Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-10-27
DEEDS SET ASIDE.
ELLINGTON 6 GUY AND OTHERS
WIN SUIT AGAINST MOORE
ATTACHED STOCK OF CUTHBERT & co.
\, pcieugs 90 the Rank and A. r..
Carr. says Judge Minors Jury
other News from the Ctty-fIaii
Courts Yesterday.

The trial OF one OF the most interesting
cases heard IN the Chancery Court in
years came TO an end In that tribunal
Yesterday afternoon. after having been In
progress FOR moro than a week. IL was
that Of Ellington & Guy. c. l.. Gregory,
and Carneal & Davis against 4. 4. l..
Moore and others. asking that certain
deeds alleged to have been fraudulentiy
made be set aside and the property con-
yeycd in them be subjected TO the claims
OF the plaintiffs. Owing TO the large num-
Der OF persons interested and the diyersi-
fed interests involved. Judge Lamb de-
cided 10 try 1t with jury. The verdict
OF the jury was that the deeds were
fraudulent and should be set aside.
Counsel for the plaintiffs were Messrs.
Hill Montague and NJ. l.. Dawson, while
Messrs. Edmund Waddnl. Jr.. Samuel ID.
Davies. and Henry a. Atkinson repre-
sented the defendants.
SUITS AGAINST Il. b. CUTHBERT &c
co.
Five attachment suits against L. b.
Cuthbert q Co. were tried in the Law
and Equity Court yesterday. The plain
tins were l.. Dickinson, James a. Mon
cure. W. A. Byerly. Thomas Il. stage,
and j. +. George. a. +. Carr, the peti-
toner in the cause, claimed that the
bonds which had been attached were his
property. subject to a claim of 5000, due
TO the First National Bank. where they
were held The jury rendered verdict
huf gaatt trottT
The amount involved in these suits was
several thousand dollars.
The trial OF the case Of Dr. /. II. White
VS.. the Richmond Railway and Electric
Company for 500 damages will take place
to-day.
Resolutions OF respect to the memory
OF Major r.. Taylor Scott. adopted by the
Richmond Bar Association. were pre-
scented by Mr. W. II. Meredith In this
court and ordered to be spread on the
records.
Judgment was entered in the City Cir
cult Court I'm the case Of the John II.
MCGOWAN Company against I. G.. Sydnor
for 5000.
Marriage-licenses were issued yesterday
~ the Clerk OF the Hastings Court TO
the following parties:
Herman Groot and Rosa A. Cousins.
Martin r. Franklin and Martha Il.
sledge.
TO TRY TWITCHELL TO-DAY.
The case OF Carlos A. Twitchell. the
white man charged with shooting Paul
Davis (colored), which has been several
times continued will come up in the
Hastings Court for trial to-day. This
shooting was very sensational. Twitchell.
who is q native of Pennsylvania. had for
some time in his employ the negro boy.
Paul Davis, in whom he seemed 10 have
perfect confidence.
Some time ago Twitchell ascertained
that the negro had been guilty OF the
ruin Of his daughter. a girl in her early
teens. lie at once had the negro placed
under arrest. and a magistrate sent his
case up to the County Court. In the
mean time Davis was confined in the
county Jail.
on the day set for his trial as Deputy
Jailer John Voegler was conducting him
from the jail 10 the courthouse, Twitchea
ran up. and putting a pistol almost
against the negro, fired, the ball infiicting
a fearful wound. The negro boy lay at
deaths door for weeks, but finally re-
covered. was tried. and sentenced 10 nine
years in the penitenuary. motion for
a new trial was made pending action on
which the negro still remains in the
county Jail.