Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-10-02

against the State. II it can be sustained |
! by the courts Of last resort, then for like |
! judgments the Governors manFlon may |
| be seized and sold and the Capitol and !
| all 1t contains can he put under the ham
mer and finally every vestige OF the
State Of Virginia extlrpated.
ALooK BACK.
In February, 1897, Mr.. William l..
Royal, counsel for the London Commit
( tee of Foreign BondholGers, was ar
I ragned in the Hastings Court (Judge
/ Holadov sitting for Judge Atkins upon
an information that day filed, charging
! him with unlnwfully practIcing his pro-
! fessOn without having obtained the ne
| cessary revenue license. He was tried
tho same day, found guilty, and fined
/ $50.
This fine Mr. Royal refused to pay
and applied to the Supreme Court of
! Virginia for a writ of error which beng
refused him, he appealed to the United
! States Supreme Court.
The lattercourt reversed the judgments
Of the State courts and sent to our Su-
preme Court a mandate to that effect
and directing that W. l.. Royal recover
against the defendant in error, the State
of Virginia, SGG. 20 for his costs herein
appended.
CERTIFIED DOWN.
Our Supreme Court Icy its clerk certi-
! fed the mandate to the Hustlngs Court,
[ adding:
"ln conformity with said mandate
said Judgment of the Hastings Court bo
reversed and annulled and the cause re-
manded for a new trial to be had therein
| in accordance with the judgment OF the
! United States Supreme Court.
The certificate was entered here as
matter Of course.
EXECUTION.
In August the following execution was
issued and placed in the hands of De-
puty-Sergeant Macon.
TIE COMMONWEALTH or VIRGINIA TO
TIE SERGEANT OF THE CRY OF R1cH-
MOND- GrCcfiH1: We command you
that Of thegoods and chattels of the Com
monwealth of Virginia in your bailiwick,
Won cause to be made sixty-siX dollars
and seventy cents, which TO William Il.
lioyall, late in our Court Of Hastings for
the city OF Richmond were adludged for
his costs. by him expended in the Su-
preme Court Of the United States in
prosecuting n certain appeal from the
Judgment of the said Hastings Court in
favor OF the said Commonwealth, where
by said Judgment was reversed by the said
Supreme Court and judgment rendered
against the said Commonwealth for sald
costs as appearing to Us OF recoId. And
that YOU have the same at the clerks Of
flee OF our said court on the first Monday
in October next to render to the said
William l.. Royal of the costs aforesaid
And have then there this writ.
WITNESS: William y. LawtOn, clerk OF
our said Court OF Hastings, at the court
house, this 7th day Of Anqust, 1888, in
the 18th year of Our foundation.
WILLIAM p. LAwroN, Clerk.
GOES TO THE CAPITOL.
Mr.. Macon went to the Capitol and
saw Auditor Marye with intent to levy
the execution, but Mr. Marye, while
quite certain that no such proceeding
would ever be allowed, desired to con-
suit with the Attorney-General, and
thereupon Mr.. Macon, without taking
any acton, said he would call again. He
did call again several times, hut failed to
see Mr.. Marye. Yesterday morning he ,
again went to the Capitol and saw Mr..
Marye, Second-Auditor Buflln, Treasurer ,
Harman, Secretary OF the Common
wealth FlOurnoy, and Attorney-General
Ayers, all Of whom told him that they
bad no idea OF permitting him to make (
any levy, but that they desired to see
the Governor and dappointed 2:3O O'Clock.
THE GOvERNoR's ANSWER.
At the hour appointed MIR. Macon pre- /
sented himself at the Attorney-GeneraPs
Office, where he found the Governor in {
conversation with Mr.. Ayers. Having {
politely stated that the object of his visit I
was to levy upon some State property in I
the building, he was told 10y the Go
vernon: ]
81 have instructed the Superintendent '
Of Public Buildings that if you attempt ,
to make any levy upon anything in this |
building to cause you TO be elected at
once
The Governor then retired to his own !
office and the Attorney-General in con- {
versation with Mr.. Macon said that the s
execution was without any authority of I
law and was absurd, but Mr. Macon |
calmly said he had consulted the Com
monwealth's Attorney Of Richmond and
1t was his duty as deputy sergeant to {
proceed to levy the execution.
IN THE LIBRARY.
Mr. Macon then went to the Library
and was followed by Mr.. Ayers and {
others
Mr.. Ayers introduced Mr.. Macon to !
Mr.. Poindexter, the Librarian. and said c
a" Here is an officer who has come TO levy !
on some of your property" Mr. Macon
was engaged in casting his eye about for Q
some articles that would about meet the (
Of the execution and SEEM /
ed to have selected al alcove full Of @
books when in came Secretary of-the
Commonwealth Flournoy. who asked :
him his business and, being told, MIR. s
Flournoy, who is the officer in charge OF d
the Library and all the property therein,
said Y
"You can't levy on anything here. " b
Then beckoning to Capitol Policeman h
Robert Durrett, he instructed the police 4
man TO eject Mr.. Macon.
The policeman put his arm through
Mr.. Macons and quietly retired with
him.
NOTE OF NAME. 4
At the elevator Mr.. Macon asked the o
policeman please give me your o
name ?" That officer said, Certainly r
Robert Durrett." fl
Mr.. Macon took from his pocket /
paper, made note of this and together L
they seated themselves in the elevator n
aud went down stairs. /
at the western door OF the Capitol Mr.. /
Macon asked: ''Are you going TO put h
me out OF the building simply or out OF a
ihe grounds as we'll 2" Il
MIR. Durre!t answered; "My under q