Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-10-19
THE STATE AT LARGE.
PETERSBURG AND VICINITY.

N1sse Aksu, the Bank Cases-sAtepias Cos.
ten ~ hosssser- Evans csaAaens OF Eiec.
siss.
fcsropcnecsee OF the Richmond Dispatch,
PETERSBURG. Va. October Is. 1884
In the Hastings Court this morning r.
II. Davis, ESQ.,, OF counsel for w. w.
Whyte, late teller OF the Planters and Me-
chanics Bank, against whom the grand Jury
last night found three separate indictments
charging him with making fraudulent
entries OF deposits on the teller's
book. stated thst his client was not
ready for trial, aud that Il had
not been expected that kial would be de-
handed st tiis term Of the court. He said.
further. that 4. W. Mckinney. ESQ, had
been engaged rs associate counsel for tho
defence. and Il was thought, IN view Of his
pressing engagements at tho courts In the
country, thst he would be unable 10 attend
here ST this time; ct least not until after the
4th Of November. Judge Mann expressed the
desire and the determination, " not incon-
sistt Mt with the claims OF justice, to try
these cases at the present term. II was
agreed. therefore, that they should be
temporarily passed, with The understanding
that Mr.. Mckinney should IN the meantime
he communicated with to ascertain N it
were possible 10 have the trial at this term.
In the matter OF Mr.. John Beckwith.
ssainst whom the jury returned "not a
true bill,' II should. In simple justice. be
stated that no evidence whatever was found
10 sustain or Justify the charge that had
been preferred against him Of making
false entries in the individual ledger.
He was boOk-keeper in the bank for
ten years, and q thorough examination OF
bis books by the expert and the trustees
show that his record. under oil the trying
circumstances surrounding him, was pure
sud unsulhed. The grand jury yesterday.
after examining his case fully, confirmed
this fact by dismissing the prosecution
against him.
A large schooner Is loading at this port
with cotton for New York. This Is q new
depaTture IN such shipments.
The friends OF Joseph i. Evans, the co.
lOred Republican candidate for Congress
in this district, are amused st some OF the
highly-eolorcd reports OF the Brady meet
inss ,eni from some OF the counties. They
claim 10 hsve the strength 10 defeat Col
opel Brady by decided majority, and say
that in nearly every county where meetings
have been held the majority OF the colored
voters have been with them. They make
bold 20 ssy that il either Republican
candidate is Withdrawn from the field it
vii, he Colonel Brady. But It NAY also be
mentioned. at least rs far as is at present
known, that the lstitr has no idea Of giving
mo The contest, and is making a most Wig
arous canvass. The probability il that un-
les there i. some interference by the Ma
tional Committee both candidates will re-
msin in the held.
The grCst Democratic barbecue in Not
toWsv county on the sd instant will take
rl.ce at Blacks-and-W Whites insteid of
Melville Judge Staples, General Fitz
Lee. and Or. George l.. Rves will speak.
The Hastings Court has been engaged
al day in the trial OF James A. Jackson
fcolored) charged with srSon in burning
Inc snut-isctOries OF X. e. Marks and
George Davis, on Lombard ard Boiling
brook Itrecss, on the 22d Of July last.
ROBIN ADAIR.