The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-08
JUSTICE JOHN
VERY !YGElIUS.
Provides Terrible Punishment for
New Offences.
GREAT DISPENSER DANGEROUS.
Cutting Cases Comprise a Large Part
OF tho Dockct-oniy People With
Money caa Afford to scrap-His
Mind Made Up.

The larger percentage of all the crimi-
mas IN the Police Court are colored, and
The genius they display for using sung
SHOTS, razors and p s;ois and otherwise
getting into trouble keeps the Great D|s-1
pe1ser awake at nights to devise aGe-
Cuate punishment without too heavy
costs TO the State md city
ms problem has been complicated of
late by new methods discovered by the
colored population for rats ng Cain and
the Great Law-Giper has put a good deal
OF solid thinking on the matter without
deflnite results until yesterday, when he
rose equal TO the occasion and threatened
20 send every negro who usbehaved 10
North Carolina =
DANGEROUS.
The Great Dispenser was as dangerous
Vested y morn & as a banana peetn Oh a
Eranoliihic sidewalk. He roasted every
TING an inch high. from his own faithful
suboTdinates TO the meek and ioWTiy re-
porters in the seats of discomfort; at his
feet He declared that nobody was good.
and cited cases to prove mis- claim of gene
raj deprdvity. and in order 10 strengthen
the case, admitted that he violated a city
ordinance the other day himself.
He skinned d negro for coming into
court without a coat on, and hit a blow at
the shirt-waist ers. He made a negro To-
man disSorge big wad Of ac1ewing-sum
and dump II IN the cusp!dor. lambasted
the police for getting witnesses names
wrong. rubbed everybody the wrong way.
and then pitied himself because he wasn't
at the Jordan White Sulphur Springs with
The thermometer At 20 degrees.
Mary Fortune and Willard Russell, both
muscular colored Amazcas. were arrested
for disorder on Main Street. What's the
matter with these Nomen?" aueried the
Great Dispenser. "Scrappin' in the street,
your honor responded the officer, in
matter-of-fact way.
Nobody can afford to scrap this hot
weather. except people with money. re-
marked the Great Lawgiver, as he leaned
over the record to enter UP a fine Of $50,
and the women peranbulated to the pen.
CUTTING CASES
Willie Miller fcoiored) was charged With
cutting Willie Fisher with a knife. and
the lawyer called especial attention to the
circumstance that his client was bitten
on the hand. but the Great Dispenser held
that when one niger made sausage-meat
o: another niger with a knife il was
common thing for the negro who was be-
ing carved te chew little the other
one. and suggested that they get down to
the real points in the case.
The main facts We're that Willie Fisher
was cut long swipe across his thigh with
a knife and Willie Miller was sent TO the
grand jury.
J. C. Childrey. of Lynchburg. who was
charged with the feonioas cutting of S.
g. Mahonev was arraisned. but owing to
che absence Of the injured man the case
was continued
Joe Bell fcoIored, was charged with
Beating Belle Tavlor. hut Belle could show
tlo marks. and Joe went free after receiv-
Eng a lecture on good citizenship
IN NATURES GARB.
John Anderson (colored), for bathing in
The dock in natures garb. was fined 81.
Florence England and Susan Daughty.
white female Migrants arrested for drunk
enness, were sent TO jail for twenty days
''to soak the whiskey out of them
Gertrude Fitzgerald (colored,, for using
bad language in the street, went down
Tor ten days.
Annie Robinson -tcnlored) was fined $50
for being disorderly character.
Willie Johns. Mr.. 2. Whitlocks coach
man, who was convicted and sentenced
three days ago for robb!ng his employer,
was again before the Terror of Eril-Doers,
charged with the larceny Of carriage robes
and a rubber carriage coat. which he had
taken and ,oawned. In view of his former
punishment the light sentence of fifteen
days in jail was added. ,,-ez--.5.z..
The wagon .Sh.ch was left In NJ: Nv MT
locks stable alley the right ST. Winston
and Willie Johns we're alleged 10 have
stolen hay and oats. Being without 4
claimant. was placed in the hGnis OF
the police for safe keeping.
HOUSE BREAKING.
James Mahorey (colored), for breaking
into the stable OF l.. E. Ga;hrignt anu
stealing a set Of harness, was sent 10 the
grand jury.
Anthony Foulks tcoloredy was charged
with stealing from the person or Moses
Minor five dollars.
Moses put his money on the counter OF
a bar-room in h1agajoco style while load
ed with booze. and Andrew. seeing
Chance 10 collect long unpaid debt, eN-
tracted the amount from the pile and gaze
Moses the hala4ce. rses7s
The evidence had been heard before all,
except Moses, WHO was not present the
first time, and now came with a lawyer
10 prosecute the case.
Tae Great Lawg.ver announced before
hand that no matter what Moses swore to
he was going to dismiss the case, and
while Moses was Yet droning cut his
evidence in response to the lawyers Ques-
tons. he Great Dlsi enser was writing
down the verdict.
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