The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-03-01
An Ex.Conyie, Gct1 nanicgea,

1tslcIuiN III lut tINull tOuTl lutIt W IL
tried the case Of Anthony Briggs, colored.
(the Commonwealth plaintif,) against
Mes-rs. White. IIuidgin. Coghlll, and Dan
bridge. sureties of Samuel \. Swami, OF
Caroline county. late Superintendent Of the
Penitentiary. Defendants were sued as
surviving obligors, &C.. OF Swami. Briggs
was sent to the penitcntiarY by the C0rpo-
ration Court Of Norfolk for two years for
q felony, and was received at the peniten-
tiary on December II, 1877. BY an
nadvertence lowing TO clerical mis-
take). despite his rebate FOR good
conduct and other legal mitigatons,
Briggs, instead OF being discharged in 1879,
u couple OF months inside of the time for
which he was sentenced, was detained in
the penitentiaTy until The "a day OF Janu-
airy. 1880. Thereafter being advised Of
his rights, he brought suit for damages,
claiming that his confinement was Illegal
from the 18th OF September, 1879. to the
I'd OF January. 1880. Plaintiff claimed
for loss Of time, interruption OF business.
mental anxiety, &c. The Judge instructed
the Jury that II plaintiff knew he was I'M
lawfully detained and willingly remained
i'm custody he was not entitled 10 recover.
The Jury returned a ycrdictior the plaintiff
for S22j.
From the record il appears that Anthony
Briggs was convicted il the Corporation
Court Of Norfolk Of breaking into the
dwelling-housc OF Charlotte Litchtield on
October 18th. 1877, and stealing sundry
goods and chattels belonging 10 her. which
he conveyed away in the usual manner.
He was. on the Sth Of November, 1877. sem
tencad by the Judge Of the Corporation
Court OF Norfolk 10 two years confinement
in the pcnitentiary for hOuse-breaking.
Plaintiff. through his attorneys, Burroughs
a Brother. Of Norfolk. after his release
brought two suit. against the sureties OF
swami (the latter having died.: the first
against Smith J. II. White, j. NJ. Hudgin.
X. ". Strother, and II. +. smith. and the
second leaving out smith but including
the others, ~ well ~ II. ID. Coghill and
William G.. cambridge, the latter Of the
city Of Richmond, other =,Teties OF said
Swami.
A motion was submitted by defendants
10 set aside the verdict, but was oVerruled.
MoRTVARY REPORT FOR THE WEEK END
ING FEBRUARy 2J, 1882. Causes OF Death :
Bronchitis, colored: consumption. q
white. . colorcd; c0nylllsiOns Gnfantile),
/ cOlored: diarrhea, colorcd; diphthe-
ria. | white: fever typhoidb white: fe-
Yer (typho-malariail ! colored; gangrene,
/ white: heart-disel-e, colOred; inanl-
ton. | white: Inflammation Of bowels, |
white: meningitis, white; old age. :
white: pneumonia, white, colorcd
SMALLPOX. white. coiored; spinal alice
tion. ! white: unknown, white; varlo-
loid. l cOlored. Whole number Of death,
in the city. exclusive Of still-births. 81.
SILL Births: colored female. Ser ana
Color. Male. IL white, Q colorcd-total,
81. females. 10 white. 0 cOlorcd-total, 10.
Lac. one day 10 thirty. | colored; one
month to six. white, = colored-total,
q. six months 10 twelve, ! whlte,2 col
ored-to;al. 3; one year 10 lhree, =
white. I colorei- total, }; three years IL
five. I white; ten years 10 twenty, :
white. I colorcd-total, D; twenty years to
thirty. 1 white. colored-total, =; thirty
wear: 10 forty, white: forty years 10
tifty. . white. , colorct-totaL 4; tfty
wear, 10 sixty. 2 white. colored--total, 1
sixty wears 10 seventy, white; eighty
Years 10 ninety, white; ninety year,
10 one hundred, | white; unknown,
colored. Condition: single, II white, .
colored-total, 20; married, u white,
coIored-total, IL; widowers, l white,
eolored- total, =; widows white; un'
known. white. NGtirity: Richmond
%: other parts Of the United States, II;
England, /; Ireland, |; Wale-. l.. Locst
ihI: Mar.hall Ward, 3 coIored; Jefferson
Ward. 4 white. / colored-total, D; hadi
son Ward. 3 white; Monroe Ward:
White. 2 colored-total, II; Clay Ward,
white: Jackson Ward, white, colored-
total. q: almshouse, | coIorcd; smallpox
bosnital. white. colored-total,4 4.
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