The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-04-22
DAY IN POLICE COURT.

Justice Crutchfeld Disposes OF Several
Interesting Cases Several Thefts.
Several cases of interest came before
Justice Crutchfeld, in Police Court, yes
terday, Two were those in whichsWell
connected young men Of excellent rep
utations were up on charges OF fhett;
another a pistol battle between two ganss
of negroes at ST. Ohm and Charity street
on Saturday night, some twenty-five Snots
being fired; a. third, the fning of gam
bier 500 because he conducted O game
of ..skin,'' and the disposition OF the Lyon
case. Mr.. Ligon, according to MS state
ment, at the time he surrendered to the
police, escaped from the asylum at Mali IL
on. and gave himself up fearing that ne
would suffer another attack of insanity
and thus become danger to the pubic
at large.
C.rutchfield were E. L. Hand, nineteen
Years old. formerly Of Norfolk, and VINO
has been living In this city at NO. 90
Louisiana Street, and p. r. Cock OF y NO o.
sos East Cary Street, with the EEa gle a. :.
per Company, confessed to the theit u
watch, valued at $50 and was sent to
iail for sixty days Cock was charged
with stealing a. pair Of shoes from
Broad Street merchant, and IN ms oe-
Tense it was shown that he remembered
nothing at all Of it, having been uiioei.
the influence of whiskey at the lliiie:
Councilman Pollock appeared for HIM ana
on proof Of former good character ms
was discharged with a warning ana q
Bible oath to abstain IRON t Tue USE S'S "
wlliskcy for one year.
After hearing a portion of the pistol
battle case Justice Crutchfield post
poned the hearing to get 1urther esi. :
dence Tt seems that two gangs OIL
negroes. while drinking, met at 81. JONI,
and Charity Streets, and there 1ollo"eo
a, battle with pistols. So far as klloWh'
no one, was injured, but houses NEARBY
are bullet marked as the result 3 oL tlie
battle and it caused vast oeal oi :. ga
citement and hurry IN Jackson " 49, al =.
Two negroes. Clarence carer anu So. -
Dean were in court on tne a cnel seS -
participating in the battle
lake White was the gambler lined. ZIG
conducted. a game of Skin IN -FOUR
leenth Street, and was caught IN the az
He was fined 500. :,
The rolice say that he is the last o.
the gamblers and that there IS not ~"
another gambler who is operating II .tis
CITY. When the Ligon case was ca41 l., uie
court decided to hold the man uiit ,l. :
special officer comes from Marion io' Li...e
Lyon says ne We1lI5I " SAtS. i.
a return of a. madness Whlctl y ua1if = :
70 everyone near him:
| There was a host of minor cases peio!o
tha court The charge of the inert o.
=, coat and vest from Mr.. ". u. PToc, rector
by Jeffrey. Pegram was tied up $ e SI 9
rarily. Two witnesses SWore Ethat es
| ram confessed the theft and ne sW ''a1
he mad not It seems, too, that Mr.. P FROG.
| TOR promised immunity to the negro u
| he would confess, and the court was IN
some doubt as to its right to try him
| under these circumstances. The. case
viii come sllp again next Thursday.
everett Washington and Cornelius
MAYO. burglary Of q stable, six months
each. John Stuart stole skirt IRON
( Belle Wilkinson and got ninety Gays
sam Cosby, swearing. $3.50; Moses Lee
shooting craps, $3.50; Matthew Tho mp
son had a, fit and was arrested Tor oelns
drunk. He was discharged. Austin
Mitchell, famous in police circles was
,iischarged on the accusation OF drunk
enness. Austin was just out of jail.
| While playing with a pistol James car
ter fired several blank cartridges IN the
street and was discharged. Emma Foster
nd Emma jackson called each othes some
| agreeable things and were taxed sS.ot
ca CHI. They said it wasn't worth II Lucy
} lee told a man what she thought OF MIN
and his family, and was assessed $2.oo
the swearing fee. Charles Lane hit Johr
Hart with brick and was separateo
from $3.50 W. H. Evans was drunk ano
lisorderly in the Bijou $40 worth on SAT.
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