Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-02-07
Judge NiCOI,S Case.

Cour's Of Justice, Mr. Coghi!l chairnan, en-
tered upon the regular ,ovcst cation of the
eli yes brought by Mr. James j. Davies
a a:t4sl \ lett N,co, judge oi the County
Cou,t OF Prince WthtatD c,u1ty. The charges
made and sworn 10 Dy Mr. Davies as true so
lar as It rest d upon h> own information, and
s. Jar az m;,:~ lpoa tn information OF otbcrs
be believes tu sala charges a. nc tue have
been ~Xpu ga - the ccuiml:t5e SO as 10
ouii. lie !opwiug, watch, ii rue, should be
brought q the aituu!ion Of the Circuit Cour.
Of pcuce William county. and Judge Nlcol
would bc dlstarrs1
THAT the said Aylei- Nicol instituted suit
il tne Uncui, C0urr of the said county OF
Prince VIII III in the name OF Rachel Carter,
alulluistIatrx Of ihomlS Carter, deceased,
| asai.,t he estate Ut Charles b. Norman, de-
| ceased, 10 Ghich he obtained decree In tue
said court against the said NormaD's estate;
that the said decree or judgment SO obtained
am Il til IN April, 1875, TO the SUM of 81 ,629;
| that IL tic said uosih Of April, 1875, he adj
Wis i his sai cl,eut, R.cnei Carter, To sign a
b4 Tx assg.lucnl Tor the consideration OF $500,
| onc-:iljru vi which said sun was to be relalued
| by the sad Nicol as his Tee 10 the said suit;
tuai the said NlcDi, at the time he advised the
said RacnrI Carter, his client, TO assign the
saiQ cain against tho SAID Norman estate
.or the sur. aforesaid had ~ his hands, as
| comI. IS JGcr oi safe III the suit vi Cole ".
| Lyuu' : administers tor, pending 10 the said Cir
Gus Court tIe su.u o :; $50, which be could
nave i!:.d ~ rIlcd 10 tile pay mcnt OF bis SAID
cll, Of ca:m amounting, aS aforesaid, to
| : ,62Y
TIE CHARGES.
TIE remaining charges upon which the in
ves;i.:aiiuu viii proceed are three 10 plumber,
! and are uS follows:
First. That ~ all act Of the General AS
scmb!y OF Virginia. approved July llth, 1870,
JESSE Hoyt, Columbus q. Douglass, Ay!ctt
Nico, &. ". Z. Duuulugtou, Dauiel 4. Rug
el:s, " alter Weir, and their associates and
successor were created u corporation by the
uaue OF the Potomac and Manassas Railroad
Company; that the said Ayl.tt Nico was
siUckh Ider iii Tie saIi railroad company, and
| thal The said As iett Nlcol, on the 22d day of
September, 1870, purchased from Que Thomas
| I. leDi,s his uud.vlded 0nc-thiri interest In
a.cvcn lots III the Wa ct Gar. bor0, 10 the
sad couG;y. The silI alhant further says
Lat al :. County Court held Tor he said county
of Prince Wi.ilaIn, IN tnc tirst Monday IN Oc-
ioo.r, 1870. lhc salu AZ let Ncoi, sitting as
ju4 e Vi Ct4c said County Court, aud being 10
| L,rCsteu uS aforesaid, Oh motion ct the SAID
| Potomac auu Manassas Railroad Company, ap.
| rG!itad Il board vi cumm SsluDcrS to condemn
| land ID the SAID cJuhty iJr the purposes OF the
! SAID company, aud that the said board OF COM
missioccrs reuroed 10 The said County Court
t..cir reports cuodelaniug ninety lots situated
in the said town Of Carrboro, and which con-
| .elnuation embraced the interest purchased as
If yrcsaGu by the SAID Nlcol Of the said Tebbs;
tina, e sad Aylctt Nico!, sitting as judge o.!
the said CouUty Curt, al the December term
| 1870 ihcrcot, entered an 0rdcr confirming the
said reports; hat the said railroad company
was rUi represented by a., attorney before the
said EQUITY Cuur; that by au order Of the
sad Nlcgi, sitting as Judge OF the said court,
entered al the SAID term, Ansou Bangs, prcsi-
dcnt OF the SAID railroad company, paid the
dam, 4cs ai,.ug from .he sail condemnation,
az. .lng to the su,u OF Thirty. ighi Hundred
aud niD IL dollars 10 the genera! receiver OF
the said County Court; tAat the said Ay.ctt
Nlc0, sitting as ju,.sc OF the said County
Court, entcrcG ~ ne same term, an order d.
rectinG opc Of his Ill DiS$ivders in ehancery
|
| titled "a the SAL DAMAGES, and in what pro-
portion; bal he said Ayett Nico obtained
| r. LII III: clvk Oh ine SAID court copy of the
It's, mentioned orGcr, aud directed \. f.
woodward, ooe Of his said commissioners, to
/ execute the same. The said atfiant further
says, that before the execution Of the last
mentioned order By Commissioner woodward,
hc salt A}iclt Nlc0l hal entered toto a con-
tract wi one WiIrm Thomas, a resident of
the ty oil Stafford, the said State, in
| Which Il WIS ~ dted aud agreed that the
| said Ay t, \ ci0l ard Wilemao thomas should
share equally all profits growing out OF their
| spccubu2us in the said town Of Carrboro'
LAND SPECULATION.
''rhc :aid a!hlat further says, that the said
Ayiett Nicol filed fore the said Commissioner
Woodward, deed executed by one William
E. Diu, the sole heir OF one William D.
D wen, On the 18th day OF April, 1871, con-
v'ytnc to one GEolnas Chapman, all tie said
Duiin,s Interest ii the Carrboro' lots and bis
iut,rc t IN the damages assessed for the said
lots upon which said decd the said Chapman
ID .da and cx culed Al assignment transferring
t. the said A.ett Nicol, his said purchase
| II, IN INC said DuU; hat the said Aylett NicJl
iGtr uduced the said WilcInan Thomas as wit
naSs before the said commissioner, aud on Che
% h day Of April, 1871, caused the said Com
missioner " iyard - take the deposition Of
the sad WiIeman Thomas, in which he Was
made to say that he knew Johu j. Duval, who
married Aun /. TcbUs, daughter OF Bctsey
'iebhS; that in the divisioL OF the Carrboro'
lots \ s. 81 So ST, So, Sc, 50 81, SO 80, 76
II, IS. auu ~ were allotted 10 the said j Ohm
2 Duval, aud Ann f., his wife; that the said
DuvaI and wife in their lifetime sold the said
lots to Wiz LII D. Dowali; mat he saw the
deed executed ~ the said Duval and wife, cou-
vey!cg The said lots to the said Dowei!; that
William L. Du'in (who was the only child of
EIna Dowell, who was the ouly child of the
said William D. D)wcrI) had, as be (rhona>)
understood, conveyed the lets to TAos. Chap
m2D; tina, the sail AyIctt NIco caused the
SAID Commissioner Woolyard, by his report,
dated the Goth day OF May, 1871, and upou
the testimony Of Wl!cman Ttomls, who was
maniIcsty the partner OF the sal Nicol, tcsti
Tying against the said John 2. Duva and his
wife, who were at that time deceased, and their
b irs living in the State Of Florida. to award