The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-05-19

wrre III ar,nfj, ~ he believes and they
s,odd hy whiir Dir. ftitidick made The ne
groes put all The property of Vi. Nebbef
out of the ha,ise, though he Informed them
! that he had been placed thtrs by the Mar
shall .. the ( our of Chaacery.
On the same DAY that the defendant fore
ed his possession al the Rocky Mills, aud
sent We.,i,er oil. he applied for aud oh
iain.d warrant Ia search tine h"use 81
Edn,snd Webster, for the iwo Trunks ol
wearing apparel. THIS warrant vas issn"d
by the defendant Bect. Swami. II mas
Directed ~ Isaac Lrdbeiter, constable
who exerutrd it on the next day, taxing
Nth him the drffudant lsiddiek, John
.HHrkc, Ssn,tirl Baghy, Benjamin NJ. Pur
year, aud Daniel ilanes, aud as MIR. Web
.t,r, 81 +, ono I'll, they were Ill armed
ruth pisiois and lirtS, as he helicYrs, they
searched his house, Ms he also states, and
took frum Il I he Two trunks OF clothing, IL
a trunk Of silver plate, though they we're
informed they had been placed there by
the .na,yhal.
On the fourth Of last mnnih, the PLAN
tiff upon sundry aflidayiis, moved for and
obtained an attachment mist, against John
L. Swami, the Magistrate. Isaac Ledbttter,
the Censtdtte, John siarks, Samuel Ba6by,
Benjamin VI. Pufyear, aud DANIEL lia"es,
for the contempts, in aiding aud assisting
Lemuei Rddick, in an alleged rescue Of a
part of the property taken by the .Harsaat
as before stated.
Upon she return Of this rule and the one
before mentioned against Lemuel Hiddlek,
they all appea ed by counsel
Aud, therefore, the counsel for the PLAN
TIL. la addition 10 the charges of contempt,
comprised in tn, rule against th.deteudant,
Kddicls, asked leave of the court, 10 be
L dersood ~ mu,iug for The attachment,
~ well for the cnusrs comprised ~ the
rules, ~ f1r his ha,ing renewed aunmber
Of the dawes in violation of the order oil
injunction of the twenty 9th of January
1870, and for having abused the slave Tar
veg, IN violation of another part Of the same
order ard for not attending the Commits
sionrr, as well "A for taking the trHuks
from Wchs,er's so that the charges OF
against him are as follows:
First Under the rule Of the twenty Sc
cond of January last and, ist. for not
delivering the shares 10 the commas
sinners for division thereof, as &C
qui,ed by the decree.
md For taking from the possession of the
Marshal, the plantation taken by him,
under the order of Injunction, of the
thirty first day of October last.
second As to the charges in the rule
they stand thus
ST. For reiHasing some OF the slaves IN the
bill mentioned, off to parts unknown.
nd. For abusing lldVey
r1 fof not attending the Commissioners
aud,
tn For taking trnnl, Of plate, and two
trunks of.wearing apparel, from Ed |
mud Webstet's, which had been plac +.
ed their for safe keeping Ivy the Mar
shdl.
To these charges Mr.. RiddicIS has 6lrd
~ affidavit, aud hc has been sworn in
'onit IL answer interrogatlons.
The substance of his affidavit is that the
'laintIiT and her agents had taken posses
ion Of Rocky Mills, ms he understood and
believes, without any authority, before the
wenty second of October last, aud that
'ei tain persons, naming them, were aiding
Ter IN retaining that possessi'a.
That when the Marshal took possession
pr the property under the order of the
hirty first Of October last, aud placed
! ohm Weber, and various other persoes IN
POSSESSION, 10 the number OF about sixteen,
w hhrr's stock were turned iuto the fields,
Ia the injury of the crop, and the houses
and Sardras wasted pigs put IN one of the
rooms of the mansion house, and fowl
house made of the cellars, besides many
Other Inquiries not necessary to be stated
here aud for this conduct he was induced
10 0rde5 these ruinOus agents To quit the
premises, bot without violence, arms ~ II
threat TO use amy That this order was
readily obeyed, and the goods of the ten
ants nere put ont without injury. That
whcn he obtained II warrant Tor the trunks
AZ Webher's, he only intended TO obtain
possession of his wearing apparel in two of
them. That the third trunk when he had
Inst hrfpra seen il, and which he there SAW
bs acc,aent, had been the trunk which
contaiueL his private papers, add was oi
lse 10 no one but himself, aud that he IN
traded no contempt, and that his only oh
lrct WAS to preserve his pateruai estate
from total waste and destruction.
Upon being ask ed, II he did not know
that these trunks had been put Into th,
care of eir. Webster, by the Marshal, said
that Mr.. Webster, said 80, as he heard
and perhaps said SO tilen, but he did not
believe him.
o.. Swami states on oath to this effect, il
discharge of himself that turning tn thu
process with winch he had been served, y
not seeing any mention of the goods, th'
subject of complaint, he issued the warrant
for the two trunks Of wearing apparel
That certainly he meant 40 contempt.
Ledhett,r, the Constable, swears III dis
charge ef hlnseiftot his'ef'ect, that he only
rxpcntrl the "arfnut AS commanded, THAT
M RidIiek wantrd him to tax" the third
frank which Ne refused, as the warrant
called but forty and that he told Rid
dick Il he took the third, it must be AT hl'