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

! t.E1Shty-Three Wills Were Admitted
! to Probate, and Seventy Husbands
| and Wives Were Freed from,
/ Those Chains of Matrimon Which
Eight Hundred and Forty Couples
Spught-Thodsantis of Deeds Were
1 Rccorded-Brlcf Reviews of the.
Years. Work In Federal, State,
/ and City TrfbunaIs-Hcavy Crfmi-
nal Dockets-Judses and Attaches.
In the Federal. State and City courts,
sitting within the limits of Richmond a
| vast amount of business has been tran
/ sacted during the year.
Exclusive Of the Police Court where the
mill grinds rapidly over the minor affairs
/ of everyday life. and where something
like 1900 cases have been disposed of
! within the year, in the neIghborhood Of
/ 600 suits have been brought and tried.
ninety-two bankrnpts have been declared,
| eighty-three wills have been recorded
| seventy divorces have been given. thirty
/, ( l1Ve charters have been granted, $40 mar
| rage licenses have been issued, and thou
/. sands Of deeds have been recorded.
! Records of the work done during the
/ year In each court appears below:
Supreme Court Of Appeals.
| A summary Of the business done in
i Richmond for the year 1902 in the Su-
preme Court OF Appeals is as follows:
Number of cases argued, sixty-seven:
disposed Of. eighty: pending, ninety-seyen;
! Judges are Hon James Keith president;
!; Hon Richard H. Cardwell Hon. John A.
Buchanan Hon. George NJ. Harrison,
Hon. Stafford G. Whittle
Q. S. Circuit Court Of Appeals
The United States Circuit Court of Ap-
/ peals for the Fourth Circuit, comprising
| Maryland. West Virginia, Virginia, North
and South Carolina. was esta ablished oy.
Act of Congress of March g. 1891, and to
which all appeals or writs Of error from
any OF the United States courts In the
above states are to be taken, except in
cases involving the jurisdiction Of the
! court prize cases. capital crimes, CON
struction OF the Constitution of the United
States. or the constitutionalty of any
! law of the United States. or constitution
or law Of a State. Appeals or writs of
error coming within the above exceptions
go to the Supreme Court of the United
States,
The court holds three terms year at
Richmond, viz: first Tuesday in Febru-
ary. May.and November; and sits at such
! other places in the circuit, anu at such
| times as the Court may determine.
The following compose the personnel Of
the Court: Hon. Melville w. Fuller. Chief
Justice of the United States. Washington,
D. c.; Hon. Nathan Goff, Senior Circuit
I,Sc Cf ha la rlx cfY,r
w. Va; Hon. Charles H. Simonton Jun
ior Circuit Judge Of the Fourth Circuit,
Charleston, S. c.; Henry T.. NIeloneN
clerk: Claude NJ. Dean, deputy clerk,
Richmond, Va.
The business of the court for the past
few years shows a marked Increase, and
the promptness with which the cases are
heard and decided shows its usefulness
and benefit to ltigants.
The following is resume Of its work
for the past twelve months.
January l. 1902, Causes pending for ar
gument ..........-.
December 81. 1902, Causes docketed du-
ring the year ............ ............ 43
Total .....-...... .......... .......... 81
December 81 1902. Causes argued du-
ring the year ,............39
December 81. 1902. Causes pending for
Opinions handed down during the year.
a; causes pending for decision, q; re-
hearings denied during the year. 5:
causes appealed to Supreme Court on
questions or propositions of law, 2;
causes pending awaiting appica ton to
Supreme Court for writ of certiorari. 8.
By an Act Of Congress Of January 20,
1897, this court was given jurisdiction OF
all criminal cases not capital.
United States Circuit Court.
Hon. Charles H. Simonton and Hon.
Nathan Golf are the judges of the Circuit
Court Of the United States for the East
ern District of Virginia; nj. F. Peasants.
Esquire. is the clerk of said court. and
Joseph P. Brady is the deputy clerk.
During the year 1892 there were twelve
u2) suits brought at law in this court,
and all were argued and considered by
the court One Of these cases has been
dismissed.
On the equity side Of this court eight
tS) suits have been filed and matured
and two (2) dismissed. The remaining six
(6) have been argued and considered by
the court. There now remains nineteen
Gs) equity and sixteen t6> law cases on
the docket.
ks
The officers of the District Court of the |
United States for the Eastern district of
Virginia here, are the Hon. Edmund |
Waddill. Jr, judge: Lunsford L.. Lewis, |
United States attorney; Morgan Treat
United States marshal, and Malcomb A. |
Coles. Samuel Bendit and U. NJ. Bland
and Joseph P. Brady, |
deputy clerk, s
On the criminal side OF, the court there |
have been ten do) indictments found and |
six (6) cases tried
s. Under the Bankruptcy Law there have !
been four hundred and forty (44o) voIun- |
tary and thirty-six 156) involuntary cases
filed since the passage of the act of I
which eighty tSO) coluntary and /
twelve dol involuntary cases were flied |
this year. There have been siSty-two (62) !,
discharges in bankruptcy granted. and six
dismissed. There have been two l2l com. |
positions under the law during the cur |
rent year Six hundred t60O) orders have
been entered by this court in bankruptcy |
matters during the year ending 1902.
Chancery Court Of the City.
Judge Daniel Grinnan: Clerk Charles
o. Saville; Deputy Clerks, William IS.
Woodson. James T. Poindexter; Sheriff
John e. Epps.
This court was organized In 1870. 8. It /
has no common law jurisdiction. In ad-
dition to the, chancery practice i. has ex-