Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-06-09
BAILED YETN0T FREE
noueN Parker Has Given Bond He Is
still Ia Custody.
,x,rrp STATES PRISONER NOW.
o Christian, OF New Kent,
Grants Bail In $1,000 with the
.,-g,ria trust Company as Sc
rurity.
rurity.

,,sre Isaac Christian, Of New Kent
..,..iav allowed the prisoner To avail
1t Of the sacred rights OF the writ
,.heae corpus a. Providence Forge.
lore the sun went down the gold
= man had wen the great lesal fight
s-.. victory. however, Is a questionable
49,. for hardly had Smith heard the
- of the Court 81 his favor before
c,rr.nt charging him with imper-
..,r. United states assayor had
- served upon him by Deputy Mar
- 1,nney Peasants. And so. after
=. DO was "A case Of ''out Of the frying
-. ia,, the FIRE. for now the supposed
,n.,s,.r is in the custody of Uncle
S.m.
-.e case was an exceedingly interest
e. one ana afforded fine scope for legal
,...t as many questions of vast M
,.,-,sace were involved. IL was ably
r,sss.ted and argued by all the counsel
sth great force and energy.
RATHER INFORMAL COURT.
I'D, or. sense the court. which was held
"a vacant storehoUsc. was quite in
s,--al for the spectators, In the alb
-. Of chairs. were compelled TO hoist
,t.usclves on the surrounding counters
"a 20 bangle their heels in empty ether
-. room. however. was cool and breezy
40 Tho onlOokerS Jared comfortably.
800 interesting types Of unsophisti-
800 New Kent riupilty, both white and
,,lar.d. were among the audience. Their
t,..-.st Was all-absorbing and their sym
,..,r.a4 entirely with the prisoner.
I..e. Christian presided with his char
sfr-.suc urbanity. and the Common
1.4fh was represented by Messrs. ii.
= smith and Conway II. Sands. Hon.
iu.- Digs and Mr. Lewis Wendcpburg
srraa.,i on behalf Of the prisoner.
Hr sands stated I'm his opening re-
marks that the case could not be investi-
rat.5 on It's merits, but simply in so far
a. 70 pcrtaiued 20 the application for
I'll Aftcr explanatory remarks by
counsel on both sides as 20 many legal
fsetaicahues. Mr.. Smith raised the point
nat Jlrre Muneus action some weeks
10 m refusing tire prisoner bail Was
"a. and that his judgment so entered
ttl,a.d be conclusive. The prisoners
remedy hay in an appeal TO the Supreme
Cyr lee quoted froui law-books 10
fubs,antiate his arguments. Mr.. Wen
denhlrc opposed this Interpretation OF the
rrht OF hahcas corpus with yigor.
THE FEAR OF CRITICISM.
The attorneys on both sides used prac-
fcauy the same arguments on this line
thag were recently employed in the pro-
t-dinss before Judge Barbour. OF Green
Vile Mr.. Dggg spoke at great length.
and az lines with no lttle force. Incl
rcut-ily. ne alluded 10 the prejudice
nriast the eold-br1ck man, and stated
ilat had certain persons not feared
newspaper criticism the prisoner would
l,nc ESQ have been released on bail. He
thanked Cod that there were no such
Judges 10 his county. lie mentioned de-
cs.ous in the Harrisonburg, Glasgow,
ana GorIonsyille land cases 10 show that
EWinlhrg equally as pcrniciOus as that in
the goii-brlck matter had been prac-
tced by these boom" companies, and
yet the parties 10 them now occupied
tonorei positions Judge Wickham, Of
llerrc0. was likewise the butt OF some
exceedingly vigorous remarks on the part
q The young orator. who spoke with
frcepuonai eloqucnce. He said that
ju1ge Wickham had remarked that he
Co.llu't get hoic" OF TIE jury for not
t-rtlIne on a veTtiict Of guilty, but that
g. would "gct hoid' Of the county of
f..fs (,iluding 20 the Sheriff. Deputy
t.rG. and Clerk for not exercising
per care and prccaution IN keeping
t.e jury free from outside communion
ton. These three had been heavily fined.
4 CASE OF PURE GOLD.
ST. Sands. before concluding his argu-
: no as 20 whether Judge Mullens de-
rs.'l was res adjudica, congratulated
Judge Christian. who had just been mar
rel a few days ago. upon his newfound
happiness The Judge nodded acknow-
iei-r cnts, and said: Eyes. it is u gold
Clsr.'
Indeed q is." replied Mr.. Sands, "a
t'ee 90 the purest gold
ST. Sands defended Judge Wickham
E-lus. the inslnuations Of Mr. Digs
d. said they were out OF place, criticism
c. tle judiciary was not proper. He
Ll not propose 20 SC into details about
ts matter bot he thought the Judge
iai perfect right 10 investigate the jury.
end that his opirions-rght or wrong
faeul Dr. respected.
ar Evau il. Chesterman, private gee
ret4ry Of The Governor. was the first Wit
les examined. lie produced four
Regulations for Parker which had been
G.--Fe1 by the Executive from other
State. Counsel for the defence objected
90 these oa The ground that the witness
could not IDENTIFY the prisoner as the man
a for ia the requis.t.ons.
Mr. Crawford. Chief OF the Identhca-
t14 Bureau. o. Cincinnati, stated that
D. tr1 known prisoner under the names
{. smith and u. r. Chase, at LafOrte,
lrf. -a The Jail OF that place. His tesu-
i'-H} YVES stantaly the same as that
t'l- ty hm on former occasions,
RULING OF THE JUDGE.
When Judge Christian delivered his
VIlIn i1 the matter the silence In the
courtroom was almost painful Smith
''ef s'c.oI calm, and cOurteOus-did not
t.f..r tas least excited. but Emory. the
o. 1-shoIllercd. faithful friend VINO has
lowed him 60 closely. wcpt profusely.
The Judge said that the contention OF
t...te. Tor the prosecution. was that
zoe matter was res adJudica through force
g. ..-re Muuen's decision. lie held
ta., iu The irst place. 10 was very doubt
T.. whether ODE Legislature had any right
lies tAe Constitution 20 modify The com
i--i law prerugatVes conferred
t-.c prisoner by the writ OF habeas
cH If 10 had this poWcr-had Il *
'l DO hy siatutef The Court held
VA. f-e matter hdd not been adjudicated,
&. crtelled hy COUNSEL that the tx
i'rs.1a DO tae statute "thls shall be con-
c-..f- ~ Che matter" intended 10 apply
u ,a- case oa'y n the phase I'm which il
ti',afcl 60 that Judge. The return OF
'-'..t solomon declared that he pfi-
lIf Wa5 In h.s charge by an order Of
County Court OF Hcnrico Of
..I SOD committing him into his GUS
N Iti. Was "a direction given ar-er
IHttr t1 fy him o. that titne--a new
'1.'t.ur- tc bis e1y. The ease
W. H.t ..r same here was before
'--e Mullen. ~ th- e. rp0rauOn Court.
o. fr',fs burg uor the same as f. MAS
.'''ie Judge b4fnam. 81 Greenyil.e-a
''a.-l question whether under this
ointment ite ShellS tsaily detained
ALLOWED BAIL ~ 1900
Judge Christian dweit az length upon
~. -'Irctity NJ tls wE.t o. habeas corpus
t'- gre circumstances under which il
a.. r4acted from the Barons.
Iis rem7rhs We're received with occs-
-a! o9tp4ls,s 81 applause. which sheriff
S'.9mor. acting az the suggestion Of the
'.4tr sifusgied o. suppress.
4Hc'r Mas spicy argument over the
amount OF boa ~ be- liked. NJ Sands
q @td me Judge 10 make 10 81 900. Mr.
"claeH0lfg asserted. most positively
uei the friends OF the prisoner could
O.y raise $50. The Judge In view OF
az .ihe circumstance decided 10 nix
'.t hslre at N0u. Mr. Mann s. Quarles
" .he Virginia Trust Company. gave ne
riy for his appearance before the
NYs"ty touTi o. ne 1oth Of this mona