagrancy.
Henry Deitz, a sick vagrant, will be
doctored five days in the jail hospital.
THE CORPORATION COURT.
Mrs. Clara r. Dunn, widow Of the
late Thomas r. Dunn, qualified before
Judge Hanckel yesterday as admins
tratrix Of the estate of her husband,
under bond OF $780, with II. D. Oliver
as surety. Messrs. Charles H. Con-
solvo. C. B. Carroll, w. H. T. Loyal.
Samuel Phelps and T. w. Holiday
were Amounted anpraiScrs