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

REM III the tIHF-fiaft u fit W.
ian f., them. Bat, tits eoild iipt be done ;
ami y It'll John Siarhs, and their aiders aud
atettors, Samuel Blsby, Benjamin ".
Ptnypaf, DAVID !lawes, add isaac bedbet
ter. MIR Riddick GUILD do himself amgl.
Justice, ~ perfect contempt of The ia"s
au.l Of the ep.itl bn. they would all ha'.
the court nov 10 beiieye that all this was
peacebly done aud wltbeat any the least
contempt But The intention is To be lo"k
I'd for IN that act, when II conflicts withshe
words ol a parry for party whose
words are directly against his acts, IS not To
be believed attend 10 Mr. Pleasant,
one of the commissioners who, weut 10 the
Rocky Mills the next day after Mr.. Rid
dick had forcibly taken possession, he then
ihonghtit necessary TO advise Mr.. Riddick
against any violence, as we'll AS Bagby
Puryear, Ledbctter, and Hawes for Mr.
Riddck, said no one should take him ;
for.ile should rather die than 20 to the
Jail Mr.. Bagby showed his pistol, & said,
he would stand by his fellow man to the
las, all this past in the yard where Mr..
Webber's goods we're and Mr.. Pieasnnts
states, that his conclusion then, and his
belief now IL, that they all came there with
a determination to- aid and assist in the re
eoyery of the property then in the euSto
dy Of the .iIdrShaL, AS they were general
~ armed as il appeared To him for that oh
iect, aud To this number John Stdrke may
be added and Rlddick repeatedly said
he had forcbly taken the Rocky MllPs
house tie day before: relying then on the
evidence of Mr. Peasants, must say such
conduct marks the perpetrators OF II, with
contempt Of Almost unusual character,
10 the authority Of this court so much
for The charges comprised in the rule now
as to the charges not in IT and,
ist for removing the slaves to parts IN
known:
This was certainly done, not only TO
void fair division of them, but to put
them out of the way ofthe rents and pro
fits; bot, if this was not so, yet, the act of
seudisg them off, was "a direct violation OF
the Injunction of the twenty fifth OF anaa
ny, 1890, and very great contempt
end for the abuse Of Harrey:
As understand, this slave, from The TN
fortunate situation of the plaintiff, was her
principal male attendant, and without
whose services she might have suffered
greatly f; and it WAS for this, that the court
had ordered that Mr.. Riddick should do
no act tending TO disturb her in the posses
sion of him add surely, ifhe be SO abused
and beaten by Mr.. Riddick as TO deprive her
of his services, Mr.. Kiddick has not obeyed
the Injunction but he has violated it by
doing An act, an act Of inhumanty too,
which took fron the plaintiff the usual nj
tendance of Harvey that Harvey was
badly beaten, is proved by several, To whom
Mr.. Riddick told oft and the last that !
hear of him, in the proofs filed, is, that he
had from fear, left the possession of the
plaintiff, and had got o Mr.. George
Fleming in the County Of louisa for pro-
lection SO that, by Mr.. Riddick's conduct,
she has been dispossessed Of hun III con
tempt Of that order.
Sd for not attending the comm issionr,.
This stated by the Commlssl Rand Is
always held as contempt of the Court
and,
4ih. for taking from Edmund Webstcr's
a trunk Of plate and two trunks of wearing
apparel, which the Marshal had deposited
there for safe keeping.
In relation to these trunks, il may be re
marked that, the order OF injunction not
extending to the wearing apparel of Mr.,
Rddick, shall not consider the trunks
containing it, as deposited by the Marshal
in his official, bat in his benevolent charac
ter, as an indi' ihuai, to take care of II &
If Mr.. Riddick, had acted under the iutlu
cnce of like good motives, the respect
which he should have held for himself
should have taught him To have called on
the Marshal, who, no doubt, would have
given those trunks up aud it is upon this
ground, Doctor Swami, The Magistrate
stands ercuSed, and, as to the execution oil
the warrant the constable too but Isaac
Lcdbetter, when Mr., Peasants saw him
at the Rocky Mills, was not there in the ex
ecution of that Warrant: No he was Their,
in his individual character, II principal Will
the rest of them; for, will not attach any
censure TO him, for letting Mr.. RiddicI
take of the trunk of plate, since he swear
THAI he did not know that he had the rigb
to prevent il, and there is no other proc
in relation To it before me.
But this will not excuse Mr.. Rlddck, a:
he knew better for it is proven that he
WAS told that the Marshal had put The
trunk of plate there for safe keeping, a.
we'll as the other trunks.
A word more npon the subject of abu.
ses no matter as to the possession of thu
plaintiff and her friends, stated by Mr. Rid
dick, or in what condition, he found thing,
on his return ; it had all grown out of his
own misconduct; and, here. and here alone
he should have come for redress and 10
whatever his rights were, he would ha> t
been restored upon the usual terms but
hr preferred the lawiess, rather than the
lawful course for it, and for that reason, he
and his associates, John Stdke, S1mutI
Bagty, Benjamin " Puryear, DanieI
Hdies, and Isdar Ledbetier, must atone for
such unexampled conduct.
Wherefore, the Court after due consMc.
ration of,he arguments of counsel, on both