Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-01-16
AS TO GRAND JURORS.
.u,ncr INGRAM DEFINES THEIR FULL
RANGE or DUTIES.
Sot Necessary the Husband should ne
Joiued in the Prosecution OF His VIC
Railroad Accident.
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correspondence Of the Richmond Dispatchi
pvrrRsnuno. Va, January 10. 1891.
The Hastings Court commenceditsr egu-
lar term to-day. with Judge John II. In
or.rn ~ the CORPORATION Court OF Man
chester, presiding in the absence Q,
Judge Bernard. In charging the granu
;ury Judge Ingram said 1t was not
his habit in his court to denver
anv extended address. and he would
NOT depart from this rule in this instance
The law presumed that citizens who were
summoned to serve as grand jurors were
men of standing and intelligence. capaoae
of approaching the dignity andlihpGtiS;9l;tT
of their Office. as well as it's responsiDiiIy.
M Jndoe's charge covered, IN brief, the
fnIl range OF duties Of grand Iuries, anu
was delivered in admirable taste ana ulg-
nifty ,obor ~ in
dictments for felony. and were theh h9-
iourned over until Tuesday next wheh ~
Is understood that large batch OF papers
will be ready for their consideration
NICE LEGAL POINT.
In the case of the Commonwealth Us.
Mary Parham, on appeal from conylGYIisoh
of petit larceny by the Mayor, collhsel IJI
the defence raised the point that lnaslnu ol
as Mary Parham was married woman anu anu
her husband was not joined in the prosecu-
ti0n therefore they would ask that the
warrant AGAINST her be d.smissed-the ia1e
statute of lSsg-'9O in regard to petit larceny
beinR that in the discretion OF the jury
fine only could be imposed.
WHO WOULD PAY.
Counsel for defence cited authorities 70
show that where n married woman was
CHARGED with an offence punlshable py me
the woman must be Joined in the prosecu-
t;on becanse i'm case she were t1ned the
husband would have to pay the hne, me
point was argued OF some length' huu
| 1ndre Ingram oyerruled the motion on tne
ground that the late married woman
sscts have 60 greatly altered the response
bilitv of the husband and wife that 1t was
NOT necessary for the husband to be Joined
in this prosecution.
CoMNITTED.
When nut upon her trial the defendant
pleaded guilty, and inasmuch as she mad
been i'm iaIl for some time the jury imposed
only n fine of S5. The Court refused 10
allow an execution toissue, and committed
tbe woman TO the custody of the Sergeant
until the fine shall be paid.
Thomas Graves (c0lored) was convicted
of housekeeping and sentenced 10 two
years' imprisonment In the penltentlary'
The jury also found that Graves had pre-
yiouslv served term in the state prison,
and the Court added five years to his SEN
tence.
Thomas Brown (colored), indicted for
felonious and malicious cutting, was con-
victed of unlawful cutting and sentenced
TO thirty days Imprisonment IN jan.
JUMPED TIE TRACK.
An accident occurred to freight train No.
81, from Richmond, due here at O'Clock
this morning. The engine (No. l55) ana
tender jumped the track at the. switch at
the entrance TO POcahontas and ran some
distance on the sills, fortunately doing but
little other injury than TO the track. En-
gineer Mills and the fireman jumped after
reversing steam. The cannon-hall tram
from Norfolk and the through mail and pas
senger tram from the North due here at
1910 were both delayed beyond the scene
of the accident until the track could be
cleAred-about ~ O'clock. The accident IS
said 10 have been caused by q worn and
defective rail.
An clubhouse on the premises OF Mr..
William J. Cairnes on Rome street was de-
stroyed by fire this morning, having caught
from hot ashes thrown into it by servant.
DETAILS COMPLETED.
Colonel William +. Cameron, chief mar
shall. his assistants and aides, and the joint
Committees of Arrangements, met IN con;
ference at the courthouse this evening ana
completed all of the necessary details for
the celebration of General Lees birthday.
Rev. DR.. William 4. Hatcher, OF Rich
mond; Captain 7. T. Walker, of Clncin-
natti, and Nr. i. G. Glass, of Lynchburg,
were in the city to-day.
NOT ALL ALONE.
1t is said that good deal Of money in
small sums changed hands in this city on
the result of the Dempsey-Fitzsimmo
fight in New Orleans. Dempsey was the
favorite here.
The County Court of Chesterfield, it Is
said, this week denied the application for
the appointment of special police officer
for duty at the Normal School and in the
village of Ettrick. The State proposed to
paw one half the expense of such officer
and the county was TO pay the other halt.
There was number of applicants for the
position and the proposition was approved
by the Board Of the Normal School. 1t Is
reported tbnt there was opposition from
other sections of the city to the proposl-
ton, which embraced special benefit to
very small portion Of the community.
ROBIN ADAIR.