The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-03-17

DECISIONS RENDERED u.s. Com
mon wealth, from the Hastings Court Of
Richmond. Reversed, Judge Moncure de-
liYeriDg the opinion of the court. Reuben
Williams was the roommate Of Peter
Shield. Both were stone.cutters, and last
year Williams was charged with robbing
| Shields trunk of $3.50. A very considerable
portion of the amount he gambled away,
| and it was recovered from the gamblers by
Detective John Wren. Accused was tried,
| found guilty, and his term OF Imprisonment
in the penitentiary fixed at three years. The
| Supreme Court held that Judge Guigou
erred in not excluding from the jury the
| transactions between Wren and the gam.
blers. This, it is believed, will result in the
| acquittsl of the accused, if, indeed. the Com
| monwealth's attorney does not now enter a
! ,aoHe prosequt. Accused Is in the city Jail.
Sands Us. Page, escheator, sc. From the
Circuit Court of the city of Richmond.
Amended and affirmed, Judge Staples de-
| ivering the opinion of the court. This de-
cision, 1t is fondly believed, forever ends the
celebrated Haunstein case. Solomon Haun-
steiD, a foreigner, died in Richmond in the
early part of the war, and left an estate
| worth several thousand dollars. According
| to the law and precedent it ought to have
| OSSU SsCucdlCu W luC "Cakh3 Wv
johnson 81. Sands, George c. Chahoop, and
Others, trumped up fraudulent claim
against Haunstein's estate. and had it sold.
The real estate vas purchased by Sands for
$1,000, "that being the highest aud the best
bid for the same, no one ofthe large assemblage
present being willing to give more, and paid
all cash, and desired deed therefor at
once; and the deed was made accord
ingly." 1t was subsequently proved that
the claim was forgery, and Sands and Cha
boon were tried and sentenced to the penl-
Tertiary. After several desperate attempts
to free themselves through the medium Of
| the courts they were obliged at last to sue
cumb and ask Governor Walker for pardon.
he granted it on condition that they would
| leave the State. Both left. Chahoon, when
last heard from, was groaning under defeat
| inflicted upon him by the Democratic pomi-
nee for Congress in one of the western dis
tricts of New York. Sands has been about
| here since this case came up.
The judgment of the Supreme Court Is
| in effect that Haunstein'S estate belongs to
| the Commonwealth Of Virginia. Sands
who is O wel.to-do man-will have to &C.
count for the profits while 1t was in his
hands.
Tosb, &C., Us. Robertson, Sc. From the
Circuit Court OF Pittsy lvania. Affirmed,
Judge Christian delivering the opinion OF
| the court. This was an intricate Confederate
case, somewh hat like that OF Mills & Lancas.
| ter. The Court held here, however, that
the executors and purchasers were to be re.
sponsible for the property sold.
| White us. Tompkins, &c. From the Cir
cult Court of Matthews. Affirmed, Judge
| Christian delivering the opinion of the court.
| This was an old claim W hich was disallowed
because it could not be sufficiently proved.
| Erwn's executor Us. Nichols, &c. From
| tbe Circuit Court OF Bedford county. Af.
| irmed, Judge Anderson delivering the
opinion of the court. In this case the Court
decided that advances made by the testator
should not be brought into the distribution
under the terms of the will.
| Miler's administrator Us. Easley's execu.
tor. From The Circuit Court of Halifax.
| Reversed, Judge Anderson delivering the
| opinion of The Court. This was Confed-
crate transaction. The CourS held that the
| debt should not be scaled.
| Turnbull, for, &C., us. Thompson. From
the Circuit Court of Franklin. Reversed,
Judge Staples delivering the opinion of the
court. Thompson claimed exemption be-
cause the process was served on him while
be was in the army. Judge Staples delivered
the opinion of the court, and very In.
teresting one it was; but 1t Is likely there
will be no repetition OF the case till the next
war. 1t was held that Thompson's failure to
assert his right during many years operated
as q waiver.
selden and wife us. Keen and ais. Fully
argued, and submitted.