Good Morning Judge
New* and View* from Miami’s Municipal Negro Court
JUDGE L. E. THOMAS, PRESIDING
By ELLIOTT J. PIEZE, Times Staff Writer
Not exactly a record for one
day’s hearings, but an amazing
total of 84 cases was listed on
the docket for trial in Judge L.
E. Thomas’ Municipal Court
Monday morning. The list in
cluded a wide variety of cases,
with defendants coming from
practically all sections of the
community. Coconut Grove, as
Usual for a Monday morning was
quite popular on the list; Liber
ty City held its own, with a
goodly number, but the vast ma
jority of those called up for trial
came from the downtown Wash
ington Heights area.
For the first time in more than
a month, the number of defen
dants forfeiting bonds by failing
to appear for trial was less than
10. In fact the number of forfei
tures was so small that it was
negligible when compared to the
total number of cases listed.
In rapid succession, ruling on
one case after another, the stern
Judge Thomas waded through the
long list of trials, weighing each
case on its individual merits and
making justice prevail in each
one.
The Bailiff, Patrolman Clyde
Lee, was kept busy during the
entire session calling up the cases
and presenting them to the judge
for trial. Court Clerk Forrest
Reynolds was also kept busy fil
ing case after case, after the de
cisions were rendered, as well as
receiving the fines from those de
fendants who paid the various
levies assessed against them.
Judge Thomas did not take a
recess during the entire hearing.
Court was called to order at 8:30
a.m. and the last case was dis
posed of at 11:55 a..m «
Among first time visitors to the
court was Miss Josephine Bron
son of 323 NW 10th st., a teacher
in the Dade County school system,
who remained throughout the en
tire session.
Highlight of the day’s hearings
was the case of Theo Hollins, who
was charged with assault and
battery with his hands on a 17-
year-old girl. According to the
testimony of the young woman,
she and another young woman
had been to Case Society on Sun
day night, and were walking
home on NW 3rd ave., between
17th and 19th st., at about
3 o’clock Monday morning. As
they approached the vicinity of
St. Agnes Church, the girl said,
Hollins grabbed her around the
neck, chocked her severely, threw
her to the ground on the lawn in
front of the church, and attempt
ed to attack her. Her companion,
in the meantime had run across
the street, screaming for help.
The young woman added the fact
that she screamed loudly, scratch
ed him and tussled with him un
til she managed to break away
from him. Her screams attracted
the attention of a passerby, who
came upon the scene just as Hol
lins fled in the darkness.
The passerby took the woman
back to Case Society, where she
told police of the incident and
gave them a complete descrip
tion of the man. Within a short
time Officer Ernest Hayes and his
partner, picked up Hollins near
Dorsey Park, while investigating
another case. The young woman
identified him as the man who
attempted to attack her, and Hol
lins was arrested.
Hollins denied all of the accu
sations, explaining that he knew
the young woman in question, he
had sisters himself, and would
never “stoop so low as to do a
thing like that.” The girl ex
plained further that she krtew
Hollins, by sight, she had seen him
several times, and was positive of
her identification. Officer Hayes
testified that when they picked up
Hollins he had several scratches
on his face and hands which he
could not account for.
After hearing all of the testi
mony, Judge Thomas found Hol
lins guilty as charged and fined
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him $125 or 50 days in jail. It
was one of those pathetic cases,
which Miami experiences “every
now and then” and which the law
enforcing officials have pledged
themselves to eliminate complete
ly from this community.
Among other cases heard and
disposed of were the following:
Daniel Tarlton, Samuel Math
is, Geneva Smith and Curtis
Hall were each charged with pet
ty larcency. Tarlton was charged
with the theft of a bed spread,
property of Henry Lawson; Math
is, with the theft of $5 in cash,
Geneva Smith, with the theft of
property of Savannah McClain;
sl6 in cash, property of Alton
Robinson, and Hall, with theft of
sl3 in cash, property of Wine
fred Davis. Tarlton’s case was
continued to a later date; Mathis
was fined $25 or 10 days, Geneva
Smith was dismissed and Hall
was sentenced to 30 days.
Joshua Tucker, Willie Grant
and Thomas Stephens were each
charged with assault and battery.
Tucker was charged with assault
and battery on Catherine Gibson,
Grant on his wife, Willie Mae
Grant and Stephens on a young
woman friend. Tucker was fined
sls or 6 days; Grant received a
$25 fine which was suspended
and Stephens was fined $25 or 10
days.
Simeon Moss and Timothy
Jackson were each charged with
assault with a gun (a revolver).
Moss was charged with assault
with a gun on his common law
wife, Florence Rolle, and Jack
son on Irene Williams. Jackson
was also charged with assault
with his hand on the same per
son. Moss was fined $35 or 14
days, and his pistol was taken
away from him by the court.
Jackson was fined $65 and cost
or 30 days on the two charges
combined
Charles Blackshear, John Bur
roughs, Curtis Morgan and
Roosevelt Peter Robinson were
each charged with disorderly
conduct by fighting. Blackshear,
Burroughs and Robinson were
fined SSO or 20 days each: Morgan
was fined sls or 6 days.
Leroy Martin charged with
vagrancy sentenced to 60 days
in jail.
Mack McKenzie—charged with
malicious mischief fined SSO or
20 days.
James Thomas charged with
escaping from the city jail while
serving a sentence, fined $65 or 30
days, plus the time due on his
previous sentences (61 days.)
Joseph Owens, Perry Lane,
Thomas Bremfield, Alphonso Wil
liams, Leroy Moore, Milton
George Darby, Jesse Stamps,
Alexander Manuel and Sidney
Wynn were each charged with
disorderly conduct or drunk and
disorderly conduct. Owens was
fined $5 or 6 days, Lane was sen
tenced to 4 days SSO or an addi
tional 20 days in jail; Bremfield,
a 17-year-old youth, also charg
ed with loitering, was sentenced
to 20 days in jail; Williams was
fined $25 or 10 days, Moore and
Darby were each fined $lO or 6|
days; Stamps, also charged with j
resisting arrest was fined S3O or
12 days; Manuel also charged with j
resisting arrest, was dismissed
and Wynn, also charged with re- j
sisting arrest, was fined $35 or 14
days.
Malissa Burke, Catherine Sy
monette, Herbert Miller, Arthur
Chandler, George Bell, Willie
Moseley, Albert Percell, Joseph
SymoneUe, Victor Kemp, A. J.
Johnson, Clark Tard, Tommy
Feldon, Videsta Rollins, Clayton
Dykes, Sam Mortimore, Edward
Smith, John Mackey, Johnny Har
ris, and Joe Carey, were each
charged with being drunk. Burke,
Catherine Symonette, Miller,
Chandler, Bell and Carey were
dismissed. The others received
fines and sentences ranging from
$5 or 6 days to sls oi 6 days.
Satchel Paige To
Pitch For Chicago
American Giants
CHICAGO (ANP) The
Chicago American Giants are ex
pected to open before their larg
est opening day crowd in several
years, Sunday, May 20 at Comis
key Park when Leroy (Satchel)
Paige opens for them against the
Birmingham Black Barons.
In other games this week, the
Philadelphia Stars will play the
hot Buffalo Clowns, the Nash
ville Elite Giants will battle the
potent Memphis Red Sox, and the
perenially strong Kansas City
Monarchs will meet the New Or
leans Eagles.
In Chicago, the American Gi
ants are expected to draw a large
turnout because the fabulous
Paige will pitch, and the day has
been designated as Bill Veeck
Day.
Other factors promising a good
crowd include the new manage
ment and ownership of the team,
Mortimore, also charged with re
sisting arrest, was fined another
$25 or 10 (toys.
Roy Washington charged
with carrying concealed weapon
(a knife) fined $45 or 18 days
fine and sentences suspepded.
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SATURDAY, MAY 19, 1951
Bill Robinson
Foundation Gets
Virginia Charter
RICHMOND, Va. (ANP)
The Virginia Corporation com
mission granted a charter last
week to the Bill Robinson foun
dation, a non-profit organization
with principal headquarters here,
which was formed to perpetuate
the memory of the late “Bo
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and the expected power of the
new Giants. The Giants and the
Black Barons will play a double
header.
ENROLL NOW
VETERANS—NON-VETERANS
NOW YOU CAN LEARN
AIR-CONDITIONING REFRIGERATION
ELECTRICITY
ALL PRACTICAL COURSES
NEW DAY CLASS STARTS
Monday, May 21
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Between 15th and 17th Ave*.
PHONE 84-5151
THE MIAMI TIMES
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Chief aim of the foundation is
to build or purchase a home as a
memorial to the late dancer for
use as a child-guidance clinic and
contribution to the improvement
of the social and living conditions
of minors. In addition, the or
ganization plans to launch a
scholarship program for under
privileged children.
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