The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-14
HEATED TERM
IN POLICE COURT
Change Of Weapon in CoIored
Circles.
BRICKS TAKE PLACE OF RAzoRs
BRICKS TAKE. PLACE OF RAZ0Rs
Too Hot to Fool Now and Everybody
Has Got to Pay Great Dispenser.
Fan Supply Has Not Been
Forthcoming.
Forthcoming

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The heated term has failed to subdue the
colored population and Justice John had
to settle more negro fuses yesterday than
for many moons before.
Their presence in the Temple OF Justice
was as scentient and positive as the
alanthus bloom. The Great Dispenser de-
clared it was too hot to fool with people
now and he proposed to charge for MS
time and make everybody pay costs VINO
did prove themselves as innocent as angels
MANY CALLED.
There we're many called hut few chcSen
and rules and attachments flew around IKE
shelis in an oyster-shucking contest
The Big White Chamber was at steam
heat, and the pores on the Great baspeii-
ser's brow stood open like the holes IN
pepper cruct He moDped the streams OF
salty cxudations from lis iliy-wtllte skin
with a handkerchief warranted all linen
and yard wide.
He looked daggers over his shoulders at
the rubber necks who dared to infringe
upon his air space behind, and felt around
now and then in a helpless way for SOME
thing he could not find.
Here it is full-fledged summer and not
single one of the Great +Lawgiver's con-
stituents have sent him q fan.
FORGOTTEN.
There are men in Richmond who are
now wealthy who have advertised their
business on fans distributed in 1iszoner's
Court and now they have forgotten him.
Heat, heat everywhere, and not tan
in sight It was very pathetic
Charles Spencer (colored) struck James
Mullen with a half of a brick. which cut
through the skin until it reached the har-
veyized armor belt on his skull
UN> ol, laff tn ,,oifa Mn
stood was used in the neishhorhood for
cleaning knives, and James got a warrant
for Charles.
AS soon as the Great Dispenser saw
Charles he declared he was a mean mig
ger. Charles went to Jail for twenty days,
in default of $40 fine.
Gus Williams (colored) was charged with
striking Albert winston with a brick.
Gus, for reasons satisfactory to himself,
did not face the music when his name was
called, and the case was continued to the
18th, to get Gus dead or alive.
James billiard (alias Willie WOODY was
charged with felonious assault on Annie
Leftwich. In the evidence it developed that
Little Willie had been on the 'chaln-ganS
in Lynchburg and he was put under Sc
curity for thirty days and padded to The
pen.
BRICK EPIDEMIC.
There seemed to be a brick epidemic in
colored circles, and caused the Great Dis
penser TO remark that they were changing
their style of weapons and giving up 1.-The
razzoo and the knife
Wallace Dixon and Edgar White, of
North Carolina, were charged with throw
ing rocks at William Carter, from the
West Indies, and William Carter was
charged with striking Henry High, of Vir-
ginia with a bottle. The Great Lawgiver
declared that such mixture was sure
TO
costs.
Henry Richardson (colored) was charged
with being drunk, and plead to be for
given, but the Great Dispenser sent him
down for twenty days, to "freshen him
up and give him a new start
Joseph LABEL is an orphan OF workable
size, and Mrs. Emeline Ballard, his aged
grandmother, declared he would rot obey
her and was beyond her control. Joseph
wept copiously and with dramatic effect
when the refOrmatory was mentioned.
OLD. OLD STORY.
His hat was industriously used to
staunch his tears, ana the sobs that
heart-strings of the old lady. She
weakened perceptibly, when the Great
Dispenser agreed to leave it to her what
should be done with the boy.
Joseph made fine promises for the
future. The Great Dispenser told him
what to expect II he dld not walk. the
chalk and Joseph went once more where
the blackberries bloom.
Mabel Page. the white woman arrested
in Norfolk and returned to Richmond On
the charge of stealing S35 from Clara
Napier, in whose house she lived, was
arraigned, but the case was continued to
secure witnesses.
u. V. Burch appeared under the charge
that he did unlawfully jump his board
bill' with Mrs. N. NJ. Filbert No one
appeared to prosecute. and the accused
went free.
Angie Kenny (coloreD was charged with
stealing S1+ in money from Chastine
Meredith. Continued one day.
Willie Brown {colored) was charged
with beating Sallie Jackson. Sallie failed
TO make out her case, was saddled with
the costs, and went to the pen in default
of payment Sallie thinks justice is a
boomerang.
Sam Beasley was charged with assault
ing, cursing and abusing w. Farmer. He
Gid not answer, and an attachment was
issued.