The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-07
Biting Charges Are 4; Made. .1.'I,i
Against Judge w. g. Loving
DOES NOT ASK FOR j
COUNSEL ON FL q OR
Claims That Proceedings Were lrreguaS
lar and That Committee Acted ss
Without Authority Of Law-7Re 33$S
port 70 Come Up and Be 81
Fought Over in House ~
85 .ii on Thursday. 55Ss M

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the County Court or Amherst, to til, Nj
charges alleg q gainst him BY the GenRsSas'
Seral Assembly, |, was filed ii, 81 the twGSI
houses yesterday. and Y ordered sprinte(a5s
for the use Of. the members. Isl
The document, which was brought here II
personally BY Judge Cam pbell ,S twhS IN
now in the city. is q spicy and voluminou4
one, and was offered In the two houses
respectively !, by Senator Arassie, OF Nela
son. and DR. r Z u Ware, OF Ami herst
8In6the paper. no request Is made for couns 4
sell and is is no t known whether Of 8not AZ
Major Conrad will n come Va here ~ agair.&S
Judge Campbell IS at New Ford 81, and
lis preserving his accustomed silence, de-
icining to discuss the case In any way;
TOR publication. The answer Of the a c-SS
Scused Judge is one Of the spicfestF papers "
laid before the General Assembly in q q
long time, and will be idered for the "
first time in come ctions with the charg ges@
against Judg Camp pbell to heS S.vot ted upon 4
by the House on Thursda ]. The friends sSS
OF Sc Camp bel. u are very ac tlls5;
are claiming thirty votes agil Inst RI tho
ado ption of the report Ia the ri 5ouse, Theyg
are said also to bo seeking to pain absent q
members, which, It IS s well In derstood.E
will initiate against the adop tion& Of II tho
report. There are a grea t many members 4
now out OF the city, but the nunl bess 81 sJ
other Important t mat ters up i during the q
week will tend to bring them ba ok. ~ he,s5
adoption of the report Of the commit tee 81
will require ffty-one votes 8in&the House. WI,
and a large attendance and "a spirl te1Sde4
bate are foreshad owed. sl ~ ssaI
4 IA I<IIS N IT ITP8 BODILY.
Il go Campbeil's answer revi ews II tho ~
entire case at great length, and raises 4
many questions Of irregularity Ii upon
which hescontends that t falls & to $ the II
ground. He claims that tho hearing wa q
Irregular. IN hat the Constitution pro-
.vides that It hould be conducted beforaS$ II
the two house OF the General Assent bIy,ss
and that the find dtngs Of a committed of
one. have no more force than had they
been reached by so many prtva to sacitis&s
zens, He further contends that tho find Us
Ing OF law and ia act are Irregular and sfn- KS
admisslb ble, and even II not SO, s;t hey are
5unls,,stained IS: Jnd ge Camp pbell then takes %
up the four charges alleged. and enterf
Ia5 general and specific denial Of all and "
each. going somewhat into detail as I'd. IS
all. In concluding on this point, the an-S 81 Il
tsWer says & rs SEl
54''It appears to me thntsthe Day cause
for removal and the Beard 4 cause g fors III
removal are inconsistent. as In: the Tor. y
mer, am held accountable for. not dos ~
Ing my duty. and IN the latter I am held s
responsible for doing my duty VI
The paper charges boldly that she prose II
ecution was conducted by three men who
had been defeated for public office bT
Judge Campbell' 8 efforts, and N that air
the witnesses against him were his enes II
mics. either personal or political, /, self
confessed, It says that the nro secutloH
was started. nuraed and kept alive bI Il
Judge Campbell's q personal ana political
enemies, who, under the guise Of uphold. @
Ing the honor and dignity OF the judls M
ciary, had but sought to feed their pers
sonal lice and to aYengea their per. IS
sonal and political grievances e against
hlm. Ihey had been unmanly In defeat,
possible way. 2 a3 5S 9t1 1 1sss
sOMH BITTER 1TTR USTs. & SgS
Is Then follows some biting reference to ss
the counsel and petitioners personally.s VI
much Of which Is aimed at Judge w, a. ut
Loving, OF. Nelson, and Commonwealth's5 5s
Attorney Otto r, Evans, OF Amherst. "A
He charges Judge Loving with having 43Si
been his most iHsistent and pers sistent ssss
enemy for years who has never lost an Il
opportunity to cast re Elections urion him s
both Ms citizen and officer, and declares
thatJudge Loving's position Is one OF "a bad III
FScQEds llGQ hd 5Eh
Judge CampbelD alleges against him III II
Amherst county,
He declares that over thls record ha
would draw the mantleSo charity, but
for the persistent villfcntions and asa
sauts upon him, which lead him to un-
cover motives and show the animus ot
this "latter day apostle of purity, He l
then goes on to charge that the Nelsos
lawyer 'squandered" thousands OF dols Vi
lars for the heirs Of tho late George
Fucher. for whom he was adninistras
tor and ffiduciary; that as q result thara
are widows and orphans In Amherst now @
IL need, and that he tJudge Campbeli) ia fsf
counsel for them and unable to colleot IL
outstanding Judgments In the matter. H{
also charges that though appearing al II
prosecutor against him, Judge Lovlna e
had bat recently engaged In a fight with a
tho attorney for Commonwealth in NelS 4
son, III the very shadow OF his own court,
house. 81 s3 s3 {{e & 39a 5s Ks b ss9 sss
His structures upon Mr.. Evans are bits
ter, and are to the effect that while ona b
OF tho chief officers OF the law In Ans
herst he had attempted an assaul lpois n
him tJudge CampbelD With i deadly wsa- M
pon. which. llf coEsummate ted, Won Id have "
been murder In the first degree. s}liSiS8 n
Passing to others active In the prose+
cution, Judge Campbell saSI that Judge Sl
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