Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-01-27
YiRGLVL4 LEGISL.aTURE.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE HOUSE oF DELEGATES.
REPORT ON NJ. TT. RICE.

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1"'' sI'TuAr' pahu"iPh. from
me fen"entiary COMMITTEE, presented the
following Report:
The Committee ordered aud appointed 10 examine
the Public Jail and Penitentary House tn which
was referred, a second time The Memorial oC Mat
thew H. Rice, late Agent for sales Of Peniien,inry
Manu- lures, after the Grst Report made nv Then,
thereupon giving their opinion that the peitiou con-
tanned in the said Memorial should he rejected
which " prays that the oparaton Of the second sec
ton Of the act passed The 24th day Of February
1890, entitled " act amend an act against EN-
brzziement of records, and for other purposes So
far may be supposed apply Ia the slemoriaiist
be repealed suspe nded in his favor" have, ac.
cordng order, again had the same memorial mn.
der their ration and have come 10 The folIow
ing Resolutions thereupon
Resolved, As the opinion OF this Committee that
the Memoralst, Notwithstanding the adv, MIA 30 at
forded him ny the Committee OF all the evidence i'm
his favor which could possibly be derived from, the
persons and papers called forhy himself, which we're
brought in every instance according 10 his desire
aud submitted ia his examination daily for MANY
weeks has totally failed, with regard to every allie
CATION made by him in his said memorial, 10 subs.sn-
tate any one, in any part, in any degree whatso-
ever.
That, instead of finding TO he true as allec by the
Memoriast that the Board Of Directories of the Pc
ntenarylhad by resolution in the month of Js, 1917
authorised secondary agent for sales of PeniteD'isry
give orders, sell goods
and TO do and perform all acts, and render similar
accounts ana statements as the primary agent, there
10y making the former virtually independent Of the
latter, without however requiring security from him
although clothed by them with powers co-exteusve
with those OF the Memorialis', and Withdrawn, by
their orders from his immeda,e conlroul," the con-
irary has been shewn 10y the whole Of the evil
dence adduced /; and II has been proved TO the full
satisfaction OF yoas Committee, that the aforesaid
secondary agent was not only annointed nv aud -.
movable on'the complaint of the primary agent but
that he was at all times efiectuay under the conroI
OF, III fact, subordinate by law 10, the en,orast
That, the admissson voluntarily made in the me-
moral with regard TO the accounts and hooks Of the
Rnl s,un ., 4
1871, several weeks were devoted to the iuyestiua-
ton OF Them, no errors of importance we've d,scoye,
ed; The said accounts app AIRED TO balance, and no
suspicion attached to the integrity Of the said ayen
has been fully conr med hy the evidence given uno,
oath of George Watt, man of respectab,jiiy and
great skill ia accounts, who had been ioiotv chosen
Referee by the two as ents TO examine the ea;d nc
counts aud hooks in iheir presence which said Re-
fierce testified your Committee thai due credi, he
ing given for all sums which Guy h Justly 10 he Gre
died and for the amount of goods left a. The Pen;
entiary Store, and also for the uncollected bills of
goods sold on time by the secondary agent passed
over TO the primary agent for collection on the re
''renent from Office of the former the accounts be-
tween them were fully and fairly balanced.
That, The assertion made in the said memorial that
Walter ID. Leake, the secondary agent aforesaid
had accumulated, in little Than O. years will,
salary Of 1900 per annum and w;thnut any n,t.r
resource known to the memoriaIi., house and 10,
well improved, in near the city Of Richmond and
"A valuable estate in the county OF AibemarIe - has
oeen completely d,sproved 10 your Commiiiee, hy
for The said property, from which il appears that the
consideration in money given for the aforesaid house
and lot, which lies on the Westtam Road some dis
lance from the city, was 1882 and for the uact of
land IN Albemarle, called a valuable estate & 800
TO raise part Of which the house and lot appear TO
have been sold.
lha' me ,nsinuaion made in the memorial I" that
some who claim standing 10 society have been the
a'ders, abefiors and advisers To the alleged frauds
by which the memorialst preIends TO have suffered
IS IN the opinion OF your committee groundess Ca
mi ratic h,c Ia,
individuals as ne also deferred doing, the
terms OF his memorial, until he could elucdaie the
charge by the investigation which he prayed nigh,
he allowed TO him, and which has been Intellectual
afforded, TO the full extent Of his demand upon The
COMMITTEE, asiong as there was the smallest appear
hnGe OF reason ana candour IN a.
thd,, we Hemor!a''s mas Jailed entirely 10 shew,
rs ne hois oui !" ms memorial, that grosa error
had crep INTO the stock account Of The Penite
by which important credits due TO him had been o.
mted 10 ne gwen and as entirely TO prove thar the
dehc'ency ~ nus accounts originated in returning,
ne says was often and necessarily done, unsaleabie
goods 10 The institution, thar were neglected 10 he
.ereo, ny winch alone ne could have obtained the
oof,s & OF 10 pom. OUT ~ me books, where
soous "u peen twice charged, and, M the hurry al
business w'ce rece'pied tor, as he declares him
shewn ~ "'' ''e" '"e" prepared 10
And lastly. that the meo,ori,,;,, n.,h ,
u-der false pretences, in affecting to be able 10
shew many Just Offsets against the judgment
fenaereo IN me General Court, for he has d~eit be-
ton of another Ms futile. and ~ small ,s
sum of s els 43 cents which he denied ever hay-
ing obtained any credit for, although credit just
uns, WhIle 10 TACT that very sum stands now, as
va as il was nIaceJ 70 HE o, Tue nane
the proper Tine, by his own statement Of thar sc"
coun, and moreover, by the terms of The imJpmsnt
rendered against him and his securities, it is provid-
ws,I, ,h,, b s o, ,ne Iouosel Tor The Common
resort to Courr Of Equity for anv cre% ,h
amount Of damages found by the verdict of the Jvv