Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-10-07
| PANsY AT LIBERTY |
Judge Barham Had His First
\ fiabeas Corpous Case.
lWu UNUSUAL INJUNCTlONS
a
Men Have a D.Tsr.nc Mr.,
wilson says He Has Been Ds,n.e.d
by Mr.. Barton. DC, ob,r T,rm
& B-gins on Monday.
IWu ONU>UAL INJUNCTlONs

y y, OF
3 So go" e'si'sse'''lS
! ihis latter was to Francis p wi,
4 son. proprietor of the Audltoriur, for.
] 1lietiS me Warwick Theater, James M,
barton the well-knowa variety thea
.ei man, peanS The defendant, The ne
s!.ioner represented by Attorney q. (,
.Mltcheil, represented in his bill tbat
wi t'art"n. from whom he rented, had
!oi some reason been ADVERTISING the
-AuoitorlCm as one Of his enterprises
Nlereas ne had nothing to do with The
management or prcpIietorship Of tho
place. N ~ '''e
me complainant goes ON to saw that
ne had established, Il reputa1ion f[,,,
Aa'r-o ealing ana the pronp payment
~ ms employees. thereby securing
Sooo performers, making the Audito-
i,'h'' pay because thereof Lat that
'"n'eS VI. Bartcn has the reputation
IN the theatrical world and an,ync
performers everywhere OF not paving
ms employees, Of imposing upon them
unjust fines. and OF such general bad
treatment that only stress of t.ircur,,
s.a''tes vii induce performers OF
Ny c!laracter 10 work for him." etc
"1lson says that, therefore, the
result nl Mr.. Bartons advertising tho
mas made it very difficult FOR him
'Wi!som to secure sooa performers
aS!a mis- business has suffered in conse
whence.
he has. therefore. applied for al, in
Junction restraining Mr. Barton sr5m
50 advertising. ana also asks that His
Honor direct an issue ,ut Of Ctarcery
u determine what damages the nlain-
sit had already sustained.
ne other injunction issued by Judge
hafham yesterday was obtained nv
attorney G. II. Ruth for William
GoeTewin, the defendants being J. J.
1hCmaS and D. c. -Ashby, who are re-
STRAINED from selling tie goods and
chattels at No. 23cS Washington ave
nue.
These goods We're purchased by 1he
p'ailt'n from Joseph Ei>rmley. D. c.
sAsEoy trustee. under instructions. it
- alleseu, OF j j. ThCf..aS, advertised
me STOCK for sale under a deed t trust
executed by Joseph Gormley and Will
ram Haley The plaintiff alleges that
the existence OF the deed Of trust was
not known 10 him at the time of the
purchase cE the property. il nor h,v;nr
oeen recorded or filed up to 2:30 o'clock
VI september IS, the day on which the
soods were bought by the plaintiff
W
hlsheo, with c. H. Ruth as surety
FIRST HAEEAS CORPUS
Judge Barham. yesterday. had his
hrst nabeas corpus case. The heroine
.! the proceedings was Pansy Fsasley
VI notorious fame.
Al the March term of the court
Pansy was tried 70: robbing a sail3r
OF S2o. She was found guilty by the
'cry ana her punishment fixed at one
year in the renitentary. Mr. s. r.
buNton, who had been appointed by the
court to defend the woman, moved to
set the verdict aside on the ground
mat II was not in accord with the
ana remanded the case 70 Justice
ioro"h' VINO sent the woman to Jail for
Twelve months.
NOW, 1t turns out, the sentence could
not nave been fer a longer period
than SIX months under the law. Pan
sy mas already served more shan that
e.lns' ana when her present attorney,
Aaptaln Felld, applied for writ of
haoeas corpus IN her case, lie had no
u''1lcu''y IN securing the woman's re-
lease.
mere u.s. IN reality a serious ques-
tion as 70 whether the whole sentence
VAS not void II is possible that I'M
usl :.ne raw the prisoner might have
ootfiiileI her reiease the day after she
vas sent 10 jan.
AS 1t IS. there is no doubt that she
ueserVed her punishment and the pris-
on officials are glad to get rid Of ner.
~ si!e IS ABOUT the greatest nuisance