The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-10
He Was Displcased With the
Rulings Of His Two s a.s
Associates.
UPHELD EXISTENCE I 4. IA. \.
OF BARKSDALE Law
'Squires Friend and Lewis De
clare It in Effect Cases
Against Messrs. Bryant and
Childrey ismissed- That
i. Of Mr.stumpf Quasllcd.
The Brauer Trial.

But FOR one little incident OF moro than
passing note. the 1Ienrico election trials
OF yaIterday were utterly devoid OF
acnsatIonulism. though from beginning
TO end they abound.,d In an interest not
a little heightened by another string Of
legal entanglements madefto enmcsh and
sretard any procedure under the much
belnbored Burksdalc law.
AT the stage Of the trials In point Of
review a rather rcmarkab BILE situation pre-
scnted Itself In the very midst Of an ar
gumcnt to squash one OF tho warrants
tho court intervened and announced Its
decision upon the mattor then being
discussed. 1t was gently suggested to the
court by the Commonwealtl's attorney
that he defense had q right to be heard
and the court made 9hastefto state 4thnt II
meant no dlscourtesy to the attorneys,
bit act ted under the assumption that they
8hnd done with their speech The nrgu-
tment was allowed to proceed. and OF 80
brilliant and able a character was y
that at t.e close the court reversed IS
( former rui tlg. SUSTAINED he motion 7 for
Is aud tischarge lat he prisoner
Not so Squire Friend. the Vnrina ma g's-
Gtrat, who had dra WI, up the war rrant'i
and in whose district the alleged otlellse
occurred. He tlssented from the opinion n
of his two colleagues and refused to SIT
calmly under the ma jority ruling. He
rose, disgusted, and after shaking hands
with a few friends. marched out OF the
court room In high dIspleasure.g !.
B1"I am disgbsted.'' he said to some OF
the bystanders. by way OF explaining ms
position. Whats the use of having, laws $
OF, the books if5you don't ablde bysthelI en-
4 refuse to be tricked by S!awyer. i n 9
other two n lIiytratcs Will have to Try
the remainder OF the cases; l'-retuse 70
SIT with them any longer.
The trato maglrtrate tllercupon lett or
his 5far-away Varina home. The trials
proceeded but only two magistrates SAT
observation-disclosures and Lewis.
Three Dismissed; One Convlc-
l.s H ton.
AS for the cases It themselves. the test1-
5mony was or very dry and unsensa-
sttonal sort. The warrant against Sena-5
BRYANT was, tried. and under the law
and the evidence there was plainly no
ground for the charge against him. lie
was at once discharged The testimony
failed to substantiatcH the charge against
.Childrcy. and lie, too. was declared q
free man. Tie warrant against Joseph
stunpf was qnnshed, since the charge
it conveyed did not in the eyes OF the
existing laws constitute an offense. w.
is In terestlng in that it Is the first con-
ivict;on under tho Barksdulo law, He was
fined 500 f,r using money 10 influence
votes. took al appeal and announces that
he will fight tho caseito the end The
Brauer warrants and the case against
Pat Mcdonnell were postponed llntll sat
urday next. .3.q
This constituted the days work, insofar
as the warrants themselves were con-
cernedE r The legal questions involved were
again brought to the front. Tho question
Of whether o, not the Barksdalc law Is