Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-04
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TO MEET.
TERM BEGINS N HUsT1vGs COURT
To-MoRRoy MORNING
NEW COMPANY CHARTERED /
Justice Crutchneld Issues An Edict5
Against the Association OF small
Boy. with Blank Cartridges and
Pisto1.-Po1Ice Court Docket.
NEW COMPANY CHARTERED.

The January term OF the hastings court
viii open Tomorrow morning at II o'clock
with the regular grand Jury In session.
Commemorative Attorney Richardson
has already prepared about twenty-five
indictments for presentment to the jury.
About fifteen criminal cases were con-
tinued from the last term. so 1t will be
seen that the docket viii be a large one.
Among the cases set for the latter part
Of the term is the case against ex-Aider-
man John N. King.
The J. F. Vaughan Company. q Joint
stock company. was granted charter
Yesterday by Judge Wexford. of the
city circuit court. capital stock. $4,000.
with the right to engage in the sale OF
household furniture and furnishings.
President and general manager. J. +.
Vaughan; secretary and treasurer. w.
R. Smith. who with E. NJ Taylor, y.
Elicit and J. E. Steger, will compose the
board OF directors
Judge Crutchffeld has given notice to
the parents Of small boys who love hre-
arms that In every case of q boy being
|. found with blank cartridge boys piston
he is going to put heavy hne-not on
the boy. but on the parents.
The killing Of so many boys In Nor
folk by blank cartridge pistols has
alarmed the Judge, and he gives this
warning In the hope that parents will
take from their sons these weapons and
avoid all risk of fatalities as well as
avoid heavy penalties he will place wher-
ever he finds a lad armed with one OF
these weapons.
The pistols are not the o1d-fashioned
paper cap kind but are little weapons
made for the use of blank cartridges.
which can also fire d. bullets. rms
8 IS the kind that is doing so much killing
and there are many of them IN the pos
session Of boys.
In the eyes Of the law the carrying of
one of these weapons is the same as
carrying the larger and equally destruc-
tive kind.
Joe Scott and Tom Graveley, two
Brook Avenue negroes. got into a rough
and tumble fight in bar-room on that
street on Christmas-Eve, and when 1t
was over Grayeley got the wost of IT.
When the case came up before Justice
Crutchfield yesterday morning Graveley' S
own witness said he was the cause OF II
all. and Scott was discharged.
One witness said Graveley hit Scott
such blow s to send him Keeling around
me FIOOIs1 anu OdCh W plIlSS lC SIStL y
ed from Another said that Scott was
struck while he was standing UP in the
corner asleep.
TWO small colored boys. Levy Nicholas
and Robert Thomas, were sentenced te
the negro reformatory. Nicholas was
found guilty OF taking lot of copper
wire belonging to Sam Cohen, and
Thomas was convicted of taking $5.95 be-
longing to Thomas Edmonds.
Andrew Robinson and Austin Bfnns
| were fined s. for cursing and abusing
Pearl Wasserman.
Mr.. Epps was sent TO jail for thirty
days, and fined $50 for carrying razor
| with which he attempted to cut man.
The case Of Charles C. King was call
| ed, but was dismissed because of the fac
that King had been declared insane cJ
a commission Of lunacy.
King was charged with picking up q
| watch in jewelry store and putting i
| in his own pocket several weeks ago.