Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1811-01-08
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80 wasch they request the eoseu,rey,
os ihe Houss ot i9elegsfes.
ine Hoose Proceeded 10 consider
tie ansaSnsats progo led by the Seq
ale TO the said h,lh, ard the ss..e
ptsins severAelty t@iee read, were -
greed 10 byEtle House.
ordered tina, she Clerk acq ;a;riet :
Senate Herewith.
Ga nsrdsssd Dill rwhich lasoa I he.
saris y neiinq0iah.ns ios sti.s Ss.r,s {.
OF Gsrard Puses and sanriy, the as
mouht OF certain public "a, - wax
read third time, and b!aak therein;
filled up;
Resolved, That the bill do pass.t
and that the title be, an act 6 Reiip..
gushing for the benefit OF Gerard Pa
sey and family, The amaunt OF certain
public fnes.o
Ordered, That the Clerk carry the
said bill TO the Senate and desire thei,-s
concurrence.
An engrossed bill {. To amend ttle4
act, entitled an act, TO amend en- ACT
reducing into one the several acts CO.'S.
corning the Court of appeals waas
read third time, and ON motion. or
dered TO be laid upon the table.
The Speaker laid befo: : the House,
q letter from the Governor, covering
a letter tromthe Governor OF the STATE
OF Maryland, referring 70 certain re-
solutions OF the legislature of said state,
relating to a part OF the boundary line
between the said state and the stau.
CT Virginia winch letters and en-
closures bsing read, were, on notice,
ordered to DC laid upon M tabl>. :.
CHARLES BLAGaovE, ESQ. was re-
elected Register o. the Land Office, by
Joint ballot of both Houses.
a report from the committee for
Courts OF justice, (which lay on the
table was taken up and read in the
following words
ihe COMMITTEE For Courts Of las.
tee have, according to order, had un.
GER their considerations the petition of
jefnes Winfree, to them refereed, and
nave agreed upon a report, and come
TO resolution thcreupon as ioIlaw /:
ltaPpears to your committee from
the evidence OF Richard Is. Goode,
esq. attorney for the comlponw 4lth,
IN the county couit OF Chesterfield.
that IN the year 1909, a fine of two
hundred and fifty dollars was asses.
sed in the said court upon the petiti-
oner, en- an Indictment for an assault
committed by him on Thomss w.
Perry.
1t further, appears to your commits
tee, as well from the evidence Of the
said Coode, as from the informant. "a
OF one OF the representatives. of tie
SAID county, that the petitioner is
poor man, and if the whole of the said
hne is exacted he will barely have
left sufiiciency of property for the
payment OF his debts, aud although
The offence deserved some punishment,
that the said fine, considering the cir
OF the petitioner, was ex-
cessive.
1t further appears to your com nit-
tee, from the evidence of the said
Richard Goode, that the aforesaid
ndictment was inadvertently tried in
he absence OF counsel regularly re-
aimed by the petitioner and further
hat the petitioner was not present ae
he trial, and hat no evidence IA his
behalf according to the opinion OF the
'aid witness, was offered on the trial
aforesaid.
Resolved, as the opinion Of this
committee, That the petition of the
'aid James Winfree, praying that the
whole amount Of the Gue aforesaid
may be RENTED, be rejes,ed, but t,sr
ne petitioner ought 20 be relesscd
rom the payment of ole hundrtd aaA
ifty dollars thereof.
The said resolution being read
second time, was agreed 70 by the
House.
OrGe ed, That bill be brought in
pursuant thereto, and thM The Com
mtttee for Courts Of Justice do pre-
pare and bring IN the san.t
A report, from the Com iitee for
Courts of Justice (which lsy on he
tablet was taken up and read ia the
following words
Tire Comm tee for Cour;s &C US
tics have, according 20 6rdcr. haaCc-