The Miami times., 1952-07-05

OF the year, but what ever the
reason a total of So cases was
listed for trial in Judge L. E.
Thomas Municipal Court Mon
day morning. And what a session
it was. Prevalent among the de-
PENDANTS were a number of Sec
ond, third and fourth time re-
peaters, on the same type of Of
fense.
The list of defendants booked
for drunk or drunk and disorder
ly conduct was probably the
longest in this category witnessed
in some time. AS might be ex-
pected Judge Thomas "threw the
book" again and again, especially
at the consistent repeaters - all
of which should reduce the num-
ber of repeaters in the future.
An over-capacity crowd was
present in the courtroom
throughout the days session. The
Clerk of the court, Forrest Rey-
nolds, the Bailiff, Officer Clyde
Lee and the officer on duty in
court, Mcdowell, were all kept
busy from the beginning to the
end of the session.
There were at least four cases
which may be listed as highlight
hearings of the day. Tops among
these was the case of Julia Mae
Randolph and Dorothy Allen.
Randolph was charged with as
sault and battery with a knife on
Allen; and Allen was charged
with assault and battery with
bottle on Randolph. Both women
are married, but Randolph, who
is the mother of four small child
rem, is separated from her hus-
band.
Testimony in the case disclosed
the fact that early Sunday morn
ing out at the "Pool" in Liberty
City, Dorothy Allen was dancing
with man employed as a handy
man and bouncer at the Pool.
Julia Mae Randolph, who appar-
emily was personally interested in
the same man, thought that Allen
was having a little too much fun
with the man in question, and as
might be expected, objected to
the two dancing together. Rush
ing up to the dancing couple,
Randolph said to Allen, don't be
dancing too close to him" Allen
responded, "what business Is it
of yours"
AT once the two women became
involved in a sharp argument over
the man. This was followed by
fist fight and cutting scrape in
which both women suffered minor
cut wounds. During the melee,
Randolph knocked Allen down.
While on the floor Allen grabbed
a broken bottle and slashed Ran
dolph on the foot. Randolph re-
taliated by pulling out a knife
and stabbing Allen in the arm.
Neither Yoman explained w h a
happened to the man during the
fracas. He also was not present
in court.
BY the time that the police ar
rived on the scene, the fight had
slowed up considerably, but both
women were still there, and still
threatening each other. Each wo-
man blamed the other for causing
the trouble, but Judge Thomas
held each one equally responsible.
After his usual warning, especial
ly to the mother Of the four |
children, he sentenced each of
them to 4 days in jail, $25 or an
additional 10 days.
Another similar case involving |
two women fighting over a man,
which also captured the attention |
of the entire courtroom, was that |
of Nancy Baxter and Catherine |
Jenkins, both Of whom were |
charged with disorderly conduct |
by fighting. This incident also oc-
Cured early Wednesday morning
but this time the setting was Cafe |
Society, NV Third ave. near goth |
st.
Testimony in the hearing dis |
closed the fact that bad blood had |
existed between the two young |
women for some time, chiefly be-
cause Jenkins is now going with |
a man, who was formerly Bax-
ter's boyfriend. Last Saturday |
night all of them were having
great time I'D at Cafe Society. |