The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-09-02
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(Campbe1D came out of the courthouse
and waited at the door until Crawford
came out, and without warning proceeded
to castigate the said Crawford with q
cowhde etc" Now this statement is
NOT fair. as the stenographer's report will
slow. and l can only reconcile Judge
Browns version of the facts by know
! ing that he is somewhat deaf and could
not have taken in the testimony correctly.
The evidence OF w. II. Turner, a prom
trent citizen, was THAI Camps,ell left
the courtroom with him TO go to his Office
to attend to some business for him. was
going around the corner when he saw
Judge Mann and remarked: Il must tell
Judge Mann goodbye
! Willie he had held of his friends hand
| Crawford came up and poksd and shaked
T! his hand at him He (CampbelD then
stepped back zone or two steps and
/ said: DR. Crawford L have given YOU
! two opportunities to apologize for your
| insult and l now dc so again which. he
! iCrawford) refused TO do. whGreupon
| Campbell struck him not less than three
or over five licks'' with his little boys
| rcUy riding whip, not larger than a lady's
| tirger ttl1e whip was of q cows or steers
| hide in parn and remarked that IF that
( old man had gone his way there would
| have been none of this fuss
! This is the whole thing in a. nutshell
| and why all this lugubrious wall, as if
about the dead? Judge Brown finds fault
| WITH everything except what the grand
| jury did. and why? Because the grand
| jury found an Indictment for felony when
t any lawyer ought to have known that it
| was only q misdemeanor-tC wit. assault
| ana battery and the Commonwealth SAT
/ torney, o. L. Exams so stated to the
I court and jury before argument and that
t,eN 81, Il =
| The second point is. did Judge Campbell
/ have the right to name the Judge to sit
| at his trial2 Judge Brown says that sec
! tion 1889, Code of Virginia settles that
point with "laymen or lawyer. So it
| does. but this section 1929 aforesaid is q
| boomerang that returns and cuts off his
| own head 1t provides that 'if in the
] opinion OF the judge. he is so situated as
| 10 be unfit to preside he may procure a
! judge of another county, il in the county
| court. to try the case.
This law was enacted by the LegisIa-
| tire upon the hypothesis that all
/ judges are lnnpeachable and that one
w uld do as well as another. Aud. rs
! Judge Brown admits, if Judge Campbell
! did not designate one to sit. nobody else
| had right to do So and Judge Camp
! bell would so scot free before any court.
Buc we fortunately have higher authority
on this point than Judge Brown. JudEcc
lenma in which the law placed him
wrote to Governor Montague II designate
a Judge TO try his case, TO which the fSnE
eEucr (wflo is q great criminal Lever
and former Internationally replied tila1
he had no such authority under existing
law and that he was unable to designate
any one to sit in this case.
Thereupon Judge Campbell ignored ai1
old friend. Judge Adams. of Lyucfburg
who usually held court for him. ami in
/ vited Judge Wood. of Fluvanna (wiIGul
he had never seen but once. and THIS for
i only a few moments in Richmond, to
/ preside in his stead.
/ 1 will not waste time to answer in de-
tail his so-inteuded argument in support
Of his untenable Interpretation of plain
simple statute-it is simply. as IG,Eicians
say. a 'reductio ad absurdaul. There
are no words in the statute that properly
interrfes!s either technically or by a
ccmmon-sense Interpretation that gives
the judge the right to try himself, but
simply if for any reason in his opinion
he is not fit to sit, che can either change
the Venue or invite another judge from
some other county to sit in his stead.
Judge. Brown is so eager to hang poor
CampbeITs scalp on his belt Qex taEonis)
that he has forgotten the proper commo2-
sense Interpretation of the Kings English
in the statute.
settled the veNed question as to who
should name a judge to sit, Judge Brown
VIII now pray His E.XCeilency forthwith
to convene the Legislature to change the
law" etc-a grand stroke of statesman
ship this to convene the Legislature TO
pass q bill TO try a case of assault and
battery cogniZabe only by Il justice of
the peace under the law. VIII Judge
Brown foot the bill and pay the cost
Of the sessions? Woe unto we tax-pay-
/ ers f this statemanship prevails but
:. .!Pallinurus is at the helm Now II mo
one had a right to appoint a Judge to sit
/ as Judge Brown says. then would not any
law passed subsequent TO the crime and
which would make the accused amenab!e
to the law and punishable at the TINE
4 of its commission. would not such a law
be Eek post facto" and null and vod"
as repugnant to our Constitution and the
4 genius of our institutions?
Now Judge Brown talks mildly shout
degradation and Disgrace. to the COM
4 Tncnwealth by reason of Judge Camp
bells whipping a preacher for SANDER
] committing Il common assault and Dat
tely' only as any lawyer knows. ana
thereby making himself liable 10 erin
inal prosecution. He unwittingly SAYS
that mo such case as Judge CaInpheils
has arisen in Virginia in the last one nun,
! died and twenty years. Ie gods ana
little tishest Has Judge Brown lost his
4 memory too? Has he not right tndsr
his nose thrice precedents-one IN Am
he.st and two in Nelson, his own county.
of recent date when two as heightened,
honorable and unreproachable gentieWen
as ever wore the judicial errnine chose TO
exercise their indisputabie right to fight
10 tha finish" and yet nothing was done
or said about one of them that ever
beard of No memorials for impeach-
u;ent,, etc. or anything else
Judge brown complains that Judge
a Campbell selected his own jury. Is this
a fair statement of the case? Is it not.