The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-04
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LIQUOR men IN
Jury III the Corporation Court
IS Now Considering Gases.
If OTEL CASE TO BE TESTED
The Supreme Court Of Appeals OF V'r'
GINA VIII Pass Upon the Question
as to Whether Hotel Proprietor
Can Sell to Guests on Sunday.

(SpecRl to The T1mcs-D'sph'eh'p
s8i. NORFOLK. VA, March 8'-1udse
\ Hnnckel and tho Jury of the corporu-
3 ton Court were occupied with tho hquor
cases to-day, They are cases OF appeal
from the large fines which were Imposed
IN thc Police Court. and to which inc
defendants have prepared the usual argu-
ments and evidence that were hereto-
8 fore cffcctual In releasing them blame
less before q Jury. In those cases where
Il n defendant could not prove that he had
+ not sold liquor on Sunday he was fineo.
IN one case, that OF Barney McCann'
where the proof was positive that ne
+ sold liquors on Sunday. the fine imposed
py the Corporation Court on appeal was
1850, and the defendant being unable TO
pay. went to jail where he Is now. ZIG
vas fined SEQ In the lower court, and,
thinking that a hardship Of which ne
4 could be relieved by the jury, he ap-
( pealed to be sent to prison.
Another case Is that Of SylVanus
stokes. Of the Monticello Hotel. on an
& agreement as to the facts he was fined
i = nominal amount for selling liquor on
4 Sunday, Ho appealed the case to the
z Evaporation Court, where he commended
y that his license as a hotel keeper gave
y The privilege Of selling liquors to guests.
Il His plea was set aside and the court an
q bounced that the law denies the right 70
a sell liquors on Sunday, no matter what
the conditions or who the persons. He
cannot serve liquors with meals at the
4 table or In any other manner. An ap-
q neal from that decision and the fine
Il of 800 will be carried to the Supreme
Court Of Appeals Of Virginia.
A Rear Admiral Charles S.. Cotton, com
mandant Of this naval station, has been
assigned to the command Of the reorsa-
nized squadron on the European station.
5 The squadron Is TO no strengthened ana
Vel is likely that the cruiser brooklyn VIII
be tho flagship. This will be the first
time Admiral Cotton has flown the two
4 starred pennant at sea because no mas
h bean at this station FOR three years It
55 { the desire of the department at Wash
III rgton to recognize the services OF Adj
mlral Cotton during the Spanish war and
X the ability he has displayed on this sta
ton by rewnrding him with this most dc-
sirablc assignment In the American navy.
3. TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENT.
The Chesapeake Transit Company has
/. mace five years traffic arrangement
with the Atlantic Terminal Company ny
which the former obtains station IN the
rs heart of the city The Chesapeake Com
& many Is the new road to Cape Henry, The
Atlantic Terminal goes to SeWell's Point
n and is a part Of the Williams syndicate,
which controls the Norfolk, Portsmouth
md Newport News CoInpanys property.
The arrangement is advantageous to the
"a Gina Henry Road because 1t allows that
road to receive and deliver passengers
In Plume Street opposite the postoffice
4 by n double track. The deal will go into
immediate effect,
Unidentified and unknown, the body
found on Saturday floating IN the river
here, was buried this morning. The
Il burial was made by the city In the lot
OF the strangers in the Elmwood Gene
4 tery. There are no trnkets nor Jewels
nor anything but shreds OF ordinary
clothing BY which to Identify the man.
The body was found horribly cut and
nutllated. 1t was nearly stripped Of
clothing. There were nothing but
shreds on the trunk OF the body and the
dar ktrousers and yici kid shoes on the
legs and fdet do not show any distino-
A tive marks by which the body could be
identified.
Two men came here this morning from
the country beyond Newport News, They
were too late to SEQ the body. but the
the coroner and the police detectives sat
kried them tina tit was not the body OF
their father, for whom they are search
hg. They said their father had dis
appeared and they suspected that the
BODY hero might be his. They said the
description did not tally. They went
,way without revealing their own ldent-
", and without giving information OF
their father. Tho officers did not OBJ
balm any particulars OF the identity OF the
men.
JUDGE PRENrIs TO SIT.
In important cases OF the Court of
Law and Chancery, Judge r. r. Prentis.
of the Circuit Court. will sit tomorrow
IN place OF Judge w. Il. Martin. who Is
sick. There are some important cases
which the court does not Wish to delay,
: lnd for these Judge Prents Will sit, 1t
Ia usually tho case that Judges Martin
nnd Hancke can interchange duties, but
at the present time Judge iIanckcl, of
the Corporation Court. IS busy with the
liquor cases and much larger number
OF cases appealed to that court from the
Police Court than ever happened before,
and therefore he cannot serve in Judge
Martins place. Judge Martin Is not Sc
riously sick,
Judge Edmund Waddill. Jr, OF the
United States Court has made an award
y OF s100 in tho sui, of Simon II. Fischer
against the ferry steamer City OF Ports
mouth The suit was entered for the
sum of s2o)N on accoun, OF injuries re-
ceiyed by Fischer while on the steamer.
The torpedo boat destroyer Worden, one
Il OF the flyers OF the harbor defense
flotillo, viii have her official trial trip
over the Chesapeake Bay course Thurs
day, the Trial Board Will be headed by
Captain Charles Y. Train, The boat is
expected 10 develop over thirty knots.
The gunboat Dolphin, now at the nav,
yard. is being made ready for South
err cruise. ard II IS announced that SEQ
rotary OF the Navy Moody VIII board the
yacht In Hampton Roads next week fol
an inspection tour Of the government:
new coal,np stations In Cuba.
M SEABCARD INSPECTION
There was meeting Of the Seabosrt
Air Limo Railway directors al Portsmouth
4 to-day, Those present were Pressden
John Shelton Williams, yice-Presiden
and General Manager J NJ, Barr Messrs
j. w. Hiddendorff. r. 3. Addison, G, sgd
10y Shepard, Ernest Thalmann, Mato
j. II. Dooley and Mr. II. II. Duyall MI
I,uyall Is not member OF the seaboar
AiI Lane Board OF Directors. hut wit
th2 above named gentlemen comprise
9s7tI nj he