The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-01-19

| river was pending In the County Court.
| Considerable opposition was being made
| by one OF the supervsors-elect to the build
ing Of this bridge. This supervisor.
| through the attorney form the Common
wealth moved for a continuance of the
case 10 the July term, which the Judge
agreed to.
on the Goth OF June 0he 18th. as ap-
pears from the date Of the order book.
! this G. S. Barrow held some interview
| with this Judge An order was thereupon
| entered. closing the contract with Bar
row. on July 81 the court was adjourned
| for the term, making the contract with
| Barrow final. And this impecunious judge,
| who pretends now and here 10 be striv-
! ing 10 pay his debts. Immediately set out
/ for Virginia Beach or some other resort
| The fact afterwards appeared that he had
| had a pecuniary transaction with this G.
| $. Barrow on that identical Sd of July
1 and transferred TO Barrow an unearned
fourth Of his salary as judge.
These orders were entered 20 the preju-
/ die of the county I'm the absence OF the
| Commonwealth Attorney who was at
tending a meeting OF the state Board Oh
Public Works that week.
Seventh. His rulings are often vicious
! " partial. / am constrained further to
saw that the statements which secured
for him the caucus nomination greatly
mislead the gentlemen f the caucus.
Respectfully submitted
csigneD "E. p. BUFORD.
"Rlchmond. va. Dec. II. 1891"
Tho s+euocraphic report Of the evidence
adduced before your committee. together
with the exhibits fled. are herewith re-
turned as part OF this report
FINDINGS IN EACH CASE.
Specification 40 J.: Judge Turnbull Is
incompetent as lawyer 70 preside IN
court Of Justice.
Your committee is Of the opinion mat
said specialization is not sustained by the
! evidence.
speciacation No. .: after having been
licensed for more than fifteen years. he
has not one client that am aware Of
Specification No. 3: "Ife has never ar
gued "A proposition OF law in any court
that I ever heard or and question
whether he has ever done so.'
Your committee is Of the opinion that
said specifications are inconsequential and
immaterial and are not sustained by the
evidence.
Specification 40. 4: After having exc
cuted two deeds Of trust upon a tract OF
land thereby creating liens upon it in
excess OF It's value he sold a part Of this
land 10 an iliterate man. with general
warranty Of title The deeds of trust
were afterwards foreclosed. the pur-
chaser lost his land with the improve
meuts and this Judge has not paid one
cent Of the damages awarded by the
Circuit Court
AZ 20 This specification your committee
End from the evidence the following facts:
I'm the year 1902. prior TO the execution Of
one If not both Of these deeds OF trust in
said specification mentioned the said y.
:. Turnbull by a verbal contract. sold 20
one Warwick Hicks lot Of land contain
ing S-i00 acres. who entered upon the
possession Of the same.
After this sale. but before the said land
was conveyed to the said Hicks. the said
deed or deeds OF trust We're executed.
conveying the lands Of the said y. $.
| Turnbull including the land sold 20 Hicks.
At the time Of the execution OF the
| deed to Warwick Hicks the said y. $.
| Tl.r bull called his attention 20 these
| liens and offered 20 get Mr. Manson TIE
| beneficiary I'm said deeds Of trust. TO
unite In the decd 10 him. 20 which said
| Hicks replied that he preferred to have
| his deed then. that IL made no difference.
and that he felt assured that he CTurn-
| bulD would stand between him and Mr.
| Nsf son. Ii appears that at the .ime Of
on the property Of the said y. :. Turn
! bull. If any there were. were far less
than the value Of the same: and. as
mltter Of law. YOUR committee is OF the
| opinion. under the decision OF the Court
| of Appeals in Chapman vs.. Chapman
Co. Va. Reports. page ~ that the said
Hicks is entitled 10 hold his property as
against the deeds Of trust which were
created subsequent TO the said sale
Your committee IS further Of the opin-
| ion that. even at the date Of the deed 20
| Hicks. the said y. S Turnbull had reason
TO believe. and did believe. that his pro-
perty real and personal. was more than
ample 10 satisfy an of the liens thereon
which then appeared Of record against =.
without subiecting the property sold 10
the said Hicks aforesaid. Indeed. Com
! missioner r. T. BufOrd reports lhe same
10 be worth over 5000. or nclriy s..c00
more than II brought. And as a matter
of fact IL appears from the evidence ad-
duced before your committee that the
estate real and personal. of the said y.
5. Turnlull was. at the time OF the safe
Of the said real estate to the said Hicks
and at the date of the execution of tle
deed tc him, more than sufficient to raf-
isfy the liens thereon without subiecting
the real estate so sold the Sal, Hicks. and
the necessity OF the sale Of the said lands
10 satify the liens thereon was occasioned
by the fact that n claim WIS preferred
against the said y s. Turnbull for adj
vances made by his father 20 him I'm his
life time which was totally and entirely
unexpected by the said y. :. Turnbull
or his attorneys. had never been thereto
fore preferred. and which. when pre-
ferred. was regarded as invalid BY Mr.
Robert Turnbull, attorney for the said
y. 5. Turnbull, but which was subse-
quently decrecd by the Circuit Court Of
the county OF Brunswick 10 be the tirst
lien on so much Of the real estate of the
said y. :. Turnbull as was devised TO
him by the will Of his father.
Under this condition OF affairs a chan
Gerry suit WAS brought 10 ascertain the
liens upon the estate of the said y :
Turnbull, and under DEGREES in said suit
his said real estate was decreod TO be
sold. and along with il the land sold to
the said Hicks was. as your committee
is Of the opinion. improperly sold. At the
said sale the said y. S. Turnbull used his
best efforts 10 protect the said Hicks and
have the said properyt bought in for
him.
From the entire evidence adduced be-
fore your committee they are OF the opin-
ION and so report, that no intentional
wrong or moral turptude was. or Is. at
tributed to the said n s. Turnbun. In the
said transactions. which are the subject
OF this specification last mentioned.
NOT \ CONFESSED DEFAULTER.
Specification No. 5: In the fiduciarv
character Of commissioner Of the Cir
csit Court in certain chancery suits.