The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-01-19
'M'BR|DES ATTORNEY
PLEADSTECHN|CAuTY.
Court Askcdsto Dismiss tile Case,
as the Warrant Showed No
Offcnse in Norfolk.
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COURT ov Y {: ! 4. E MOTION
Prisoner Is Held for f1lc Ports
Court Asked to Dismiss tile Case,
COURT ovERRULEs MOTION
Prisoner IS Held for tic Ports
mouth Authorities, and Will
Now Go Before Mayor.
Especial TO The limos Dispatch.

NORFOLK, VA, January 1911. G.
Mcbride, sergeant OF police. was given
a preliminary hearing to-day in tho
Police Court before Judge Simmons
on the charge OF bigamy. and held for
the. Portsmouth authorities. the Of
Tense having occurred In Norfolk
county.
The court room was crowded when
the case was called. and there was !.
Wilcox, counsel for Mcgride. who
wished the case dismissed, on tech
ntcality, and Il. Randolph Hicks, acting
commemorative attorney. Judge wiz
cox asked that the case be dismissed.
the warrant not showing that any Of
tense had been commitNd In Norfolls.
Mr.. Hicks objected, claiming that q
felony had been charged, ana that
therefore the court OF inquiry should
proceed and decide whether or not
there was sufficient grounds on which
TO hold the accused for the authorities
OF the county In which the offensc al
leged had occurred.
Inc evidence adduced was a mar
rage certificate showing that Me-
Bride had married Charlotte IrricR m
ger the name OF Walker. IN Rocking
nam county. twenty-one years ago. ana
second certificate, showing that Ave
years ago he married blanche Virginia.
sW,aterf1eld, in Portsmouth, Va. Az
though there were witnesses In court
TO show that Mcbride had married an
other woman in Caroline county, under
the name OF Dallas, this phase 81 tho
case was not entered into. as the ,ni,.
1ect of the prosecution was to get the
case sent over to Portsmouth, the Caro-
line authorities not having shown anv
interest In the matter.
Judge Wilcox obj ected TO all OF the
testimony. declaring that the identlfl-i
cation Of Mcbride as Walker was NOT.
suinclent but the court held otherwise.
and ordered the accused held for the
Portsmouth authorities. s,i' b
An@immediate notice will be trans.
mitted to- the Portsmouth authorities
that the prisoner is held subject to
their 3sfnstructtons. and It IS expected
tina. a second preliminary hearing Will
be held next week before Mayor Reed
OF Portsmouth. Z
Report Denied.
a report going the rounds that there
had been a change In the management
of the Norfolk and Portsmouth Trac-5
ton Company, was denied TO-DAY :,
rs explained that the rumor arose from
the fact that President r. Lancaster
Williams, owing 60 his appointment az
receiver of the Seaboard would not be
able to give as much attention to the
affairs OF the company as heretofore.
and that John. Blair McAfee, chairman
of the operating committee. has agreed
to assume some Of these duties.
Mayor Reed. OF Portsmouth, to-day
declined to allow z. 2. Dashiell bail
until by a preliminary eyaynination he
had learned the sexaa status of the
charges preferred. I'm the two ,crimj-
raj, proceedings Judge Baf,ss of .fhp
Hastings Court has also declined to-
release the two Ebondsmen, as asked,
until they; are able to present the ac-
cused ;intcourt.a His illness prevents
this n ~,
The monthly report or; the health
departmentsofiNo Norfolk submitted to the
Board of.Hcontrol to-day shows 40
deaths. sixty whites and eighty
coIored;t ten cases of diphtheria, six
teen cases of:.scarlet fever. and five
cases sof typhoid fever during the
month. an excellent showing, 1T is dee
clared. The death rate for whites Is
1871 ;: colored ,ss24.6. 7sF. VIA, 81