Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-15

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On oss.exanninatfo ton Maior eaonxaa
Ihrn,,.fit the fact the witness WIS ny p,s
I emIIoved by all the citizens O aInn Nl -
IN the liduor fight, but only py nSo - -
i SIX tr1divid ua1s.
The witness said he did not go near t Tue
courthouse during .-e CraW1gta =! Il
He knew It would be q ness
! 8 ..Rfr whitehead don't you think that
| "a On the bench can make an error
~ law. without being an improper per-
| son for thar position? asked Major
Conrad. 49,, -.
| tr,s ii,dge f.agrartly orerlouks the law.
| that he should be held responsi ole Y
+ ast,,1ge cannot determine what larceny IS
| without reading the law. he is not q pro-
per person for the position
The witness said ne had been employee
| ~ many liouor cases and he never saw
such 4 f,agrart case Of violation OF the
iawsas that Of s. s. Daysss'.rishts under
| tho nose OF Judge Campbell.
Major Conrad said that he was IN
str1,cfed TO ask the witness II he We're.
not the political enemy OF Judge camp.
bell.
II suppose I have more cases IN Judge
campbeIl's court than many lawyers ana
we never had any hard words
But about your politics
EFF YOU call a friendly rivalry tn
primary. enmity, suppose we are.
Nj. Davis, of the committee, wanted u
| know If Day violated the law the year
The had license.
.sFIe violated the law the year he had q
license by selling without prescription
as well as at other times proved that
! by his clerk.
"You say you proved that Day sold
| LIQUOR by his clerk?'' asked Major Com
| rad.
81 did,,
.You are sure of that?'
ENTIRELY So
+ The witness said that this proof was
| not disputed.
The witness said he did not know any
| thing about the Ant1-Saloon League OF
Amherst He was employed by I'VE OF
! six citizens to prosecute Day.
| ; The witness gave very humorous de-
scriptiou Of how they run a dry game
ur in Amherst, in answer to query py
Chairman -Southall. One witness had tes-
| tiled that he had busf1e1 basket of pre-
scriptions- Is
.swhat did these prescriptions have on
| thern2''
Just simply spirits. will have to ex-
! Main TO the committee. We had to prove
| our cases in the main by .cappers. You
| N eet negro on the streets, and he would
| have his pocket full Of prescriptions II
you wanted a drink he would haul one
out and give it to you You could use
| that prescription as often as you liheo-
| a dozen times a day
I The spectators gave subdued roar. and
| the committee laughed also
| JUDGE CAMPBELL CROSs-ExAMINES
Judge Campbell then took hand in
| the cross examina tom He asked the wit
mess If. he did not know that S. P Hg-
! ginbottom had bought whiskey from Day
| Illegally. and If he the witness) did not
also know that Higginbottom had served
on the February grand jury in Amherst?
The witness answered In the affirmative.
| did you not hear me charge the grand
/ jury at that term to look out for viola
ton Of the revenue laws?"
The witness said he did not remember.
| It might be so. # Judge Campbell knew
| this to be "a fact he should not have
| permitted Mr.. Higginbottom to serve On
! the grand jury.
Judge Campbell wanted to know from
! the witness just how he .(CampbelD stood
| in Amherst county,
The witness answers kept the court
room In ripple of merriment for quar-
| had run for pretty nearly every Office In
| the county.
.eWon good many Of them. did not?"
asked Judge Campbell.
| You certainly did" replied the wit
ness.
| The other said he could not imagine
f,what could have prompted Judge Camp
Del;.s recent action.
The next witness was John S. sandige.
! tn,
| evidence was OF the most sensational
character. He said that he had some
| litigation In Judge CampbeIls court. Some
witnesses had given his some depositions.
! He told them If he hao bottle he
| would get them some whiskey. Judge
Campbell vas standing by and he said
| ne had a bottle which ne would let the
! witnesses had given MIN some dispositions.
| tie and got the whiskey from Day.
Judge Campbell took drink along with
| the rest.
| There was no cross-examination OF che
witness, and Mr.. Stemmett. c.~izen
Of amherst was called to the stand.
Judge Loving began to questing the
Witness as to certain proceedings Of the
grand jury.
Major Conrad interrupted to say that it
had not been his purpose to interrupt
| the witness or prevent the admission OF
L
| ne had always thought the deliberations
| of grand juries were sacred-that the law
+ prohibited such disclosures. Chairman
| Southall sustained his contention, and the
| witness was told to stand aside.
WHISkEYs WAS FREELY SOLD.
E. B. McGinniss, the clerk Of the AM
herst County Court. testified that it was
matter of common notoriety that whis-
| key was sold in Amherst. The witness
had heard Judge Campbell tell Mr.. Win
ston, the foreman Of the grand jury that
he could not indlct for selling rnedicated
Whiskey upon q prescription.
The witness was present In court du-
ring the Crawford trial, he testified, but
no evidence of any Importance was adj
| duced.
The Rev. ]. L. Wiley. pastor Of the
Baptist church at Amherst, testified that
Mr.. Whitehead was employed by several
citizens to prosecute Day for the Illegal
| sale Of liquor prior to the formation OF
I the Anti-Saloon League here.
Were you present In the courtroom
the first time that Dr., crawford was
| brought there for contempt?