The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-09-21
PETERSBURG.

TREATED, AND ITS kAPhAfiC pHNN"
oTpgR ITEMS.
,correpondenee OF the Eichmond Disps,ehl
SEPTEMBER 90, 1880.
Al the time my last letter was written tue
ease Of William ii. Fond, citisen Oh
southampton county, CHARGED WIN GOT
ynn,Iv eudeayoring TO obstruc. anu ini'
Ius" tho dine administration OF justice In
w. pistricf Court Of the United States for
W. Eastern DistIic, OF Virginia." had not
~, he,orc the United states commissioner
In ,,,,s c,ty for examination. The gist OF
3D.. CHARGE Is that Pond corruptly swore out
u.r,ani for the arrest OF one Jacob L.
,ayis lcolorcdl, who was at the time wit
80 sgainst him for violation OF
Tho ,nIcrna.reyenue laws, toe exami-
nstion az which WAS IN progress before
,be commissioner, and The result OF which
Termination was that Pond wss sent on 10
the grand Jury OF the United STATES t".rt
ON Inc 5h Of October. The warrant Tor
Ponds arrest alleged that at The 'llle ne
sUore opt the warrant he we'll knew there
,ros no ground for IL, and that he caused II
80 bc i,Sued with the intent 10 deter Davis
from tesfliying a. a witness, or 10 unlaw'
snIIv influence his testimony In the case now
lending in the court. in my letter | gave
ihe focis touching the issuance OF the war
rant against DAVIS, OF Us dismissal by JUS
lice Kindred, OF southampton county, oil
,he arrest and conviction OF Davis on a
second warrant, and his punishment BY
Stripes and imprisonment IN jan.
The Justice in this city WHO issued the
warrspt for Dayis's arrest stated before Tue
commissioner that he did so upon the sworn
statement OF W. ii. Pond that Davis had
obtained from bin money and goods under
hat hE
statement, after careful investigation, he be-
leyed there was Just cause TO suspect
crime had been committed; that Pond al
leced al the time that Davis bad run away
from the county and was in this city attend
inc a> a witness, but made no mention OF
his being a witness against himself.
MIR. David III. Kindred, OF southampton
county, testified that be was the Justice OF
the peace before whom Davis was brought
on the warrant issued in Petersburg; that
be dismissed said warrant on the ground,
not because the charge was frivolous. but
because the intent TO steal at the time Davis
obtained the goods was not proven; and
that Pond had not exercised due precaution
in crcdiling Davis. Pond bad lien upon
DNis's crop for payment Of the goods FUR
nishcd him that Davis had run of before
cultivating the crops. After dismissal oil lhis
warrant second warrant was sworn out
by one William Myrick (colOred), charg-
ing that Davis did, by false prcience,
cause The complainant to stand security
for him for the payment OF debt OF SlS
dine a Mr.. Vaughan OF BOykin's depot for
goods obtained; that Pond was present st
This trial and testified that Davis had de-
serted bis crops before obtaining these
goods On this trial Davis was convicted
"a q lttsft, nd rign n
The Justice, in answer 10 questions by Dis
tricl-Attoney Lewis, stated that he was
not aware the law had been changed so rs
10 prohibit both stripes and imprisonment
for petit larceny, and that he thought he
had, under the Code, full authority for is
suing the warrant upon which Davis was
tried. lit seems that Dayis's promise to
Myrick mad until November Isl 10 be salts
1ed.]
William Myrick (colOred), upon whose
sth Mr.. Kindred issued the warrant
against Davis, testified thst he never knew
Davis until last year, and never had
any transactions with BIN until he went
security for him for the pay ment OF The debt
OF $1s. Davis agreed TO save him from any
loss by agreeing TO give him a certain amount
Of cotton. He still holds TINS agreement, and
the debt OF SIS has not been paid. Davis
gave him an order on Pond for some money
(Or goods, saving that Pond was in debt TO
hlm. When the order was presented to
Pond. the latter said he owed Davis moth
ing, but that, on the. contrary, Davis owed
him. Witness bad several interviews with
Pond, but was never told by him that he
wanted TO prevent Davis from testiiying
against him, or said anything TO induce him
10 believe that such was the case. Pond
advised witness TO carry the paper before
Justice Kindred, and his object in dong so
was TO get his money and not TO prosecute
him for crime.
The next witness put upOa the stand was
the man J. Z. DAVIS, who was allowed 10
iell bis story in full, and very RENAL kable
statement il was-sO remaTk able, indeed,
that, happening as the alleged events did,
in The county Of southampton, noted for
The refinement OF IFS people, ii is not be-
lieyed by many who have heard and read If.
Davis said be was suffering very much from
the effects Of the whipping inflicted upon
bin by order Of the Court. lie went 10
southampton lat January from Warren
county. y. T.. He rented a farm from Mr..
Pond, and was 10 give him $40, or bale OF
cotton weighing 400 pounds. for II. He cot
his supplies from Pond, but not the full
amount OF the bills of sale he gave Pond.
During his absence Pond went TO his house
with SOME Others and threatened and drove
his wife away. Witness had asked Pond il
be had license 10 sell wbiskey, at which be
got mad. | then went TO Norfolk, as adj
yised, and gave information that Pond was
selling tobacco aud brandy, aud asked il he
had license. Finding that he had none, | ]
came 10 Petersburg and informed the United
States officers here. While here i asked II
anything had been heard from my wife, who
had been lun away from home, and beard
that she was in North Carolina. ! made
complaint against Pond, and was sum-
moned TO Petersburg 10 testify. Pond did
not know about this, and did not see HIM
until he got here. He did not say anything
TO me, but heard him say TO others, so,
let him wOrk-we'll have him down in
southampton" This was before the trial,
near the door Of The cusom-house. | was
called out by the officers, who invited Inc
on little way, when they suddenly clamped
haudcutfs upon me and took me 10 Jail, say
ing, We got you now; we couldn't take
you in The house"
Davis then told the story OF his suisse
quent treatment aud suneriDgs. After
being kept in Jail here for some days, be
was tied aud taken oy constable to the
jail ~ Suffolk, thence 20 southampton jail,
and thence to BOykin'S for trial. He was
tied all the time he was travelling. When
he got to @ykin's Pond and Kindred were
there. The latter remarked 10 bin, 4" Hello;
United States marshal. You got back here.
You haven't got spy United States mar
Shals with you now, and when we get |
Though with you, you won't tell any |
one II YOU sSse them selHnR thousand |