Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1882-02-28
HsAene's Own Supreme csurt

AZ was anticipated al of the caucus
nominees for Judges Of the Supreme
Court Of Appeals were elected:
Colonel Robert w. Richardson, OF
Smyth county, over Judge Waller r.
Staples, of Montgomery county, pre-
sent incumbent.
Mr.. T. T. Fauntleroy, of Frederick
county, over Mr.. John w. Riley, of
Halifax county, tosucceed Judge Fran
cis T. Anderson.
Mr.. L. L. Lewis. of Culpeper county,
over Mr.. James Keith, of Fauquier
county, to succeed Judge r. l.. G. Mon
cure.
Judge R. w. Lacy, Of New Kent
county, over Judge Joseph Christian,
of Richmond city, present incumbe Mt.
Captain Drury A. Hinton, of Peters,
burg, to succeed Judge E. G. Burks,
present incumbent. a-,s .... e..,.,r.stf
The Democrats refused to make .
nomination in opposition to Captain
Hinton, holding that there was no
vacancy to be filed. -, .'.,.,S,.,.,-
The following personal descriptions
we take from the Dispatch Of Saturday
Richardson is about forty five, Hin
ton just forty-two, Lewis thirty-five,
Lacy rty-three, and FAuntleroy per-
haps fifty~five. seVit il,Na
Mr.. Newberry says Mr.. Richardson
is good lawyer and good man, and
will be the equal of any man on the
bench. He is q native Of Appomsttox
county, and was captain In the C0nfed-
crate army.
A friend of Mr.. Hinton yesterday
quoted the late Judge Joynes rs saying.
Hinton goes out of my Office the best
prepared man know" Democratic
good lawyer. In Petersburg, where be
has long been Common wealth's attOr-
ney, he is very popular. ff
Mr.. Lewis is half brother of Lieuten.
ant Governor Lewis. aud belongs to q
family that has for century had Q
prominent place in Virginia affairs.
His ancestor, Andrew Lewis, the In
dian fighter, was deemed worthy of q
pedestal on our Washington monument
along with Jefferson. Henry. Mason.
Nelson, aud Marshall. Mr.. Lewis is
the attorney for the United States for
the Eastern District of Virginia. His
nomination gives great satisfaction, and
he is considered the ablest man of the
five In national politics he is Re-
publican, and 10 the only Republican
nominated for this court.
Judge Lacy was the first county
judge Of New Kent, and gave the place
up to come to the House. There he
served several terms. In 1879 he was
elected Speaker. and before the end OF
the session was made judge of bis cir
cult, ia place of Judge Montague, de-
ceased. In 1880 be ran for Congress as
the Readjuster candidate, being oppos-
Ell by Hon. John Goode and Mr.. De
zend"rf. Although very decided
Readjuster. he was popular in the
House, made good Speaker, and has
filled his judgeship quite acceptably,
considering that manv of the people
with whom he comes In contact disa-
gree with him politically.
Mr.. FauntlerOy served in the Gene
raj Assembly twenty.three years ago,
and also in the sessions of 1877-'S0. In
1879 he was elected Secretary of the
Commonwealth. He is lawyer by
profession aud a graduate of the Uni-
versity of Virginia. The estimate in
which he is held by his party is shown
Dy the TACT that he received the uDani
nous nomination of the caucus as
member of the Court of Appeals TO rep
resent the Valley. sNf
Messrs. Fauntleroy and Lacy are
married, and the former has . very
large family. Mr.. Lewis is a widower.
Messrs. Richardson and Hinton are
bachelors.