Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1859-11-03
TRIAL or rDWIY Copppr

brown cAsE-rHE MOTION Dor ARREST or JrpGNENr
CnAELEStowN, Va, Nov. 1.
The Court met at 10 o'clock this morning Iujyc Par.
ker on the bench, and Charles Harding, Esq. assisted by
non. Andrew Hunter, AtiornieS for the Commonwealth.
EdNiu Coppee was brought in and placed AZ the bar
Tor trial on the charge OF treason against the State. con
spring and advising With slaves to rebel. and Wilful ,nur.
der hei a small man. not over I'VE feet five inches in
height, and weighing about 100 pounds. He has A stupid
look, and Is regarded as the least intelligent of the whole
party.
Messrs. Griswold, Of Ohio. and Hoyt, of Boston. ap-
pearcd a. counsel for the prisoner.
NorioN FoR ARREST % JUDGMENT.
freNious TO proceeding in Coppee's trial. Mr.. Grisvold
stated the points on which an arrest of Judgment was
asked in Browns case. In addition TO the reasons .
toned yesterday, that it had not been proved b.yonb
room for reasonable doubt, that the prisoner was even ,
citizen OF the United States, he argued that treason could
not be committed against a State, but only against the
general government, citing the authority OF Judge Sto.
~. Also, that the jury bad not found the prisoner gull
~ OF the crimes as charged in the indictment and had
not responded TO the offences charged. but had fopnd
HIM guilty Of offences not charged. They find linn
guilty OF murder in the first degree, when the In.
d'etment don't charge him with offences constituting that
crime. '
Mr.. Hunter replied, quoting the Virginia code to the
.hect That teehnicahtes should not arrest the admini,tra-
ton OF Justice.
A to the Jurisdiction Of the State in cases of treason
II was sufficient TO saw that Virginia had passed A law a..
Stunning that jurisdiction aud defining what constitutes
that crime.
The court reserved its decision in Brown. case for the
present. 1t is supposed that if n new trial Is raflsed an
appeal will be taken 20 a higher court.
TRIAL OF COPPEE.
IheJury was then sworn in Copp ,cs case. the main ou.s.
ton pat 10 them being whether they believed they couII
gave the prisoner a hir and Impartial trial on the testi.
moni independent OF anything they had heard or read
on the subject.
The testimony was the same as already published. but
much more brief they only being questioned ON such
p-ints as are essential for conviction.
lhe examination OF witnesses for the prosecution had
not concluded up to the time of adjournment.
MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS.
capt Cook waves in examination before a magistrates
court, and will probably be indicted by a speciaI grand
jury TO be called next week. He is more communicative
tnan any of the other prisoners, and denonnces Fre,Ieri,k
Douglass as a traitor and a coward.
The two negroes, Copeland and Green who are i,dict.
ed with Brown aud Coppee, will be tried next.
Phil. the negro Of Mrs. Alstadt. who was counauad bv
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the walls Of the engine-housc, was arrested and convey.
ed to jail, on the charge of syinpathiziug with the in.ur.
gents. lie has SIEGE been !.ins very IN. aud died ye,.
terdiy OF ~pneumonia; though it is said his sickness was
caused by fright.
Martial law prevails throughout Jefferson county and
every stranger that arrives is compelled to give = ss,i..
factory account OF himself, or Immediately leave.