Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1822-04-12
RICHMOND, APRIL IL, 1899.
C.OUKI-

RICHMOND, APRIL IL, 1899.
CIRCUIT COURT
| Ccse OF a. LiHgor.-Eieven indictment, we,
.ounu rue o,us ny the Grand Jury-Ihere were
ven others not presented 20 them. Each of ,ho..
sc,ctmcnls was founded upon distinct cheeks which
a. Lhgow was charged with misusing and e,c,
'nuiciment Contained several counts, varying ,h
charge agsirs< afisa count, for instance clnry
ing him with embezzIIns the check, another viii
Stealing the money, &c. sIlfT' 800 ~
Inc lsi in'iictment on which he was iricd, relate,
,. n cnsck drawn hy Air. Sutow, bookse Her of Thu
cny.-ihe jury were hung-and they have not ye
agreed upon verdict. This jury have now bee,
detained iron, their ,csness and their i;,mes ,r n
st"' 'ten, farmers too, and ut this most in
,e'esung season OF the year--no man believes thn
w'ts ioin agree al all upon verdict aud ii ,ry do
y wal GOTH worth, as Swift says 4" cli.rr, stone
ior one OF the jurymen has withdrawn himself Il ON
Ms comparisons two or three times, has rome hume
ana been rs often brought back by the authorize OF
I'VE Court te, in spite of all these objections, The
JSty were TO he Kept together, until the adjournment
."e court, (wa,ci, Fortunately for them ixle
place TO day )-Such, however, is the law such is
the perfection OF human reason - IL compliment
surely which cannot deserve, so long as il retains
the T s,,s. ut; relic of ieudal la, barsm.
Inc I'd indictment on which A. L. was arraiyned
retaied to "a check for 3 TOO, drawn Ly Messrs
Abnatt, jt Co. which had been paid in the bank
ana deposited IN the custody Of a. L. &c-This 2,i
% commences on last Saturday week-ihc evidence
:ooA wde swcep-a variety Of witnesses were let
n u prove what had been the resources and expen-
ditures OF Mr. 40. Weisigcr (a principal witness n
sasi hn, and who had been LIST Teller OF the Bank }
Snd what had been the means and expenses OF The
prisoner himself On Saturday last, tic Testimony
ciosed-Air T.. NJ Nicholas then opened the case on
penal. OF me prosecuon-Gen. Taylor followed on
hehnil OF the accused On Tuesday last Mr. Ch,p-
| man johnson closed the defence and on "Wednesday
The attorney General, Mr. Robertson, concluded on
the part OF the prosccuton.-rhe jury then retired
ana IN iewminutes brought la the following verdict:
we oil ueJury Ind The prisoner guilty of laEocnv
| OF the money and hank notes mentioned i'm the las,
count oi this Indictment, and we ascertain his ten
OF imprisonment IN the pablic Jail and peAiientiary
| indictment" - wy
THIS verdict is liable TO the exceptions wLcs, were
"akrh ny tue PRISONERS counsel certain decisions
ade 10y The court during the progress of the trial.
these w,i 60 up the Genera; Court in June next
unless ano'on ~ arrest of Judgment should sicc eetl
ms motion will be founded upon alleged flaw in
tue inuictnen;-tie word &c Bank" being left out i'm
INC particular count Immediately after the word
: armcr.. MIR. johnson will make the motion
this morning
Yesterday, Judge B,eckenhrough passed sentence
upon Tue Following persons: John Barrett, convict
sb OF and la ccny TO 10 months imprisonment in
tte pen'eniiary John Butler TOR the same ofieace,
years ;Gfeyton Payne, for the same, years =
Richard Cooper, for the same the same Time and
Charles WorG, for malicious siabl,;ny Q years
we have not seen that the question of con-
stituliOnality was touched in the discussion Of
the repairs of the Cumberland road, except
by Mr. Stewart of Pennsylvania 1t is aston /.
lshlnS what errors are boldly and heedessy
propaSated ny some politicians on this sub
Ject. SAT. ,. for instance, does not hesitate
I'D coneenu taat Congress mag promote the
general tctyTe." He ovcrlooks the clear ex-
position which was given of that clause in the
Virginia Convenlion-in Mr. Madsons Re
port of '99-nay, by the very nature of things
itself FOR, IL Congress may promote the gene
raj welfare, our government is immediately
changed from one Of limited to @ne of general
powers--W hat then becomes of ali the spe-
clilcatlons, which its trainers so anxi0usly at
tempted TO introduce INTO the constitution I?
AS TO the repairs of the Cumberland Road.
u would seem on the ground of expectancy,
they ought not to come out of the public
treasury. The people of Maine ought not TO
pay for keeping road in order, in which
they have little or no interest. Those whom
IT especially benefits ought to repair it. Bet
ter erect toll gates, and exact toll from those
who aseit.
We have alluded TO an apparent variation
between Mr.. Caflloun's letter and the Report
of the Committee the n. Intelligence
has since Published letter from Mr.. G.. fpre-
sented to the III. of II. on the 4th inst(-in
which me says that the committee we're I'M
der mistake in stating that Messrs. Rodney
and Baldwin (members of Consress) had been
employed AS counsel by himself He states
that Mr.. X. was employed previous to July
I $40 and was paid for his services on the 9Th
Nov. 1920, before he became Il member of
Congressman that Mr.. b. was employed in
the Spring of 1917, "before came into the
War Department, and previous to taking his
seat an Congress" &c.