Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-01-15
Motley Crew Before justice
Brown Yesterday.
BARBER APPEALS HIS CASE
Charles Beiifelt Put Under Bond for
Being Not Of Good Fame-Poliee
Wssins Active Campaign Against
the Loafers.
the Loafers.

Since the police department D. gan
its campaign against Migrants and
loafers, Justice Brown has been hav-
ing lengthy dockets nearly every day
Yesterday there were numerous cases
10 be disposed OF. and several were
those of persons who have been taken
in on the runod-np. charges with
vagrancy or with being not OF sood
fame.
Charles B!elfeldt was convicted or
the charge of being not OF good fame
and was fined $l.75 and required TO
give a bond Of $3.50 for six months
for his good behavior. Bielfeldt fm-
mediately noted an appeal TO the Cor
poration Court and gave bond In the
sum OF $3.50 for his appearance be-
fore Judge Barham. Councilman j. J.
Cheadle was accepted as the bonds
man.
Maud Smith the woman up
on whose account Bielfeldt
VISA arrested also faced Jus
tice Brown yesterday morning on
the charge of beng not OF good fame
and was fined $l.75 and placed under
bond of $3.50 for six months. She
was unable to furnish the bond and
was committed TO the city jail Tor SIX
months.
Other Cases.
Fred Singleton and Annie Ward.
both white, were fined $1.75 ana
placed under bonds OF 5000 each for
three months on the charge OF being
not OF good fame. Neither could
furnish the bond and they went TO jail.
Fred Chellis, who was arrested
more than week ago on the charge
OF assaulting Annie Smith. a woman
with whom he is alleged to have Deen
living n Forty second street, was fined
sII.75 and placed under a bond OF
5000 for six months on the assault
charge and was fined s52.75 for i'm
moral living. He could not pay either
fine or furnish bond and was sent 10
jail. the total of his sentence aggre-
eating nearly a year in jail. The
Smith woman was fined $52.1o, Dut
the fine was RENTED.
Hazel KirkwOod, a negro woman,
was fined s1.75 and required 10 give
a bond OF $3.50 for six months ror
being not of good fame w. E Mason
a negro. was accepted as bondsman
for her and she was released.
Stennett forfeits Bond.
Joe Stennett, who was arrested
Thursday on the charge OF being not
of good fame, failed TO show up for
trial and Justice Brown declared his
bail bond of $50 forfeited B. X.
Cofer was his bonGsman. The case
was continued until January is. The
case of William Wales, charged with
the same offense, also was continued
until January IS.
Cliff Robinson, a well known man
about town, was arrested yesterday al
ternoon BY patrolman Pearson on the
charge of being not Of good fame. The
a.rst was made On warrant sworn
out before Justice Brown by Chief
REYNOLDS. Robinson was baiied by
Justice Brown for his appearance in
the police court this morning. Charles
w. Whiting being accepted as secure
ty in the sum OF $50. Robinson gave
his address as AS Twenty-fourtn
street, and his occupation as that OF
an agent
OFFICER and Lawyer Have Tit.
During the trial Of Theodore Ana
kostokas. charged with selling mer-
chandise on Sunday. Detective Ser
geaut Henry Bridgers resented a
statement of Attorney c. c. Mitchell,
counsel for the Creek. Mitchell IN
timated that his client was being
made a mark" by the police and
Sergeant Bridgers called him down.
Justice Brown raped sharply for Or
der and the incident passed Inc