The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-02-23
VARIED RESULTS
OF WHISKEY DRINKING

The diversified results of whlskey
drinking was seen in Police Court,
part z. Thursday morning, when four
cases out of five on the docket be-
Iore Mayor Maurice We're attributed
directly to the liquor habit, while the
after effects were different in almost
every case, ii Is queer TO note how the
unfortuna:as with one accord and In
loud acclaim attribute their undoing
to the too free use Of the cup that
is supposed to cheer.
And then too the drunk seems 10
md an ever-ready excuse for his folly
with the statement that he could not
remember how it happened Stealing,
nghting. mistreating an imbecile and
Wite-a ABUSING were charged up to men
| IN the court proceedings, and in each
case the offenders said they We're
drunk and didn't know anything about
It, Yesterday a Young man with his
mead entirely covered up with ban
| dages, placed there by the ambulance
! physician, who, dressed a half dozen
| ugly wounds, said he did not know
now 1t happened when he answered
Ia the charge of being drunk
Mac Giles, colored, was charged
| with assaulting Fred Robinson and
| henrietta Hobson was charged with
assaulting Mac Giles. The charges
and counter-charges in the case were
| mixed up like corn and tomatoes in
a Brunswick stew. and Mayor Maui
rice announced that yesterday was tho
anniversary Of the birth of the man
who could not tell lie and he did
not want any faIsifying in the court
| this morning.
! Whisl<ey Did This Also.
Waiskey was apparently the cause
OF Giles knocking Fred in the head
| with a block Of wood both negroes
being drivers for Gill Rrox.. = wood
dealers, II was admitted that Fred
was not very strong in gray matter.
but could deliver a load of wood.
Henrietta Hobson became angry when
she learned that the idiotic boy had
neen hit by Mac and she chased the
negro all over the woodward Finally
Mr.. Gill got hold of her and put an
end to the disturbance Then all
j parties got GA; warrants against each
other. Mac Giles was fined $3.50 and
costs and the other were DISCHARGED.
Willie Harris, six and a half-foot
negro. was charged with being DRUM,
and disorderly. threatening to do up
the entire neighborhood in which he
| hVed and as a last resort, even 10
| peat the woman he had sworn to
love, honor, protect and obey. lie,
said he was drunk. aud didn't know
a thing In the world about H. With
a gentle reminder of Washington.
Mayor Maurice fined Willie IS ana
costs.
yellow negro from North Caro-
ma, who gave his name as Joseph
Johns. was charged with being drunk
and stealing a lot of chairs from Mrs.
W. IL. Owens. Joe admitted he was
drunk. but could not remember any,
thing else. The evidence showed that
the negro. claiming to be an uphol-
sterer, got a number of chairs from
residents in Porter street. which he
said he would repair. He hired a
wagon to take the chairs to his place
OF business but his queer actions
caused the driver OF the wagon to
report the case to the police, and
ofhcer Waymack located the negro
and locked him up. Two OF the chairs
have not yet been recovered. Joseph
was given ninety days in Jail.
Julia Hobson, mulatto negress was
charged with cursing and abusing Nan
ME Staples. also colored. The lam
guage alleged to have been used was
so offensive in the eyes of his honor
that Julia was fined SIS and cost.
Hastings Court.
The Hastings Court Part was not
in session Thursday and Judge Wells
held court for Judge Witt In Rich
mond. Friday the damage suit Of p
Y. Price against the Virginia Ry and
Power Co. is set for trial. Damages to
the amount OF $4,000 are claimed for
injuries sustained in an accident when
a street car collided with an automo-
bile in which Mr.. Price was riding.
The regular session of the Oak Grove
court VIII be caller FRIDAY morning
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