The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-01
TUFTS LIVER PILLS.

the Courthouse has ever known in its
history. Men, women and children
crowded one another forward until the
front line was about even with the
Judges bench Many sQuatted upon the
floor, so as not to entirely obscure the
Commonwealth's Attorney and the coun-
sci for the defense. The Campbell ele
ment was evidently strong one Ere
quently applause greeted some point in
his favor brought out, and interrupted
the court in the work
THE AUDIENCE REPR1MANDED.
The presiding judge had to remind the
crowd which included a large number
of ladies' that it was not political
meeting they were attending. AS Rep
resentative of the Commonwealth, Mr..
O. l.. Evans moved the court fer a con-
tinuance of the case, setting forth sew
eral important reasons, which could not
be gone into at this time Important
witnesses. he said. were absent. Judge
w. H Mann. of Nottoway. was not there,
and his testimony was material to the
prosecution He had been summoned,
but Mr. Evans. feeling that a postpone
ment would dc granted, had written
him that it would hardly be necessary
to come.
In the second place, Mr.. Evans went
on to say. that the question of qualified
Jurors has been left in dGrIbt by the
Constitution, and if tie court proceeds
its actions might in future time be called
in question.
He said that a letter from Clerk But
ton. of the Senate, to the effect that the
Legisla ture has remeded the evil, could
not be aqduced as evidence. since the
encouragement would have tc' come over
the seal of the Secretary of the Com
| monwealth.
Thirdly and last. Mr.. Eva~s said, he
had personal reasons why he did not
wish to conduct the case. His hearers
who knew OF the situation would ap-
preciate his position. and. moreover. was
an extremely disagreeable task to pros
ecute the judge of the court in which
| he praCticed If a continuance was al
| lowed him he hoped to get some brother
| Commonwealth Attorney TO take up the
| matter for him
WANTED NO DELAY.
The defense wanted no delay and pro-
| tested so in vigorous terms Judge Camp
| bell, it was said had been put to great
| expense in summoninG a number OF wit
| nesses. and if he had to do it all over
again he would be bankrupt ed The fail
| IRE of Judge Mann, to whom Colonel
| Christian, one of the attorneys for Judge
| Campbell, referred as '.the so-called
| Judge encouragement of the Anti
| Saloon League, was l6l0 10 t1e tOOf
| of Mr.. Evans who had written telling
| him not TO come. So far as the jury
| We're concerned. there would be no diff
| Guilty. Judge Campbell declared that if
| he were convicted of a felony and sent
| to the penitentiary he would raise no
| question in the future to the jury he
| fore which he was tried He pledged
| his solemn word as gentleman that he
would not. All he wanted was to have
| the case to go on.
| The court overruled the motion of
| Mr. Evans for a continuation and took
| the same stand with reference to an
other motion to delay until Judge Mann
could be secured. Exceptions were noted
! in both instances.
AN UPHILL FIGHT.
Thence onward Mr.. Evans. who still
| declared tuat he was not an shape to
proceed with the trial. presented various
| obstacles to the progress of the case.
| The witnesses for the prosecution were
| called and several were FOUND to be alb
| sent Mr. Evans insisted upon the pres
ence of one of them Mr.. y. D. Byrd,
who, however, was away attending a
Methodist District Conference and who
had not gotten his summons. and stated
that his evidence had an extremely i'm
portant bearing upon the case.
He asked for time in which to get hold
Of Mr.. Byrd Judge Campbell objected,
saying that if the case would go on he
would concede the testimony of Mr. Byrd
The commemorative Attorney, he said.
might write down what he expected the
witness to say and though Mr. Byrd
was not there, he, Judge Campbell.
would consider, that he had been there
mad made the statement He cared not
what it was. even II II was 10 the effect
that the present judge OF the Amherst
county court is a grand scoundrel. On
tl,is point also Judge Wood overrulef
the motion of the Sonm 1n1Ns.-
THE INDICTMENT.
Tho Indictment charging Judge Camp
heI, with feloniols assault was finally
read and the jurymen were called Mr.
evans challenged the array and pre-
| santed the grounds for his action. lie
| again put forth the proposition that
! there are no qualified Jurors in Virginia
| Furthermore he declared that the six
| teen names called had been selected from
| \ court list of 500 made out by Judge
| e,amnbell himself He didn't mean to
| chs,.pa that the prisoner had influenced
| ths SELECTION of the sixteen men in MS
! favor but only that the fact that the
| i,,rv we're chosen from list made OUT hE
| himself produced an analogous situation
! He said also that among the ha'nss
| called We're several "ViA ti'o'i II
| OF Judge Campbell
H., c:b,ections of the Commonwealth
Attornev aside by the ,bst e9 I,er Mn
| ,7vars then served notice tiiat id.e' w
| h, would make motion 20 nave 'ie -
~ : discharged and possibly new venire
orsrs ;egr4s .,, jury e 55Sn 1 the sn
tire trial TO another place. -,
As shown above. he carried our his in
tentions. with interesting results. :
l,,Sga Wood ruled that before going 10
s,aSs C.,n+I. for jurymen an effort
r ro,,d have to be made to get them at
The ssssa at each of The a sa
.s..,.I ~, ,,.as subjected to a searching
:, estioninc by the commemorative At
tG..3ev TIe court was engaged in this
Ne, ,I, i adjourned for dinner.
!" ~ 60. - racess of about an hour the court
re,onvened and proceeded with the selec--
ton Of The work wa5 tedious Ss% b sna
80, before dinner and it was neces-
..rs 70 secure FIVE others to complete the
80, Indge Wood indicated a disposition
Tpnfi1ay wi