Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1866-01-31

COMMITTEE on HOUSE Expenses:
The CHAIR announced the following commit on
the above subject: Messrs. Jones, larnsberger,
Deskins Browning and Booker,
INSANE PERSONS CHARGED WITH CRME.
The following Senate bill was taken up and passed
BE Il enacted de-, That section II oil chapter 2OS
of the Code of Virginia be amended and ic-euacted
so as to read As follows
If any person charged with or convicted of crime,
be found in the court before which he is charged
or convicted to be a lunatc, and such court shall
order him to be confined IN one of the lunatc asy
lums; or if a court or Judge thereof shall order any
person charged with. crime u Lee confined IA one VI
the lunatic asylums, lie shall b. received ana con-
| fined so soon as there is vacancy therein, The
Sheriff or other officer OF the court by which, or 10y
the Judge of which, the order is made, shall Inme
dately proceed, in the manner directed by The 18th
section of this chapter, Ia ascertain whether such
vacancy exists and until II Is ascertancd that there
! is a vacancy such lunatic shall be kept IN the Jail
! of such court. When any persop coniined IN an
asylum ana charged with crime, aud subject to be
| tried therefor, or convicted oil CRIME, shall he re-
stored u sanity the Board shall give notice thereof
10 the Clerk of the court by whose order or 10y tie
order of the Judge thereof, he was confined, and de-
! liver him in obedience to the proper precert.
If a court or the Judge thereof, TO which an cY-
aiming. court may have remanded person iArtrIal,
see reasonable ground to doubt his sanity, the said
court or the Judge thereof may order snc person 10
! be removed from the jail to one OF the iunatc asy-
lums OF this State, there TO be confined until he he
so restored that he can be put ON hls trial. Such
court shall at any time upon the application Of the
accused by counsel order jury to enquire into the
fact as 10 such sanity and shall. If the accused he
i'm the lunatr asylum, order him N Ice brought be-
fore the court for such trial Such jury shall be- i'm
panelled at its bar. If the jury ind the accused 10
he sane at the time of their verdict, they shall make
no other enquiry and the trial in chief shall proceed
according to law. If they find that he be insane,
they shall enquire whether or no he was so III the
time of the alleged offence. If they lind that lie
was insane at that tinIe the court may DISMISS the
prosecution, and either discharge hlp pr To prevent
his doing mischief, remand him tn jail aud order
INN to be removed to one of the lunatic asylums OF
TINS State. If they find that he not 50 at that
time, the court shall commit him To Jail or order
MN 10 be confined in one of said asylums until he
Ge SO restored that he can be put upon hs trial for
WITNESSES ~ ihh TRIAL OF TYLER, COLEMAN AND
POLLARD
The bill to pay certain witnesses in the trial of
Messrs. Tyler, Coleman and Pollard, was taken up
and passed 1T was given at length in our report
yesterday
The special order-the bill in relation to the
ASSESSMENT OF TAxRs Or LICENSES
was next considered; and, after being amended,
was ordered to its engrossmenl.
The Holse, on mOtiOa of Mr. GiENETT, then
adjourned.