Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1929-05-11

Kn, IN us issue " 49,
Bhshed the following: |,
/ Obscene Texts Are IN the oi0ie
They're Lawful
\ There may be obscene passages ~
B;ble, but the public reading OF
4 9oas not constitute violation Oh
law Justice T. Gray Haddon
cd Yesterday in Police Court.
f+sr Policeman G. W. Burruss
I o;4ed that he had arrested e. A.
,3 3yo elderly Negro, for using
i LANGUAGE and, worse-trom the
kc;oo,;s MISUNDERSTANDING to de-
i when ordered by B1rruss 70 w
= Simmons unfolded a Bible, p!9ceu
4 on the Judges desk, ana sala;
s.Yom. Honor, l took my text from
22nd chapter of Revelations
8Tbe Judge pondered over the gooo
d 81, read the verses in question:
"a dismissed the case. -, :,
s.1f . man reads a Bible and IN
oancv IS there. l can't do anytnIng
ont II" the court stated, Inc
80 &c nolice. who issued the per-
it, has discretion IN the "i"''
:, hands are tied. g.. Tines
- THE Police Court record LOT foI-
,T April 80, 1929, showed Vhe A0
wing entry: = &C Preacher.
W. indies 1913 Turpin st. Oh
m"art Did unlawfully be oiSor-
Civ in the public street, p.;o,,o,
T wy W B. Burroughs, A. BricNer'
> Tho following is an extract from
records of the Hastings OOur' u
is city:
.,.ord iurors of the Common
Baaith of Virginia N anu ID duly
S5v Of the City OF Klcn nd;~s said
k,,moned to and now atten nut that
nn .t On their oaths present, t""'
ur wyG8 al B. BURROUGHS +,o
wv w third day of August, IN o IND
.h "ne thousand nine hundCreta "r of
Ear one eiSbt, at the said Gl' iso Ue
Tenty, Dd being then and tnete
icnmom%; nh a deadly weapon, tow tow.
med WIN and upon one James
= pistol IN .,. ell feloniously, Will
llv, deliberately "s.no+boupht did
and of malice a1oret"QtSu e neace
1 y and murder agaiG2sy r Imo1nweaith
nd dignity OF the Oo
, yirgaesss sworn and sent by o SHe
I onrt to the Grand jury ~
Lucy Freeman,
Elijah Henderson,
Fleming James,
i William Branch,
DIR. E. 7. Hill,
". A. Perkins
Matte GerrleN'
+r;a, was set for October 20,
me tf ,,.hicb Officer Burroughs was
% ,.t ., Of first degree murder,
- %ls'T TT;mes-Dispatch misspeied !he
"e I'M name. At the hearing
'G Gem e A. Simmons, who was
.as+ea at Brook Avenue and Won on
ss et,,oa + in the Police Court the
"a attorney, ]. Thomas He"in'
Hn.eared for Simmons with '"T What
snoad satisfactory result VIVA" o
"u IS tso late Rev. John Jasper nave
- obout this action? He was no o,
ID s 49, araor and ability in preach
E,.on, the Book Of Revelations :.
o. all the persons in the Wof'o, a !.
.ars TO US that Burroughs We"
e-n4 the last one 70 specify Jus.
r. passage Of the SCRIPTURES lures
i ,YId be read to the eo'ore" lO'"'
{ this city. ,;.hin his
Rev. Simmons was "''"t" -,
- 49, and he seems 70 have known
riebts. We cannot for the he
- rn3erstana why Waiter B, Bur
.,,s in view Of his antipathy 10
red folks. better known to nm
4 ..,,;aqers" should have been as
Ia to a colored neighborhood'
! 80 he would come in direct con-
Roct with this class Of people, ~
~. have been that he could not
- the prickings Of his own con-
! ,sco He could have moved on
4, re ether place on his beat espe-
4 Nv in view of the fact that as
4 ige Haddon says. the matter came
;raotlv under the supervision OF his
bqn superior officer. Chief H. D.
Jordan. -,
We hone that it may be possible
transfer Officer Burroughs to an
Exclusive white neighborhood' But
H. about that 22ud chapter OF
Revelations? 1t is one of the most
lnblime parts of that Book of Books |
Mere it IS:
L And he showed me pure river
IL water of life, clear as crystal;
Proceeding out of the throne OF Gou
Nod of the Lamb. :.
In the midst of the street Oh IL,
L. on either side of the river, was
kara tree of life, which bare
Ielve manners of fruits, and YIELD
III her fruit every month: and they
eaves of the tree were Tor the mean
Ip of the nations.
8 And there shall be no more
,,rse: but the throne of God and
L the Lamb shall be in it; and MS
Grants shall serve him: Il
A And they shall see his face; and |
;s name shall be in their foreheads.
And there shall be no night
Acre: and they need no candle,
Either light of the sun; for the LORD
e. piveth them light; and th2yI
mil reign forever and ever.