The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-25
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FOR The JURY
Failed to Agree lin Case Which,
Con,monwcaltll's Attorney
Declared plain. III
DAMAGE SUIT Is DISMISSED s, &: }
Judge yNaddiillll$ Scores Owners \
and Ship Builders for Send
ing Out Rotten Hulks.
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~ NORFOLK, VA, Feb. 24.-1n the Corr
poraton Court to-dhy tho jury was re-
i bukcd by Judge Hanckel for failure TO-
agree and was summarly discharged for.
tho term. ~ h
Tho case In which the jury failed to
agree was that OF alaula Bdkst, one Of
tie seven alleged unlicensed doctors pros
ecutcd by tho Norfolk Medical Society,
charging prncticlng medicine without q
state license. h! u j
Il commemorative Attorney Triton said
+ that tho case was n plain violation OF
tile law. and tho Jury should have greed.
The disagreement to-day was the second
one by the same Jury In Important crln-
inal cases coming to trial this month. IS
SCORES SHIP OWNERS.
ii Judge Waddill, In the United States
Court, this afternoon dismissed tho 1880
damage suit OF Joseph Phillips
against J. Il. Duke and NY.tJ. Shepherd, <
growing out OF tho loss in the Pamlico
Sound OF tho little steamer Lakewood.
rho court, In dismlaslng the cnse. said
that the plaintiff by owning such a hulk
MS tho Lakewood could except to- receive
nothing and took occasion to score ship
builders. as we'll aB owners generally,
for permitting tho patching upSof rotten!
lulks and sending out with human beings
and freight aboard OF anything that VIII
float. # al #
state Committeeman Gillian presided
alono to-day at the hearing OF The first
evidence for the good government side
In the fraud case brought against the
administration faction by tho old Demo-
cratic ring. The character OF election
Clerk Robert Mann was proven 4 to lie
good, and then Judge Gillian declined to
sit longer at one, and the hearing went
over. !.
SUITABLE SPONSOR.
~ Naval men here arc much amused It
the row that has been raised over he
fact that little Miss Gay Montague,
daughter OF the Governor, Is TOO young
perlaps to perform the momcntous duty
OF christening the great battleshp Viz
gnia when she Elides from the ways OF
tho Newport News Shlpbuilding and Dry
Dock Company next April.
The officers say that the little lady Is
inst the right age. and their wives think
1t would be !. Just sweet" for the maiden
ofstwelvc to christen the ship which VIII
bear the great name OF this Common
wealth. sE IS - r. q . .l;E
\. tate to let little Miss Gay christens ne
big ship. !. $s s., ".
Naval officers say that there Will be
no difficulty In getting the appropria-
ton Of $4,000 necessary for the purchase
OF the Schmoele tract. adjoining the navy
yard In this city. through the present
Congress. Tho Navy Department Is ,in-
der the terms OF purchase. committed TO
the passage of a bill making this sum
available at once.
AUTOMOBILE RACES.
The Virginia East Coast Automobile
Association will probably substitute
State meet at Virginia Beach in May for
the national tournament, which 1t Rad
been proposed to hold at Easter.
Mrs. Sallie G. Phinney to-day sued the
Norfolk and Atlantic Terminal Company
to recover damages for injuries to her
ankle. She assesses her pain and dis
comfort ut 1000. She stepped on the
ground, where she alleges, q platform
should have been and has used a crutch
ever since.
Mr.. Thomas Priodcau Ball and Miss
Agnes Mae Bell daughter Of Mr.. James
hell OF Portsmo,iu. were arricd = MS
afternoon at the homo OF tho bride
parent, III.