The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-10-07
JUS TICE JOHN
IN THE BOUD0IR
The Written Law Hindrance to Dis
pensing Justice.
The OLD WAY AND The NEW.
GrimIy Docs His Duty When All
Hope Is Conc, and Sends Boy 10
Jail for Stealins-Two Dollars
and Il Half for II Good Lick.
THE OLD WAY AND THE NEW.

Justice John was as busy in the bout
doir Yesterday as a man selling circus
tickets and answered petitioners with
stloo-fy-don t-boiner-me kind OF an ar
that was very shocking to people looking
Tor soft thing.
The Graf Dispenser is being uncom-
sortsbly hedged in by the written law
and it interferes terribly with the admill-
istration of the common-sense JusuGe u
which he deais-
When there is no ordinance or statute
on the subject he k, cps q set OF haluS
laws of his own in the back OF the Dom
and the regulation of human affairs goes
on without d hitch, but when he Is iiaiiui-
canned pv a specific written status that
some busy b"dy Gals 10 his attention 1iieh
there's trouble in the court
CASE N POINT
Now. for instance. there are a great
many bad boys in Richmond who Jump
on and off electric cars while in motion :
l. e.. steal q ride'-against the peace
and dignity of the COMMONWEALTH
The Great Dis enser has managed TINS
evil in a splendid way, according to size
a. big, overgrown, lubberiy boy with long
PANTS on would be charged SD; u boy
with short pants on would be the 81 size,
and If on real dinlinut!va scale ned
make his mother burn him up.
Now comes along a man ana calis ms
attention to an ordinance fixing a specilie
unelastic fine of s. for this otIerse, ana
the Great Disp nser declared he would
have to obey the law. There is no inter
mediate ground. There will be blsl =
fines and more wllppfngs; that's all.
DID HIS DUTY.
A path TIC case this morning was that
of Jesse Rowe, a boy seventeen years
old, who stood charged with stealing
twenty pounds of brass scraps from the
Richmond Passenger and Power Com
boy, in his shame. denied the theft, ana
declared he was after a, pigeon which
tlw over the fence.
Then. when the evidence seemed closing
in on him, he hung his head and IN 10"
tones besought the Justice not to 90
anything with him.
favin: sought to bring out any point
that might appear in the boys favor WIN
out success, Justice John heaved sigh,
and saving Il must do my duty" SEN
fenced him to thirty days in jail for petty
larceny, and the boy returned to the pen
with bancned face full OF misery
Edward Murphy was charged with being
drunk. and was still under influence
when his name was called.
He staggered from the pen, and the truth
of the charge against him was SO self
evident that he was lined anu otdefed peiCh
to the pen before he was well on Tie
way TO the bar, and looked as dazed at
the proceedings as a man who had just
drawn the capital prize in the Louisiana
lottery.
CROSS PURPOSE.
VIM. Louis (colored) was charged with
beating Sidney Jones. William was in
tent on telling what Sidney did, and the
Great Dispenser was full of purpose to
find out about the blow.
William let it be wrung out of him
that he hit Sidney Jones, and after hear
ing the worst-a fine of s2.5e-enioyed the
satisfaction of remarl1ing, and I hit him
a good one, too
Emma Spurlock and Helen Wilson (col-
ored). charged with being street-walkers,
were fined $3.50 each, which they paid
with Knocked and merry air.
James Ray. charged with being drunk and
a vagrant, was fined $500 and loped to the
pen.
VIM Randolph (coloredD threw rocks at
Sam Gatewood, and went to tho pen while
his old mother hustled around in the
crowd and strained her credit to the burst
ing point to raise the money to buy him
out.
Nathaniel Jones. black and not big. was
arrested for throwing rocks on Broad
Street Nathaniel received a Wholesome
dose of tho courts chastiser in the strong
hands of his own dear mother after the
court was over.