Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1860-02-10
From the Spectator
Election of bulge.

nave now before me document No. LII.
Of the present General Assembly, entitled
"Abstract from the Reports of Clerks of the
Court of Appeals, District and Circuit Courts
Relative to Suits in their Respective Courts. :"
The reports are for the year ending August
80, 1859.
From this official document I propose to
furnish few facts bearing upon the charge
made by Mr.. Fultz-facts which am bound
to presume he would have made known to
"Many Farmers, if he had been aware of
them at the time he prepared his circular.
1. This document shows that IN the gear
ending august, 3d. 1859, Judge Thompson
decided more cases and disposed of more
business, cicil and criminal, at zav and
chancery than any other Judge IN Virginia.
The business done by him in his Circuit
was as follows, viz:
Actions at law, sos
Prosecutions, So
DEGREES in Chancery, interlocutcry, 500
Sc g Final, 1876
Total, 1882
2 The same document shows the ACREAGE
amount Of business done in the 21 Circuits
as follows:
Actions at law, 500
Prosecutions, 80
DEGREES in Chancery, interlocutory, 253
sc Final, 1926
Total, 1852
3, The same document shows that but
one Judge in Virginia-Judge Coleman
disposed of as many actions at law as Judge
Thompson, the numbers being:
Coleman. 900
Thompson, 896
and that in chancery cases Judge Tnomp
son stands at the head of the list in the
number of his DEGREES, both interlocutory
and final.
f. The same document shows that in ad-
dition to these labors OF Judge Thompson
in his Circuit and his regular duties in the
District Courts, he was engaged Sc days in
attendance upon the Special Court of APP
peals at Richmond, and that, counting all
Of his services IN the gear, he uas longer an
Court than any other Circuit Judge an Tir-
ganio.
.. ms oocumeos completely eHp'ooe ~
the ldea held out TO many Farmers
'la' II, 1ne oocAe's are increasing upou
is elected ''the wheels Of Justice must cease
70 70 ron Oh -. y,
The new cases within the year were as
ioiio"'
Actions at Law, 6Vl
Prosecutions, 43
Chancery suits, 2o9
-
Total, 933
The cases ended within the year were as
follows:
Actions at Law, soG
Prosecutions, SO
Chancery suits, 1856
Total, 1874
sAomino an n4iuU decreose ,r,tz;u the ueo,.
of2O1 cases. a d;miuut;ou o,rutey 6u 6ftu
cases than 71os made IN ami ot1cy frrcyH
IN the State
This exhibit Of facts from official sources
will not sprnr;se tho members of tho Rar or
the officers Of tho Courts in which Ind 90
M 1nos;1os e.. ,ho1, o
him to he an earnest and ;ndef,t;91.bla w. :.
borer-devoted soul and bo5v to the fa;th-
FIJI d;scbaraa of tLadnt;as ~ H. oeno II.
makas M narade of h;s VOL, ~, ol loua nra
fass;ons Of ;nd,strr b,t laavos - ~ otP Plo
to find nnon ths rsoor5s b;s oo,nnloto u;na;
o.t;on a,.;ns 81 nr;nst =. as'an a wv p0''
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,oa,',an ton,,ss ,n;,I u.A ''',' Il , II
doa11n.s, W. 80 I' NV sun'Ie " oiear 'N'
T. r. ,,1[ a 81 t o eHaa ~ vs.
nron,r oyonoh - h1d tha'n ',a son , n :nu
ble hnt sbnnld i;l,o ~ no, mnr ho 1 I,a
Tbom,son oon1a ,naata 49,: +"n'a n
the 1st Of Iannarv to tbe ', m;a ' of Maroh
he Is in the snec;,l conrt of Anna.1s fro y.
tho 22nd If Morob - 4ho 1th p af IT,, ho -
On his Spring Circuit from the 22nd of
August to the 1st of December he is on his
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