Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-01-30

STREET Justice The House Dele gates have A,
passed bill ny majority Of vote Tor reIisvinp IN
Securities Of John Pres on from the last
the debt somewhere about s 1907 The Debate NJ
Thursday was long and animated, although wa. pref
~ much confined 10 ,ide of The que ton Ia favor
OF the hilI.appeared Mesrs William. OF Hen Anlerson
Cary, Voolfolk, Bryce Harvie and Mason OF f. Tier
appeals in the cste OF justice emphatic and i'm.
pressve. Our excellent and respectable friend FnL.
took the field agains, Their all He wa. The ~Ie clanno
Tor the exploded decision of The Special Court of An
peas lie dealt out OF his best hit; Zone of then,
set The whole house in bu he failed only be
he cause a' too heavy to be borne upon his shoulders
He might have won the victory il justice had but con-
secra,cd his banner. WI
Moe s'rousiy speaking, however we rejoice st
the prospect OF doing Justice even in mart IN So nm
fortunate securities OF John e.ioI We viii NOT
repeat the sentiments which We have more than once
expressed upon this subject. But really il ever there
was case, which appealed 10 The equity Of the &c.
neral Assembly, we respectfully hink his il The vsfv
case. Its merits can he put n'o nu'shcll Tn, Sc
gentlemen the sccuTiie of the former tr.e,,, =
Preston in 1919 Previous to that perioI he had beer
considerable Dsfaulter. wihou, any one suspecting
it-either The Legislature ITSELF his securities or HE
friends. II appears that some months before tie bond
OF January 1919 was executed he had tanserrea TO his
own private account check Of ls 400 taf in tact he
VS. ceiaulter to The ameun OF $3.50 600; that by
the terra' Of the bond he, aud Of course his secuide:
we're respon-ib- for the monies which might come in
10 his hand'; and that during the year for which fbcv
were bound, a large portion Of HE dtf,cafion had
been paid up instead OF being augt. snted VT the
Special Court Of Appeals DID sdjudge them to be re.
spoD'ibe Tor the uansacons and declarations of p,ior
years. Their indignation agsiast a pubic defanIer
betrayed them into decision. which nearly the whole
bar OF the State Immediately discltimed and which
subsequeui decision in ths Court Of ppeaIs lin The
case OF Mufo'd against the Ogerseers OF The Poor in
the county Of Notowsy) firccny conttalicied. Ano.
Their fact also In ibis casp; that while the True
tees Tor the sale Of Pfestons Property Ito reimburse
the Commonwealth aud indemnity HE srcuriies) were
about TO dispose ot II the mo'i advanse eous terms
the Commonwealth interiered, obtained an iniunc ion
and hung mp The property Tor than a twelves
non'h IL The mean line, the property deprecated
and il s in evidence that IN tract Of land lone
the delay bas produced sa~fifce Of fros, no IN
IS 900 dollars. And not emily did the securities lose by
the depreciation OF the trrs prop,ry large amonn
but the Commonw alth till claimed the Interest on Tie
nc suspended he ale Of The property. THE Interest
alone IL within few dollars IL tie whole sun from
which thesecufues request 10 / g = scharged T. der
he.e and oher tircuusiances the Securities NJ J,hn
Pes on, after having secouuttd 10 The Cornmonsv. alt
IN ough eou,t ~ Cbapceiy for ftc last cent OF
John Pfts'on's propfr'y slct higing pail cut Of