Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-09-01
tr0ai yesterdays Whig.)
A BREEZE IN RICH Ni1ND

On Saturday, Judge Copton then boljing ses.;o e
me superior Court of Law for Henrico county was mp.
ped To Tor bench warrant for the of two men of
he name OF Pryor. father and son. from Alabama altered
70 DE gamblers by protesson (of great wealthy who on
aaa reia.ons IN fienrico county, had been guilty,
as aeged' oil an enormous offence. young gentleman
by the name of Brown who preferred the complaint
ed that The elder Pryor had his he had
appeared lew days previously at his house on n visit
that he had made base overures to his sister land The
nece OF Pryors wife, married lady of the name Of An
these had been urged with great solicitation
oacKeo by the offer OF money to large amount which
rejected that in her husband and brother Mrs
a In the power of Pryor and alarmed his violence had
seemingly temporzed, and intnatcd that future time
would be more propitous for his purposeshat he had
yielded to the delay, (tnkng however, many indecent
'oerues ana swearing he was foiled in what ,e
uhderook-that IN the interval she impaired what had
occurred to her husband, who armed himself and when
fryor again presented himself fred upon him lodging
many sho' IN his arm-that the Pryor hereupon rushed
armed into house, driving its occupants before them
sabong cousin of the of Brown and taking nos
session oil The house, and splitting the furniture from
This we understand TO have been the amount Of the
complaint, which being publicly told, created violent
sense OF indignation As the Pryors was said threat
ened armed resistance il chit necessary To
mon posse TO execute the warrant Of the court ard
.esc rapidly advancing TO the spot the our gc met
those individuals three miles on the Brooke Turnnk IN
.her way to the city, in carriage aud four with ira
yelling carriage tender They surrendt5-S tbe,n
selves without difficulty, and being escorted by what had
grown troop, were carried before Judge Clopon and
by him turned to the county maristracy They
were examined before Messrs. John Shepherd Jesse
0"NSe5 "hu isduc A Gouden.. Justices o the Peace
upon the evidence of young Brown and others Mrs
ANDERSON not present., r. T. Daniel ESQ acting
ior the Commonwealth, and Conway Robinson and
Sney Garter, Esqs for the prisoners and admitted TO
caii IN the sum of $4,000 each Either (Which is moi
probabe) unable to give the ball. or thinking the ia
more secure Tor the present, they were conducted h
,er accordingly, and there remain be confronted with
te eyidence-to be acquitted if innocent and punished
guilty 1t was rumored on Saturday night that hav
ing deposited the amount of their bail they would be
discharged without farther investigations which obtain
ing currency occasloned small degree of popular
excitement The officers of the law however pledged
themselves that nothing of the kind was purposed but
that the prisoners should be forthcoming 60 meet the
charge or at all events discharged if discharged in the
day time " w.
1t would be ndecorous and UNJUST to say word upon
the probable guilt or innocence OF these men, Public
opinion however caegorcaily demands this-that the
afair shall be fully invcshgatcd-that if guilty they
s'a not DC permitted to escape through The ieng ofeir
P"TSe--that 1t ten thousand dollars bail be Efficient
10 secure their 10 meet their trial. that bail
incrcasedand that if innocent, they shall 90 forth un-
harmed and with the regrets of all that they have been
subjected TO the Inconvenience and the injury II iuno
cen" they have nothing TO fear for people ever curbed
theIr Indignation completely or manifested more
regard tor the supremacy Of the law than did the people
oil richmond on Saturday If innocent they will not
wish to depart until that innocence ayouched TO the
world IT guilty, is not their wealth that should pur
chase them mpunity.
az - na H.