The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-23
ES-D|sPATCH
THIEVES CAUGHT
They Get Ninety Days in the
City Jail AS Their
Share.
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Ssa.uNlUs LOVES HIS FAMILY
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ng
'ur etcller Attempts to Cut Out
Hargrove's Heart-Otlier
Pleasantries.
t,asUNlUs LOVES HIS FAMILY

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Justice John yesterday morning had q
number of distinguished visitors to listen
to those witty words of wisdom that
fall in dstolnted rpplcs from his classic
lips.
Hon N. 49, Early, the Hon. Mr.. Lewis,
and the Hon. Mr.. Glenn, oil members
of the wise and great Legislature which
is now in session. sat at the feet of the
a Police Court, and laughed ut polite in
tervas.
Che short-haired gentry were also
/ wuch in evidence, and the line of ~
| rfous looking, unintelligent seeing males,
tin whose head an idea would rattle like
/ buckshot in a gourd. sat solemnly in
! the front row and revealed in intellectual
/ nirth.
| Justice John having announced that he
was feeling ace high, having paid his
| compliments to Captain Guigon, who he
| said. always delayed justice, having an
| nounced that the Hon. Mr.. Glenn was
J playing an extremely small part in the
I Legislature. took q fresh bit of tobacco
/ and his seat upon the bench.
[ There We're drunks in long line, but
A
I Honor, as far as the 'soaks" are con-
cerned, and so most of them, adorned
with q large and arid thirst. departed,
Tree men, in quest of the nearest bar.
Junius Wouldn't Work.
4 Junius E. Lee. white individual gen
orally out of repair, was hiked to the
bar of justice by his ancient father
charged with making Home. Sweet
Home a bowling wilderness Junius,
\ who may have written the letters. was
too strong to work, and so yearned for
the society of his parents to such an
extent that he ate and bunked at papa's
expense and refused to leave the family
roof tree believing in that classical quo
tation. Whats the use of working while
papa's got his health"
Father seemed willing. nay. anxious to
part with his MIXTURE offspring.
ri go II you'll turn me loose" said
Junius. IN give you my word, even II
my feet are sore and need a doting
parents love"
Its UP to you. said j. j.. turning to
the parent. Say the word
Father said the word, and Junius do
parted.
John w. Scott. white and shopworn.
was charged with being drunk.
Its true, Your Honor"
thee gone" quoth the great dispenser OF
Justice
Willie Adams. 4 negro youth. threw
bricks in Mary Seaton's parlor down In
Scale House Avenue There was hot
line OF conversation prologue, which
caused great shudders of horror to con-
viuse the society people in Cat Fish Row.
Willie paid s6.40 for his ocular ways.
After Willie Fox had allowed Becky
\ r., . ~ TO-
drunk, Fanny Davis, an '1nJun" negro,
bounced upon the scene. charged with
keeping a bellicose residence.
lS developed that Fanny and q friend,
James Currie by name. became engaged
9r a friendly scuffic for bottle of whis-
key and that during the pleasantly
I Fanny hit James with lump OF coal
and also cut generous slice OF his neck.
James resembled u football player in
the headdress of that timid game.
When the smoke cleared away Fanny
paid sl2.2o and returned to the green
pastures of Jackson Ward.
Fond of Good Literatue.
Susan Hill threatened to kill James
Iaylor She failed to accomplish her fel!
purpose, but clipped in $40 to the general
:! fund Notwithstanding
/ Robert Morton. colored, and Nencr Har-
key, white e-Ancing,a fondness for ltera-
ture at tbs studious time of daybreall
tpinched a number of copies of The Times
lDtspatch from the doorways of subscrib-
ers. His Honor's eyes grew stern as he
Thought of his own suffering and mental
Ianguish should he have been deprived of
1.-THE great morning paper and unable to
bread his own jokes.
4 Ever Just and always wise. he said
t-Tt is natural for every one to desire
Ito read the great Times Dispatch. l will
therefore be lenient. Robert Morton got
ninety and Niner Harkey got thirty days.
1 Yenahle Fletcher. ginger broad colored
Imam, was charged with assault and bat
ftsry upon the body OF Robert Hnrgrove.
TOT ebony hue.
i "Two-for-Fiver."
4 ct developed that venable. alias
{t"George." had in passing Robert ro-
i marked that he was two for five Mig
igor" Such u greeting greatly incensed
EIeobcrt and unseenly language followed.
II Tho rag was "chewed," and Vona-
Eble remarked casually that he would cut
;ERobert's heart out, following his words
Ewith a practical demonstration.
Despite the fact that yenables only In
Instrument was small pocketknife the
fttob was fairly well done.
"A yellow skin man. Yclept Hankins
geographically described tho encounter and
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