The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-08
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We'll n Known Ia W'.yer 4 VII Rsnii.
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HELD THE 0FFl YEARS R
Some ofa the G lebratedT Gases
Tried III a! II :l,i ~ |}is IS III tn /
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n Hon. George SD. II wise has announced
himself ii }candid idate q for the post ion & OF
Z Common wealti,,s n Attorney NJ 9 succeed
Hon. II. g. Ffcha rds on: ss5s ,j5 :5
sSs Cnptni III Wise. .sas hos IS popularly known,
wa Common wcalt his a ttorney from, 1870
until \ 1850 IA durlng n be time when crime
was rampant iii the q
aHs Judge Mont cure. presld $of the Court
of Appeals, said at ttat III Inc Il hat George
Wise was FL II l,es i prIosecut tor ~ Yir-
sinia. Captain ,ise served this district
lin tho United states Gonk krcss for many.
+ years and has long been q potential
factor iii public a affaiTs.E ss 5ss An
hi reply to q X 1uesti On sked regarding
the celebrated cases osecuted him
during 7 his term 81 Office as Common
wealth Attorney, Capt bin Wise said
yesterday: "a
81 "a large number ofSs The cases I tried
when Conn monwealt II iss Il ttorney are 8rc-.
ported An the $rep ports cldod BY The su-
sprerne Go urt OF 3.A ppeais and In stheir
argument before That & til ribpnal T ppenred
wi til the al ttorney Generai, The flrst was
the "a So q agalnst cha ahoorI hen ~ candi-
d ateS for tho ilay oralt y Y against Henry
/ M E1lyson.E tsllalloons 3 Indicted n for
forging Ea 4 To 1 for So purportlpg tp
have been ara wn w solomon II uns tein,
payable 70 John hhompso i, and for
E,ltterins said mote ,sno win ioe5
forged. The forgery charged 81 wai
the note OF All inna at,,ral 6: lied :foreIen ener;
ana the forging y . Y ttering was ini
fraud OF the adI Ininistrat Tor of Hounst teir,,5
and the heirs o. Hounsta slle had any,
or Of the STATE; lie had none. The spris.
ner was del ended
Wells 7 who served during the rAconst ruc.;
stion period u Judg D Nv: IL C,rump AG over
no r5S Gregory and N Govern Oh II A.ss Wise
and Colonel Marina pkss. .Ila hnson. pori-
ths sssss
5ins the a6upreme sCourt Of Apptals The
:scas 81 swaa twice in ths.Eft ;b,urtsso Appeals,
and the result sWas It he convtc ton OF tho
ted I'M 2ot and 2lst slt'
SGrattall. a y
81 he s mex tRnost lmpor ortant case wa 9
that OF w. Colen hen dltors Of the
RICHMOND Il Enq qnlrer. the leading Demo
ora Is paper OF the Sta te. and also sep-
rotary oG the 20 mnissi onersfot the ink
Ing fund of the to. He was Indicted
for forging u record Of the State, and
5thereby Il defraudlng the Stat Ie was
nbly; offended NJ by Colonel Thomas 81
i Flournoy Elisha Barks dale land sNVi liam
Royal and was con victed and IS served q
term @iilis the tpenitentiary OF Virginia. he
case .streported In o5th Grattan. 81 Il
i liza not her important case IVA MA hat
against Polndexter, reported fins S3d GRAFT.
& fan. NJ 1yhe I,rlsoner was Indicted for the
murder ofs Curtis and was q efended by Col.l
7onel j ohm B. y oung, John 8. II Wlse8and
William ~ oyall.} H was conyicte ed. "
ss M Wise served under II dges If "a. 28 b.
3Guigon ana George u. Christian There
are ten 8$or Il twelve cases tried 4 by him
which are reported in the Supreme Court
reports. 5 ~ n If t3 i5 t5s