Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1850-11-29

cor If pnr roynyrrsstion did remark that thought
the ,pe would bear It, Judge Field might not nave
no,ii It, Cor he did make any reply nj inc ti"e sta'u
soirnc al his house. and did take drink u brandy before
| lief but when invited 10 drink, we had been done
talk: about Grayson tor some time perhaps hai an
hound hope that Judge Field Is too nluch OF genie
man off any man treat such act as The one 3iio
ken believe him be- snch aud what motive any per-
SON ,ud hive had in 80 mis-stating what passed oe
tw.eIs or OF what have said IL any person aooht H.
cam say or think unless it is some friend oil "m Gray
son the purpose Of sandeng Judge Field myself and
isa difference between hereby state 10 all mat
this " concern that is either gross mistake 10 Them or
paple ulsehood. 'oa.' - Ii LIZ
SrAsArpsyiLLE Nov. %. 1885,
DeSir Having learned, from yourself ana Others tha'
asen insnualrd in some quarters That tue negro gray
son f,p in Cupeper last summary did not receive iar
and nrtin trial and that you have been charged WIN
avnseated decision Of the General Court awarding
writ o,rrnr in mat case with want OF proper respect IL
afordas great pleasure 10 say ls can rom my own oo
servatl Of and participation in that ra that the charge
and thosinua,ion alike unoundsd In fact.
AsN know WINS engaged in the case, as the assistant
of the mn,onwcats Attorney, J. Cook Green, Esq, and
nj eyeep of its progress struck with your anxious
and scr ous effort TO secure 10 the prisoner perfectly
fair andnpaal hearing renire fdcids was directed To
the neporing county OF Madison, (thc murder OF when
the prser stood accused having been committed on tn
FauouieIde of Culpcper) and before solitary juror mao
b,n swo ON his roir dire you announced from the bench
that the le regard 10 the qualification OF Jurors should
be reaxen favor of the prisoners and hat you oo
gle mn upon the Jury 10 whom the prisoner hau any
objection The result that the jury was not only per-
fecty mia ns there IL every reason 10 bceye) out the
most INTELLIGENT that have lmpanneed IN GRIM
inal trial Not sworn upon II 10 whom the prls
rased,n obecon and it was so constituted as 10 Inc
very na,uof things 10 be notwithstanding been distr
buled as fJow Five from the county Of Madison, ono
from the St # Illinois, from the City oil Baltimore
one from tn county Orange and the remaining four from
the county csCulpeper.
No instruction asked either by the Commonwealth or
The very able counsel i the prisoner (who may here re-
mark defentd HIM with ABILITY that have Farely seen
ryaed9 WIS any obecon taken BY them TO any action
If The bench, during lie whole trial.
The opni', Of the Generdl Court read At length by
he prisoners COUNSEL ~ith view to influence the mind
}, the Jurors MAXIM up their verdict while not ~oId
ell from yourself ei,he' des gned or calculated 10 break the
orce of tina. onion. II treated with the greatest res
,ec, not only yours but by the counsel 10 the
ase and there is shadow of foundation Tor The charge
hat YOU treatet ohwise this is true al least as 10 mat
occasions and from YOU whole dcmeanor then, would be
ery slow believe, eyn without your declaration, that 1t
vas not 50 as 10 any Uher
In conclusions will mention an incident which, though
inpe in ITSELF speak strongly in reiuaiion OF the very
lly nsnuaton which understood has gone abroad that
ou TO some extent, c,nnvcd at the "Culpeper Mob by
which GRAY son mug 1t is this The argument was
concluded and the given the Jury some time before
uc DOWN Instead hwcver of sending the Jury 10 their
90 10 conside, their erdic ADJOURNED them over IN
the next morning. w.h the charge 10 the Sheriff. usual up
such trials In cCyefsation between after the trial
,as over you mentioned your reason for not sending
he Jury al once and at that il Grayson should have
cen acquitted you not wish TO discharge him al night
you feared that violence would be offered him. and
nat YOU could hu,e interered efficiently at such
for his p.oteclionbut that in the day yo could and
ould have neposed he whole of the Court for that
urpose. With the greatest respect
Your friend and obedient servant,
SHELTON F. LEAKE.
Hon. B. n. FEsLD, Present.