Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-03-31
THE FEDERAL COURT
lpril Session Of This Tribunal TO Begin
Here Next Monday.
The rAmKrx CASE TO COME rr.
ssatute Under which He Was Ar
restcd-sast of Grand Petit Jurors
for tho Term-The Hyer suit May.
he Tried.
he Tried.

Tho Anrn term OF the United states
district Court begins next Monday, ana
the first case to be heard, and one u
the most important TO come up al inns
term. will be that Of IL. IL. Hyer vs.
aha Ricnmond Traction Company
which will be argued before Judge Con
ON that day. MIR. Hyer Is an engineer
and claims that he is entitled 10 @is'
interest IN the Traction Company.
The grand jury will not meet unV'
Tuesday. April 7th. The most interest
,ny matter 10 come before this body Is
,ns case OF Sanitary-Inspector II. u.
Iamx.n. charged with using the MANS
for an improper purpose. In writing GER
,a,n letters 20 Miss Lena Layne' when
have already been published In the DIS
,,.,cn No criminal cases are set for
hearing at this term.
GRAND AND PETIT JURORS.
The following Jurors have been drawn
for this term:
Grand Jury-c. e. Walden. Ashland
Richmond Peasants. Pennington, Han
,ver county. Dnton Chavers. Richmond
civ: David J. Conrad, Grah''dnu'
John cussons. Glen Allen; Nj. l.
sheppard, Glen Allen; Charles Il. Chii-
drey. Henrico county; John L. hose,
uenrico county: and the folio~ing-aii
from Richmond city: NJ. j. Gayle D.
A. Mclaughlin, c. c. Bridges Iiil'o-
thy Kerse II. c. G. Hartman, John De-
yott,er William T. Robins, Charles
johnson. Jr.. Saunders Howell. X. H.
COY James c. Mitchell, A. p. Routt'
James Phillips. j. n. Anderson ana a.
A. Darden.
petit Jury-Robert Hamilton, Meck!en-
burg county: A. w. Breck. Ashiand'
.Josenh Mccain, Hanover county John
AZ Tslley, Hanover county; Garland
Harris Henrico county; c. r. smith
Henrico county; II. c. Beattie' Hah-
over county; w. c. Saunders Dieh
Allen: Sydney Trevett, Glen Alien; anu
the following-all from Richmond: James
10. Heath, 4. b. Banks. william w.
Harvey, George Bargamln. Charies -
psav William Harris, r. Powers, Wal
tar + Ford. William Custato Arthur
lew. w r. Yarbrough A. c. Green,
~ G. Fulkes. John T. Anderson. W. Il.
Hall.
THE STATUTE INVOLVED.
The statute which officer Lamkin Is
charged with having violated Is section
aSq2 ~ the United States statutes, and
reads as follows:
Every obscene lewd. or lascivious
MOCK pamphlet picture. paper, letter.
writing. print, or other publication Of an
Indecent character, whether
sealed as first-class matter or not are
hereby declared 70 be unavailable matter
and shall not be conveyed In the pahs
nor delivered from any post-oince, nor
nv any letter-carrier; and any person
who shall knowingly deposit. or cause 10
he deposited, for mailing or delivery, any
thing declared by this section TO De non
maiiable matter: and any person VINO
shall knowingly take tis same, or cause
the same 10 be taken, from the mails ior
the nurpcse Of circulating or disposing or
~ ~ aiding in the circulation or dispo-
sition OF the same. shall for each and
every offence be fined upon conviction
thereof not more than 5000 or impris'
oned. at hard labor. not more than hve
wears. or both; at the discretion or the
court.
Civil Service Examination.
There were twenty-eight persons a.
the custom-house yesterday taking CIVIL
service examinations-two OF whom were
ladies' There were twenty-one compeu
tors for the Railway-Man Service; two
for compositors in the Government PRINT
tng-Office; two for pressmen IL
the Government. Printing-Ofiice. an'
one each for the Indian service
and for the 1ithographic an'
Book-Binding departments OF the Govern
ment Printing Department. The eN
amInatlons were being conducted b.
limited States Civil-Service Examine
r. w. Crawford, Of Washington. d. c.
and last night the papers OF the va
rious applicants were sent on to the ma
tional capital.