Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1848-02-17

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,r,. -, rfruil III averlge Humoef OF days n ses
s,sa :. jude lh,ul,,9n 10 DaIas tie as' year
= -. N s. af ne present. session lie average nun
- -, ,,.rs r4lane5ced all tia cifcnis Was 49,
=; - 1.bizal,4,fs circuit 9Oi: average number dec
Ia f tie ,ll.5l.,s 80 aud By judy lhamps1n -
% The ayeraee II ctancefy casrS comIneier' wa
liz II, 1uae 1hntpstn'- cirenIl 293 average dee"sd
267. aad By judy fham. s'a -, a'ea 5e "' GAYS IL
.es,llu 81 Jud-s Thompson iO5
~. ],.sIurlis ff,n which fhHsa statements have
atn G.f#ed. eao" la Judge thompson actually I2f'
,,,r, business 1uh common Ia" aud ehahcefy' 'han
tie hree judi Is OF h th y ST and IA circuits Tue az
r,l. Il lose saar . is 5000; lactearng as III" com
.,fs,a ofall ur Of Of them has been. very just
DOUBT on account of the large amannt"i hHsinss 10
their several circuits. But although Judge Thompson
has thus III years past despatched 50 large an anonu
Of business there pending III his cui', by the as
ren,rf lOSs law and ISIS chaneery caus s. Aud with
I'll s ackn,H lodged ability and fidelity, there l. b1i H.
tie pr,epect hat for years IL come the number Will be-
diminished Indeed the prb1hhy Is thai It herer can
be diminished without the in'erp1sItln OF the legsIa
tffe: tor many u ikr pcGdla4 cats ae exceedingly
yluungiis and the accluIug buslGr>s equal h. HE a
III ,unt annually despatched. The people OF the circuit
are therefore subjected Ia all HE practical evils Of de
NAL Of justice for IN the language II one Of the memo
rails on The Subj ctah 5ugh the do,rso the courts
n1unaly opcurd. lhpy 81 completely III csed up by
snIofs lhai II IS hardly possible II obtain admlilancc
and sl difficult after YOU have ent-red to get ut
again"
Judge 1aia(-fro's circuit originally insisting of Sc
c1nnles aud one of the larges in the stlf, III ier
rlury, puatiOn and amount OF business. Hcreas
cd years ago by the addition thereto Of Bedford
arrangement 10 which the 5ud.e consented az The lime,
but with expectation thu 1t wouI he PER Haaeu1.-
Upon tal, however, he finds the addition burdens me,
aud jnsc and good Policy alike demand that he should
be relieved by heng RENTED II 10 his old circuit.
OfJndge sQn'o circuit, your committee viii only
remark that It IS large IN the amount o lis business, and
10 "A re-
such has long heen lhe stale 81 judy Wilson'S health,
that or several years pas AT least, he has found Mhol
" npracctbc lo do the business OF his circuit; and The
hnirancr TO- tahr The actual suspension Of, The al
administration Of justice, which tls ocraslone rep
resented to your committee, and no doubt truly Is bur
deusoMe and grieyeus beyond measure.
Your committee not aware that any other portion
Of Eastern Virginia suffer, 10 81 great an extent he e
wills complained Of N the circuits which have thus ooen
particularly referred To relieve til 81, therefore, Is
dispense with he necessity Of general lcafraage
mont IN the east. TINS relief, yuur committee believe,
will be WIS Y aft rded by passing the bill which has been
referred ia them That proP,se, h dcach the county 81
Campbell and the town oil Lynctbnrg, from Judge Vii
sons circuit leaving him small circuit but one fires
pscabe SIZE and ailrdlHg certainly much labor as
he can encounter and perform and II is not improbable
thai hereafter, especially II II should 5edeamed polllr In
feafrahge1h circuits, the connlIc, comp sing his circuit
IL euIeHlly attached To those a. cent Thereto.
From Judge 'lalIlr!r1, also, the bill proposes 10 take
Bedford, leayiu. Ina. hs original circuit Of seven cpun
Ties aiiorIlng than average amount Of business
and labor. Aud from Judge Inumps II, Takes Nelson
aud Amherst, leaving hun AhemarIe, Augusta and
Rpckbrl gc fhrrr counties winch al I'D an amount al
business exec ding by about thirty per cent the average
Of the present circuits o The Stale In this way tine
three circuits will he llghcoed Of HE business which Is
too large for each ot hem and circuit u fail aver
aye size and business vii he formed composed OF Nelson
Amherst. Bedford, Campbe and the toAn OF Lynch,
burg. Then those who now suffering the iununcr
able evils incident he laws delay, viii have cured
10 them The certain and speedy administration 81 justice.
and 10 general Icaan5emen hced be made or attempted
IN Eastern Nltgula.
In accordan.r with these views, yaur committee have
come 10 the following conclusion
Resolred as The oplajon Of Me committee, Iblta gen
era encouragement VI the Jualcal circuits g" HE Stale Ill
view 10 Cqnalzng the labours IT The Ju 2es IT tile gen
rra court. tins IueNpedien aud hupaccabIt ;
aud tina It cxpedIeu create the circuit prosi
de1 t9r ~ the bill ret rred 10 The committee, and here
with by them reported 10 the house.
II rom communication recently received by m'm
Der OF the committee from the Clerk OF Abemarie ap
pears that lhr number III Law depending there IS
sci down IA Doc. No. S. at just hlHtdred ss than
the true Lumber.