The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-02-13
PATRICK COUNTY.
FEBRUARY 4, 1880.


! Editors Dispatch: Various were the
excavations as TO whether Judge Staples
waIlld hold the january term OF our COun-
| re- Court or not. We bad a very long
| docket. and this being quarterly term
great deal Of business before the court,
beside. several impoI tant ielonies. An un.
usualit large crowd was in attendance.
MadvTMne on business, and many to see
their respective friend preside for the first
time as a Readiuster Judge. News bad
come from Richmond that COlOne! f. Il.
Turner was the Judge. This greatly re-
| ioictd his many friends; but by some act
of bocus- pOcus or legerdemain the new
parry concluded to reconsider, and The Col
Onel thinks that his friends deserted him
jGst as victory was about to perch on his
banner and invest him with the to9a OF
judicial ermine Alas for human eXpecta-
tions The Colonel has been LEFT to
reflect upon tie insincerity and ingratt.
tude OF politicians, and experiences the full
meaning OF being a "RCadjuster in the
COOL" After Colonel Turner had been
nominated in their caucus Il was ascertaned
that il would require another >feed to de-
feat the present popular incumbent; so The
Colonel was withdrawn and A. NJ. Ly6roOk,
Esq. nominated IN his stead. The latter
gentleman was elected, as we have been IN
formed. He Is lawyer IN full practice and
Of fine legal attalnments. and bis friends
have been surprised at his accepting the
position OF county judge. He has been fre-
quenlly ana prominently spoken OF hereto
fore for circuit Judge. see It stated by one
OF your CORES p0ndents that Captain Ly-
brook was a Radical. This is mistake.
The Captain has always voted with the Con-
fix-., ~ in l. la - flktFf |
bad m interview with this gentleman rs 10
the importance OF uniting the Conservative
party and thorough organic ltiOn prepare
tory TO the approaching presidential cleo
ton. This, | am sure, would meet bis
hearty appreciation. He remarked in our
conversation, "that in any event Virginia
would give her usual majority for the Demo-
cratic nominees. and that the true COnserya-
lives had no idea Of permitting questions OF
State policy to cDdanger their party when
such grave Issues were at stake" jude
LybrOOk has never been much Of pOlii-
clan. During the canvass last fall lac be-
came prominent and made an active parli-
san for the Rcidiusters. Ii i, believed that
he will make a flir-minded and able judge.
Judge St9p'cs held tue court, commencing
on thc 9th ulmo and continuing I'LL the
4h instant. The grand jury WIS in session
five days, and made some tity-odd present.
ments. The most important case tried was
that OF William Edmonds for the murder OF
Frank Cloud. The prosecution was con-
Quoted BY John Moore. Esq. assisted by
John Staples, Esq The prisoner was de-
Tended by Colonel John L. Penn and +. L.
Penn, Esq. The trial was the more inter- |
estins because of the presence OF the yene- |
rabIe father OF the deceased, Martin Cloud |
E,q., now eighty-dve years OF age. He has |
been for several years past residing in Win |
ston, Y. &. The old gentleman looks well. |
but greatly bowed BY his accumulated sor- |
row and affl Icton. Frank was his last son |
OF four. Martin Cloud was for many years |
a prominent man in tins county. Fifty !
Years ago he was justice OF the peace, held |
in addition many other Offices, and at one
time, 1878, represented this county in
the Legs .ature very acceptably. He was
at one time the Ajax OF Democracy in this
This trial occupied three days of
the term. On the evening OF the third day |
the case was given to the jury, who return
cd into court in The morning OF the fourth |
day with verdict OF murder in the first
degree The counsel for the accused moved !
the Court for new trial. After several |
DAYS reflection tie Court set aside the
verdict Of the jury and awarded the pr-
soner new trial. AZ one time during this
court there were three hung iuries in eases
Of felony-boarding at tue hotel at the
States expense. These proceedings NUT
cost the State immensely.
Now that our Readiu,tcr friends have
gotten through with dividing the Spots
md filing the Offices with their partsans
whom the people did not want, we do hope
that they will grapple with the true issues
upon which they were elected, and devote
HE few remaining days II the session OF
our Legislature TO the DISCUSSION aud set
Element OF the State debt, otherwise all
heir fair promises will prove TO have been
but Buucombe. and their labors the tabled
,ea-fruit. Give up your q IIrfeling, gentle
men, and unite your party. DAN.