The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-07-12

POIICL CorFT. The main case Of inter-
est before Justice u. 4. Ii richardson. of TN.
court. Yesterday morning was thai OF !. g..
smith. charged with mawiully and fcio-
niousiy receiving and huy.nc lot Of rail-
road iron.
Nj. smith was represented by Mr. G.. ".
Meredith. while the Commonwealth. in
the absence OF NJ. :. +. Wit. was repre-
senird by Mr.. Thoma, y. PAGE
W hen the case was calico. and the war-
rant upon which Ar smith had been ar
rested va, placed IN Mr.. Meredith, hands.
he asked who il WAS tia, had sworn that
Mir. smith was guilty o. IA, matter charged.
Mr. Emmon,. oi the Chesapeake and Ohio
Railway Company. said he Was willing %
swear tnat the iron produced IN court had
been stolen. and Officer Matthews. of the
police force. was willing 10 swear that hc
bad found part oi il himself and all OF IL
bad been found IN the place OF business Of
j. G. smith.
Justice richardson then framed q war
rant IN compliance with these statements.
and informed counsel for defendant that
be- had issued the same on the combined
testimony Of the witnesses named. The
tifyiu- that on the III july he had searched
smiths junb-shop under q warrant for tins
purpose. and there discovered on "a large
pile OF old scraI-iron several coupiiug-pin,
and coupliu--iinks. with the stamp of the
Chc~ape1ke and Ohio railroad. some OF
these articles were perfectly new. IL said
that he had suggested that il would be
well 10 take the whole police relief on the
..|r nrN q fsa. d
crOs.-cXaminatiou by counsel for defence.
tie drift of which seemed 90 be 20 prove
that the iron found came accidentally into
Mr.. smith possession. and That hc made
no effort 10 conceal the same or oppose the
search Of tho officers.
Nj Emm0ns. purchasing agent OF the
Chesapeake and OHIO Railway Company.
said that he could identity the iron; That
he had never sold any sucn. and that he
was ihe only man authorized 10 sell except
the general manager. Who never exercised
the privilege Whoever had the iron in
possession came by II mawfuliy. Iic ,aid
that the work Wa, manufactured either IN
Huntington or ai thr complnv's work.
hero. There were no work az Charlotte
vile of TINS kind.
Officers Dalton. Wrenn. and Richard,
were also examined fo- the commonwealth,
and cOrTOborated officer Matthew-'~ state
menl- about The finding of the iron.
Thc defence introduced one wines
Mr. Williams. the clerk. who receives and
weigh, tht Old iron bought by Nj. smith.
Hc said Mr. smith, order, were neve 10
buy any railr0ad-iron from any one n the
city. He thought, however. that III almost
eyerv carload bought by them there was
more or jess ~ scraps OF railroad-r0n OF
variou, kinds. He knew that there were
in the pile Iu thf junk->hop -eYcra articles
VI rair0ad-ir1n. About the lasr of june
hs knew tLar they received cal-iDAd oi
iron ri0 the Chesapeake and ohio railroad.
Thr books Oi the company were shown 10
prove this.
The cast was briefly argued Joy counsel
on each side. after which Nj smith was
sent OF The Grand iury for further hearing.
the Court requiring surety in The -um oi
$500. which was given. with samuel VI.
Page as cadorser.
Monroe Haskins and Rose scott both
roi0rcd'. charged with nentlne N the
street. were fined S2.j0 each.
Charles Conncrs. suspicious character.
was Jailed iu default OF surely.
Holly Brico. Bradford Robinson, and
William ReapaX lall c0i0redi, charged viii
beiuc .usuici0us characters. were required
ia ,.iva surety 10 be OF good behavior FOR
twelve months. Committed IN default.
John Williams lc0l0red,, charged with
rcmoyino bras, boxe, from CAR on the
Cbesapeake and ONO railroad, thereby Ell
danrcripg the lives OF passengers. The
offence having been committed nVe miles
from the CITY the case was sent 10 the
county for trial.