Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-01-12


Impeachment IF Judge Uiiiiams-Tbi. case which
c'n'',ned much Of The tin. OF The Legislature, wa.
brought 10 final c'oe TUESDAY. the 22d inst and
resulted in the acqruAl Of the accused
The first ari"ic charged the Judge with ne gljgen~c
and uiscona"c,. in omng TO hold the Court. of hi,
Circuit. The defendant acquitted on thi. charge
az s?ecih lit being the Unanimous opinon of the
Court that ranhgh waters, and sickness in the drcn-
dant'. famy, waa sufficient excuse for his future %
bold the Court. The sccord article vas wi;hdsawn By
the manager.
The third article charged the defendant with partial
ity. To this article there two spscific atoms
The question the first specifications Determined
In the nega'ive-Yrns. Me."s. Greene anil Webster g.
Nays, Msssrs President Cannon Allen RurforJ
Cleaveand Fr'v, Gillespie, Holman, Eunt.,nan John
son, Lte6eld Love, Lyle, Mcclellan. Smith, and Tiu-
ton. l5-He was al'o acquitted the .econd .p.c6-
cation OF the third a'tcle.-Yeas ;, Nays ~.
The question IN the 4h article, was decided a, TO-.
lows Yeas 10. .Noys7.
The que.'i'n on the 9Th article, wa. decided by the
following vote :-Ytds IL, .NGys s.
The question on The 9th article. was determined a.
follows Yeas IL, Nays 3.
On the ronclmion of hi. question TIE N,<hviI.- n.
publican Of tn 26 inst makes the following Statement.
I" The opinion Of the Court having b-en pronounced
nm each OF The articles Of Inpe achmeni. nav 1nss
lion ned itsr Tho Senate of this Stats consist.
Of 90 nbers. One had been excuscd and two nth
prcvcn'ed hv ndTo'ition, from fitting a. members Of
me Court oil Impeachment OF course. the Court was
composed o, ~ members or these II. twelve had
Ell Judge il'iam' guilty, charged in i. 5h & 9Th
articles OF Impeachment. There were then sgains,
him Bis Of the whole Court. TIL. ouc .t;on was
whether II req tired IL of the Court who tried or
BE 81 the whole Sena'r Of &c I.emb,rs 10 r,nyjc,
him The Constitution Of the s ate wa. appealed to-
he 81 section Of the 4h article If that ins,rum
prsShg oi the trial OF impearhmprts before the Srnae
declares, " that no person shall be convicted wboui
the concurrence Of 23s Of the members Of the whole
hou'e" On the part Of the Defendant IL yas
ed, that the term " whole house" rouII No, H.. ron
s'rued TO mean aay thing but al tie member. Of IN.
Senate-.hsf The Consiitu:ion exc iri, and w ~
susceptible ~ TO other Interpretation. Tn. Managers
OF the prosecution insisted that the term whoe house
meant nothing more than the whole Court before which
defendant was 'riedThey pu, the following case .
suppose six members Of the Senate wer. re,,ed IN
civil office, by corsmguinity affinity horc would
IN th't case, he Int IL members OF the nate 10
ross the ConH-was IL the intention Of the trainers of
The Constitution, require unanimous vote rs The IL
to convc! They argued not. Two-'birds Of Tho Sem
ate 10 med quorum to trsn'act business haze ouo
run wa' perfectly competent Court and Of Ibis
Court, they nit'd. were sufficient to convict,
After argupcnt on both sie', the question was put.
's " ON Of " constitutional majority 10 convict! and
decided IN ~ negative by majority of ons follow:
SEAs-Me"rs. Frey, Gillespie, Greene. Holman.
Love, Lytic, Upon, and Webaer-s
NAYS Me''rs. Cannon .Burford, Ciray,I,pd C,,ro.
John'on Lin field 'CIeIIsn. ard Smiih-o
NJ. Allen. = member of the Court, declined yo,iny
snd Mr.. Gave'. who had not sat az member NJ IN.
Court, wa' conceived 10 have RIGHT 10 vote on the
constitutional question, and voted in the negative
To prevent miapprehcnaon. @ will again cate ,ho
qneson The S"na.e Of this STATE wb~n frIl ccn..,,
Of 20 me nher'. The Cosrt Of Ipnra~htnsnf was com
posed Of IL NJ these member. OF these II. lively.
voted Tor removing Judge Wilkins fom office ten Of
hem vo''ny him guilty. of corruption; and two other.
thou Oh they did no, believe him eorrupf vet though,
he ought 10 he broks for mi ds,nsanors in office I,
was commended, on The part If The defendant tina II re-
CURED FOURTEEN o1t ri the seventeen. or in other words.
twofhrds Of hosufy, seventeen only being present
convict him, and ibis position sustained Ivy the
Court, by majority Of ono"
We understand thn letter w,s received by The N,sf
msh, iroin g'nlemsn Al Naslci1e IN HE friend in
u place. which ssy'. the next morning after the
Court Of Impeachment, hal deciied on The case n
'n'ge Whlians, ih,t member moved the Court IN
eNn'nge from The Journal Tie proce edings Of the IRE.
cening hiyj which notion IL believed would mr..
vail. ~ " F'e'
~ our information s corfec', and IL comes pretty III.
rect, we pre'ume the constitutional ourso as IN te
numner requisite 10 convict whore all The io~ubsrs NJ
he Conr. sre not rres~u, VIII re re-eonsideT,d In
hat ereot. i SEEN, probable that sdGpeot -. M m ~
be expected. fKoorsius Dso .
letter from member Of the I.eeisis'ure o. iii.
safe dated 22I inst. 10 gen in,n IN fs town savs
w" have tlhsdAy psefsrred ~ies 81 Inps sci,nc,t
Against Jdlgs IT,sksii u we 70 into his frjai HE
sesion will be prolonged until rcfiisr., The fDiie :,
! January, II not longer" rB