The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-04-03
TME CASE OF w. ID. COLEMAN, THE
1, ALLEGED FORHER.
HIS FOURTH BILL OF EXCEPTIONS.
Certificate OF Judge Gusson.

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Certificate OF Judge Gusgcn.
{ Judge Guigon, of.the Hustiags Court, was
engaged during the entire day yesterday In
examining the bill of exceptions prepared
by the counsel for the defence In the case oil
W., y. Coleman, who has beea convicted OF
forgery and sentenced by the court to four
years imprisonment In the State peniten.
tiary, in accordance with the finding Of the
jury. -, . :.
About halrpast O'Clock MIR. Coleman
was brought up to the court, and rendered,
through his counsel, his fourth bill of ex.
ccptions to the decision Of the court given
against him on Wednesday, refusing to set
aside the Judgment OF the court and the yer.
dict Of the jury rendered against him in this
case, which was received by the court,
signed, and sealed, and made part of the
record; after which he was remanded to
Jail. ~
The following issthe certificate 1of Judge
Guigon appended to the bill of exceptions,
as the opinion of the court rs to the condition
Of Colonel Mayo at the time he testified in
the Coleman trial: - ~. s4.,.@ ~
sSThe court doth certify that the examf-
nation Of Colonel Joseph Mayo, Jr., was con.
tinued at intervals through Monday and
Tuesday, March 23d and March oath; that
there was nothing in his manner or de.
meanor during the whole trial that attracted
any attention, except as hereafter stated /;
that his mind was perfectly clear, his appre-
citation Of the interrogatories perfect, his an-
swers clear and intelligent and framed in
language unusually accurate and succinct,
giving better and clearer idea of the com-
plcations as to which he deposed than any
other witness in the case; that his manner
was as usual, except that it was somewhat
subdued; that it was evident that be was
during the trial drinking deeply, but that
this did not affect either his mind or his
memory, which were clear aud accurate that
in the commencement of the examination,
Colonel Mayo being upon the stand, it was
necessary, in the order Of proof, to supersede
him temporarily by General Asa Rogers, the
Second Auditor, who was called to testify
to portions of transactions which related to
his Office, thus introducing some confusion
in the examination, the questions some
times being directed to one witness and
sometimes to another, the witnesses being
next to each other; that Colonel Mayo once
or twice interrupted General Rogers, cor
recting him as to dates and circumstances.
when the prisoners counsel objecting to the
corrections he was told to desist, but after
a while interrupted General Rogers again,
making corrections as to facts, and the Court
thereupon suggested that TO avoid any further
interruption Col. Mayo should sit at another
part OF the bar until he was recalled, which he
did. And no further interruption occurred
as to him, though the interruptions were
frequent on other occasions, the witnesses
referring to each other about transactions
which applied to their different offices that
there was no incoherence at any time in the
replies or statements of the witness (Colonel
Joseph Mayo), and that the only embarrass-
ment or difficulty he manifested was on the
afternoon of the second day, when he was
pressed by the Commonwealth's attorney
and the court to answer what he had done
with the difference, it was shown by other
witnesses Is. Sprigg Campbell and John G.
Wiliiams) he had received in currency on
the exchange of consols for peelers, when,
being unable to show or account for the diff
ferences, except by statement that he had
made a memorandum of them at the time
which he bad lost or misplaced, and which,
if he could find, would enable him to show
at once what. he had done with the money,
he manifested such embarrassment as would
be natural 10 sensitive man who
found himself in such position; and
the court doth certify that the said
Joseph Mayo, Jr., was at the time Of his said
examination a competent and proper wit
ness, and not laboring under any mental dis
ability whatever; and the Court, at the re-
quest of the prisoner, doth further certify
that the said Joseph Mayo, Jr., was mate
rial witness for the Commonwealth"
The court adjourned until next Monday,
the first day OF April term.