The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-04

tho vessel is saved.
Lewis IL Garnet was appointed the
ninth Attorney for the Commonwealth
for Essex, and qualified April 20. 1870.
and was succeeded by 7. r. -. Wright.
He fully measured with honor and credit
to himself to the requirements of high
offica, during the brief period OF its oc-
cupancy. Those who were present, and
arc the highest authority, narrate an in
cident in his life.
At tho great national ratification meet
Ing OF the Bell and Everett ticket. in
Baltimore in 1860 a gigantic stand was at
tached to tho balcony Of old Barnum's
Hotel fronting Monument Square in that
city. An immense t1rong and concourse
from all over the Union was present UNI
der tho most brilliant illumination and
environment. Tho greatest orators and
statesmen and leaders of thought In the
Union were present, and the scene was
grand and brilliant. As ono orator would
finish a call would be made for another.
a call was made for Garnet OF Virgin
ia" followed by another "Garnett!" until
It became general. The Garnetts of rs
sex were at that time, and have always
been noted and distinguished in and out
OF Congress. and their fame has been CO.
extensive with the broad limits of the
Union Hon. NJ. r. III. Garrett being at
the time at the zenith of his glory in
Congress, the enthusiastic crowd was
anxious to hear him speak.
A CLEAR CLARION VOICE.
Lewis II. Garnett, trim and erect in
figure. with head thrown back at once
walked to the front of the grandstand.
and his clear clarion voice, as young
man. rang all over the square: and if he
was not the Garrett Of Virginia expected
to come forth: if one was called and an
other answered, he filled the bill, and
was the peer of any; and all conceded
That no moro resonant voice was heard,
and no speech more replete with eo-
quence was heard that night and received
with more tumultuous applause than the
speech Of LOWS III. Garrett. of Essex.
Y. Z. B. Wright was elected the tenth
Attorney for the Commonwealth for Es-
sex, in November 1870 and went into
office on January H. 1871, as the firstAt-
Itorney for the Commonwealth under the
new constitution of 1870. He filled the
office until he resigned it in 1891, to ac-
cept tho position of judge OF the Ninth
Judicial Circuit Of Virginia. to which ne
had been elected by the Legislature of
Virginia for the unexpired term Of Judge
Jeffries. He was reelected at the next
succeeding session of the Legislature for
full term; was an elector on the Cleve-
land ticket: graduate OF the University
Of Virginia: First Lieutenant in c. S. Ar
my. and severely shot in battle at Pc
tcrsbur.. With his pointed shafts and
tenacious grip as Commemorative Attor-
ney :he guilty never escaped. T. r. 3.
Wright was succeeded by the Hon. Thom-
as CroNton as Attorney for the Common
wealth. Hon. Thos. CroNton was APP
pointed as such January II. 1852. and on
February %. 1892, resigned the office to
accept the position as county judge Of
Essex. which he now holds portion
r,
following: in the wake of the reconstruct
ton times. was. as it were, the formative
period OF 4 new and untried government,
when the newly manumitted and cnlanc-
pated slaves were admitted to the jury
box, enfranchised, and given all the rights
with the full responsibilities and duties
Of citizenship. Crime held its red carn-
val, and law continued to be unbridled
license. and the court docket seemed to
comprise the whole catalogue of human
offenses. The whpping-post then reigned.
Mr.. Wright was never q great advocate
of the whipping-post for larceny, which
has now been happily abolished, for if
not a relict of barbarism and the past,
yet it is not in consonance with the glad
some light of our jurisprudence" and civ
iliZation.
ON THE JAIL DOOR.
a frai. delicate woman was once con-
tlcleu OIL pellL larceny anu sentenced 10
stripes. The court had adjourned. Rich
ard II. Banks, the deputy sheriff. had to
carry out the sentence and judgment of
the court. Dick Banks had as kind and
noble heart as ever throbDed. He came
to Mr. Wright the prosecuting attorney,
and feelingly appealed to him, and report
ed that he could not inflct stripes on that
poor woman. The prosecuting attorney
told him TO lightly put on one or two. and
ia I1,,l, ;r,:1 E1,,,
would meet the requirements of the law
in the case; and in the case of hardened
CulpritS to put on in doses and install
mentS at stated periods knowing that
after the culprit took the first instalment
that he would never come back for the
second. but like the bounty jumper would
skip the country. We find in the Virginia
Law Journal, VOL 5. p. 49, Outlet of the
Law In trial in the County Court of
Essex, on Tuesday, on an indictment
against Anthony Epps, for stealing four
hens Capt. Rennolds was introduced by
the commemorative Attorney to prove
that his hens were stolen by the prisoner,
and went on to detail the evidence, and
his reasons for the belief. by giving the
confession of Baylor Gray, who admitted
TO Capt. Rennolds that he Baylor Gray
was particeps criminis in receiving from
Anthony Epps and selling the hens to
Mr.. Elicit, q country merchant. when
the counsel for the prisoner objected. The
court sustained the objection. and ruled
out mis- evidence of Capt. Rennolds 1t
was, however. proved by Capt. Rennolds
that he recovered two of his hens from
the merchants hen-yard and two from
the Judges chicken-coop The Common
wcalth's Attorney. thus frustrated in get
ting out the evidence to fix the guilt on
the prisoner by the ruling of the Judge.
then Intercepted the witness follows:
UNABLE TO AGREE.
Commonwealth Attorney-"Capt. Rem
nolds, the judge has ruled that you shall
not testify further. Did 1 not understand
you to say that your hens were stolen?"
WitneSS-"YeS, sir.
commemorative attorney-"Did not
understand you to say that you found
TWO Of these stolen hens in Mr.. Ellett's
hen-yard?"
Witness-"Yes, sir"
Commonwealth's attorney-"Did I not
understand you to say that you found
two of the stolen hens in the Judges
chicken-cooD?"
Witness-..Yes, sir"
Commonwealth's attorney-"Then. as
YOU cannot tell how and why the prisoner
stole them. it therefore deVOlveS upon the