Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-01-29

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Bench. they could give hin . peuscss sssio,s Al.
Ih'y could not cay. that no should no, have m.
r m,uI'y or fever They could not make psnopy
rom 'hose diseas~s 10 which tho human flame m,
able. AMI suppose the Judge TO BE- sek the Who'll.
Sc OF Justice would be stopped; his va,ion. du
U.s. no' only on the bench but at his chambers would
| or em"ted. The l. xisture was bouoa to provide m
equal prcmp'. aud cheap sdnini s,ra,iou of Ju.,Icr
a' eos'd y dcit the wheels of Justice were III.
o'e 10 DE stopped ny rasustes, Of the kind ne had
-n,,oned! He alluded to the history Of the ION Ju
a,ciAi District, while Judge Rob ,rt White wa, ON On
1ea,' ne was man Of uncommon ability. aud
wills M health rrmt ned. the people were satisfied
WIN me 'rcun System. But Ii pleased Go 10 sfaic
'ns pood IN IN with oke OF the palsy AID n. an.
h. :" ,ns gentlemen from that section o, tho STATE
wheher the wheels OF Justice had hot been ,.oop.dE
""a whe'her th-y were not dependent on accident for
Judge, or forced to wal, until Judge Of the General
Court was at leisure And IN Sc an ism.n Oh
namoured Of the Superior Cour, Sv,.,n ,r,,i. H., y
hire was on the Bench. were now convince. ,h,, 4,
Jcuid not D.. susained.-It was, therefore evident.
u" would be necessary to have two Judge for .vsrv
Di'trict He would ask gentlemen from ,h. ..,,y
"h ties, whether. u they in ,ted on hi. M, To-,
"e Ineresso OF Judges would not be too gre At, when
u was -vt'ent that the number of judge. mn ., n. -
oied he hoped the gentlemen would s.. The inconv.
.iei &C Of carrying the Courts into each Cuo,vwA.
a. a.. ne believed those gentlemen were chiefly in
uo"'eu W 10 ing tie respected snch fe el.ngs .: ,bev
oeonsed TO them az But - STA esm.n hsy ,ysrs
oounu govern their feelings by the exercise of iudy
urn, ana reason tie found !, necessary, Ia all po
cal aua'tions, to Danish the cart from any sb,r. in Tho
deci.o on for the hrart-hs alluded to honest art.
an .heh' were honte hear., he kn- W. often prov.d
a,. re wished II was possible. that the Sun alter
souhue. Could be gratihed but he had done his ,l.y
In showing. that il was impracrcabie
MT Jones had not supposed that his motion rendered.
a., Of the second resolution necessary Nor
'u nc suppose mat any gentleman who was located AT
the seat OF Chcncery Court would sumner, his me-
noi In his county the opinion Of every Intelligent
,a WIN wno'n ne was acquainted in favor of
n's sys'em' wnich was considered a triumph HeIook.
ed upon the Chancery Courts as now established a. one
The ss ;, u.s. 'ha ever oppressed country. and
had .Usr i "n une exception OF that OF England that
n.a ever Ceen KNOWN In every country except Eng.
iand the Chancery Courts acted upoi, the great nr;n
pies He alluded to the Roman court:
the Court OF Sessions OF Scotland and the Cbancerv
Court OF France He had seen the operat;op or o,,
system In his County, which the gentleman from Hen
rico. living In CITY, could not be aware Of Thew had
psuuoheG twice Tor the blending of the two jurisdic-
!,ons Ihere were cases in which IL was necessary
tha hey should be blended and that the matter in the
cour OF law should be decided at once. Mr. j. here
cited several cases in support of his position The nlsn
question was whether they were TO extend law and a.
quity jurisdiction into the counties and wbetber /,
SHOULD De extended to the small counties which were
much IN want OF the blended jurisdiction Az TO the
chahge oil venue IL would often happen In criminal
re recoeced but one case. and that was Li,h-
case IN tie town OF Richmond As to the increase
OF JUDGES aPPrehended by the gentleman from Henrco
he Thought II would not be needed. IL eight Javs
were allowed for the district why not divide bs time
,s., Vu me courts In each county, II would save
ue" inconvenience and great deal of trouble IL was
ue as mad been stated by the gentleman from Henrico
mat the county OF Chesterfield contained as much terri
" Blu he
PIE OF Chestereld had been in the habit Of travelling
distance to their Courthouse; but the people of the fur
countes were not in that habit and the removal of hei
courts 10 distance, would cause them Increased incon
venience and expence.-There was anotber oh;.o, =;
giving courts TO each county. They caused the diff,
sion oil valuable knowledge. The people, called topetbsr
me decisions OF the judge the great point, Of
law, and they became acquainted with Tie fpJann "
founded. ~ "U"es are
Mr. Leigh had not discussed the second resolution .,
ny further than necessary to the discussou of Tho
ou. Wat resolution was open discussion and
Nun W the help OF God, he lMr L) should discus. it,.
o'ner gentlemen were willing to adopt principle go
dangerous without discussion, he (Mr Is owed il TO
ms constituents to the House, and TO those
themselves; TO discuss II, and point tho difficulties
1n'Gh would attend its operation. They must at any
rate near the inconveniences which the system wmd
g.e pirti. ne gentleman from Elizabeth CITY was
mistaken in his idea of the blending of law and eo,
Jurisdiction proposed 1t wss not intended 70 b,sn5
them as in the Pretoriai Court under Just;nan ~
rance under the old Regime. in the Scottish Court
courts IN the Court of Appeals, and the Federal Ju
dietary. IL was not intended to blend the two uri,dc
tons as in the State of Massachusetts,
MR. Jones said that his view of the nIan ,.s a. -.
ooth jurisdictions wouldeXi in ono court and u.
In some cases defendant would plead an equitable or
farther blended. "o"'u oe ho
Mr. Leigh said that the gentlemans plan mus, be IN
ronnsy,vana scheme, which, although very imperfect
,eco,hmended. because the people of Pennsy vana
eoulu get along with It, Did they ever hear of the re
cent Invention OF the artificial leg in England with
which, man, who has been so unfortunate al ~ ,os
o'csh walk ride, Dance and in fact do every thing
as wei, as II the leg had not been lost The recon-
mehuauoh OF this Pennsylvania plan, was as reasona
e as would be the recommendation Of this artificial
iimo 10 preference TO the natural oho tfe wo1ld d;s
cuss this question for the benefit of gentlemen them
serves. They should know the difficulties tbey
had to encounter. He wished that the oen,I.
ma" nad stated how many cases there were or
e docket In warwick; for he believed that in EzabetI
lily and warwick together, there were not so MANY 8.
IN Aibemarie, Halifax or Spotsyivania. Was il tber
counties? " '0'' '"'a
Mr. Semple did not rise to discuss the Question IN,
referred to the remark of the gentleman from Fi;za
oeth CITY, that he did look for supporf IN his ,,
70 any gentleman living in the vicinity of Chance p,
curt Mr. D. was oil opinion that the present Cbancc
system ought tc be abolished; so that there was ons
nuVduai not influenced in favor of that tribunal nv hi
reshence IN It's vicnityHe believed that gentlemen
came here to iegislate for the good of the commnn
and do the business of statesmen and that nriv,,. ~
terests were not to be brought in contact with ,her ,
ues IL mad always been his opinion that the ;udos .,
ought 10 earn the salaries they receved-He wed
ry mat principle as far any one. But there NIGH
arse great difficulty In giving the law courts cbancer,
Jursdcuon and additional judges might be peca,,,rv
AS lar as the opinions OF his constituents went The,
were OF opinion that there were too many cour,. a.
too many judges already. '''
The question was then taken on the motion 10 smend
ana decided IN the affirmative DIVISION 50 to 49,
Mr. Maxwell moved that the Committee novv ria.
and have leave to sit agaln-The point was 10 be die
eussed whether law and chancery Jurisdiction shouIt
ne united And at some future time, he intended 4,
cai on each gentleman In the comnnittee-be uoriJ
ca on them IN the name of the commonwealth
such an invocation would be listened tofor the reason,
on when they rec commended this strange system,
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