Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-17

The witness paused. Judge Campbell
started to say some thing. and several OF
the committeeman Interrupted him;
LET the witness answer - several of
them said. in one voice .ss.f.
The witness looked a Judge Campbell
with some regret expressed IN his face.
well, 4 may be wrong. he said. s..bnt
Il do not think Judge Campbell did right
IN letting Day sell Whiskey the way he
did. - 2
Witness said. despite hts former state
n1ent. that Judge Campbell had mar no
improper advances to him In relation. to
the road between Amherst and Sweet
Brfer Institute. He had been friendly with
Judge Campbell. but had felt "a tler i'm
friendly to him because or remarks made
by Judge Campbell in court about him,
ins relation to the report on the road.
Witness said that he went to see Judge
Campbell, and told him that he did not
want him TO appoint him on any more
road commissions. 35 II:
81 am farmer" said the witness 'sand
I did not feel that 4 could leave my busi-
ness to. attend to the work And there
wa S no 10 oney in it. You only get 81 a
day. and nave to feed your horse . go.
What did Judge Campbell say when
you asked him not to appoint you again?''
Hessaid asIot OF mpli1nentary things
| and a; little while* afterwards he appoint
ed me again. ,:Gs
Ibid you serve ?''
eyes, sir" .s 50
..Why, s thought you said that you
would not serve again 2'.s .s5s5
so Il did; but I consulted some of my
friends: and: they thought might be. fined
for contem pt. .
There. was a boistero roar at this, in
which the committee Joined.
He. who runs may read that there is
holly horror up in Amherst of being fined
for contempt In Judge Campbell's court
worthy since his honor fined the jury which
drank the pint Of whiskey. which cost
variously, 49, $685. and 81 per drink.
CnmpbelEs whiskey Decision.
e. 2. Whitehead. the Amherst. a ttorney,
was recalled and testified that he had
heard Judge Campbell charge the grand
Jury that druggist had a right to sell
indicated wEiskey. When Judge Grfms-
ley reversed him. he simply announced
that he would have to bow to. his will
John W. Williams. the: clerk of.,.t}e
House. and keeper of the rolls. was called
| to the stand at the instance of the COM
mittee and testified that. the bill to which
Judge Mann referred In his testimony.
never passed the Senate. but was referred
back to the Senate Committee on Courts
of Justice.
j. Walter Beard testified that he deliv-
cred the package OF sWhiskey to: the. jury.
| tt. was In: a-csfloe box, and he did not
know it was wtiskey.
tawas Amherst. a: local option county,
at that timer" he was asked:
est was. SIR
Ibid you hear. Judge Campbell ask any
one where the whiskey came from 2"
! 81 did not, sir ,ssss.s
YnorpipeT after the verdict In
| the Campbell case. which was. Sunday
| morning. there was a fireworks display
| near the drug, store. in honor of Judge
Campbell
81 also heard severel pistols fired. off, Of, =
said the witness. -
| The witness went over the testimony IN
relation to the disorder in the court room.
He was fined IS in connection with the
! whIskey incident. A Mr.. Carter. who was
| also fined. had never. paid his fine. The
witness said he had paid his fine. how
| ever.
Mr.. o: L. Evans, Commemorative at
| torney Of Amherst, was next called Much
! was expected Of this witness. and he was;
by no means disappointing. He frankly
! expressed his dislike for. Judge Campbell
| but said he would not Intentionally or un-
/! fairly wrong him.
| lie came to Amherst when he was
| child, in 1877, he said. He. had been Com
| monwca this Attorney eight years: He
! was elected twice and; appointed. once. f
.''Please state to the committee the atti-
tut1e of Judge Campbell to the grand
! fury in relation to the liquor laws, ask
ed Mr.. Strobe.
| ct impressed me that he. did not In
| struct the grand jury fully. heard
MIN instruct the grand jury that Judge
i Grimsley had decided that no whiskey
x,. Ar,,H,n a
| otherwise At the March term. loo1 !
Lad been censured by some people for
not taking some action in this matter
of the notorious sale Of illicit liquor at
: Amherst.
/ under the law the Commemorative
| Attorney: gets such fees as ARE, taxed
against the defendant I may be a bit
squeamish. but I didn't think it was
proper for me TO go around hunting up
cases. But I told the people where to
/ go-how they could swear out warrants.
and all that"
/ On one occasion the foreman Of the
! gTand jury came to me and asked whether
| he could indict for selling medicated
! Vh1skey without prescription. I In
| formed him, that according to my un-
| Outstanding of the, law. no one could
] sell. anything In that line unless it was
an apple brandy distiller''
...Who was. the foreman of the grand
| iury? asked Committeeman Sipe.
s.A1r. H. P: winston
| Witness said that 1les% could not get
any indictments. After Mr.. Winston con-
suited with him he went to Judge Camp
bell for advice, and there We're no IN
dictments
His Duty to Prosecute.
In relation to the Crawford incident,
| the witness. said that some time last
April Judge Campbell came to his of
| fee and told him about the publication
of the article. The latter informed the
witness that he had decided to institute
the contempt proceedings. and it would
be his (the witnessO duty to prosecute
the case. Mr.. Evans said he was at first
nonplussed. because he had never had
! such case. but Judge Campbell said
| he had conferred with number Of prom
inent LAWYERS and jurists. and they said
it would be his duty. So he consented
What took. place at the first hear
ing?' - IS S
Before anything was done in the case
Judge Campbell came down from the
/ bench. and shook hands with Judge Mann.
and asked to be: introduced to DR.. Craw-
A Remarkable Record
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wallis surrendered at Yorktown, twenty
i seven years before Fulton started his first
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