The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-26
CIRCUIT COURT
BEGINS SESSION
Many Cases of Interest Included
on the Docket in Peters
burg.
OTHER NEWS OF TOWN
Hastings Court Items-Mattoaea
Asks City's Aid in Building
Bridge.

Especial to The Richmond Nirginian'@
PETERSBURG. VA, April gs.-i
The regular grand jury term OF the
Circuit Court OF brunswick county
Judge l. +. West presiding. VIII open
Tuesday and the court will probably
be tn session for two weeks Judge
West was In the city Monday after
noon. en- route TO Lawrenceville to
open the court. Judge Il. IL. Whtte'
OF the Twenty ninth judicial circuit.
will preside for Judge West on Wed
nesaay and Thursday. during when
days the latter wiil be absent In at
tendance upon the session OK the
Southern Christian convention at SUI
folk Judge West VIII return to Law 4
renceviae on Friday and resume the
bench.
There are several felony cases on
The criminal docket. Among the cases
on the civfI docket, which are expect
ed TO lie heard at this term, Is g. mo-
ton for a new trial IN the eJectmei.
-gIyfr OF JF.- ". NJ Sew ard, OK New
York, against the Camp Manufactur-
ing Company.
second Hearing of Case.
This case was heard at the March
term, and the jury returned "A YER
dict for the plaintlff. The suit involves
a title to a tract of lumber land In
Brunswick county. valued at $4,000.
Another interesting c8se on the civil,
docket Is that OF w. Il. Carpenter
against the Camp Manufacturing
Company for $4,000 damages for al
legged malicious prosecution. Carpen-
ter, 1t is alleged. has attempted 10 cut
dow ma trestle on the line of the
South Brunswick railroad, which L.
owned by the Camp Manufacturing
Company. and the authorities OF the
said company swore out "a warrant
against Carpenter, charging him with
felony, The case was sent on to .ne
grand jury. which tailed 60 find a
true bill against the accused. Car
penter claims that he holds title TO
the land on which the trestle Was
erected and ne therefore instituted tt
suit for malicious prosecution.
sent to penitentiary,
In the Musings Court Monday John
Thewett tcoloredj was tried ON the
charge Of being implicated in the ro
berry Of freight cars OF the SeaboarD
Air Line railway. He was acquitted
William Harris, colored. was gtsen
i've years. Joe Hill cOiored. 1.-TWO
years, and Charles Lawson, ceGoreu.
one Year in the ponitentiary.f THESE
prisoners were convicted at the Feb.
ruary term OF the court, but since
their conviction had Been held as
witnesses. =
Al the afternoon session Of the
court Albert RuitA. colored, was con-
ytcted of breaking the glass OF one
OF the show. windows OF the Loven-
stein Bros.j department store, on the
CORNER ge Sycamore and Franklin
streets, and roDbing the window [
sundry articles The accused was
found guilty. and his punishment Xix
ed at five years In the penitentiary.
Democrats Meet.
The democratic city central COM
mittee held meeting Monday night
and unanimously declared the candi-
date for the board OF aldermen from
all OF the wards the nominees OF
the democratic party and also the
candidates for the city council for
Third, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth warda,
there being no opposition in these
wards
The primary election for members
of the council for First and Second
wards where there is opposition will
be held Thursday, April rs At the
meeting Of the committee last night
the Judges OF election were appoint
ed. The candidates to be voted for
Al these TWO wards are:
First Ward-W S. McConce K
Wachsmann. c. f. Bowe and John j.
Nelms.
Second Ward. o. w. Mattox, Wal
ter n. Jones, James r. Banks.
The nominees for the council and
board OF aldermen in those wards
when there is no opposition are as
follows:
Third ward-N. r. Patteson. w r..
MIX NV fAlr frs~. TT
reli
Fourth ward~-R w Price. F. S.
stratton: aldermen-W. Il. Poole.
Fifth Ward. II. Wells. C. W
Alley; Aldermen G. Quarles
Sixth Wsrd--R. g. Chandler, Mr.
Wood: aldermen--John w McCalcb
Then ominees for board of alder
men In First ward ia William Koentg
and in Second ward p. S. Pugh.
hessrs. A. A. Alley and Charles X.
Walsh were elected members of the
central committee for Third and
Sixth wards to hll vacancies.
Ask Aid I'm Building Bridge.
The Citizens Association OF
Matoaca, Chesterfield county, mp
peared before the board of supervisors
OF the count vat the county court
house and requested the assistance of
the county In the building of a steel
bridge across the Appomattox river
for Matoaca to Ferndale Park The
board was of the opinion that the
county OF Chesterfield should do all
in its power to construct this bridge.
AS this bridge VIII connect Chester
field county with Dinwiddie county
II WAS decided by the board ito APP
point committee to wait upon the
supervisors of Dinwiddie and to ask
the cooperation of Dinwiddis in the
construction Of the bridge. The board
apncinted Z. A. Pamfiifa- the MEM
Der of the board OF Supervisors for
Matoaca district as its representative
on this committee. and requested that
Mr.. Seay and Mr.. r. Gordon Ffnnev
the latter secretary Of the Petersburg
Chamber OF Commerce, to go with
Mr.. Pampiin before the board of
supervisors Of Dinwiddie and TO take
UP with The State highway comniis-
Boner In Il more definite form the
plans and specie of the pro-
uosed bridge.
Special institute Trains.
The Norfolk and Western Railroad
Company has extended an invitation
10 tho Virginia Farmers Institute.
which will hold It's convention I'm
Petersburg during August to be the
guests at its experimental farm AT
Iror on tire last day or the conveu-
ton and Win furnish a special train
leaving Pete rshurg early IN the morn
Ing and returning during the after
noon, The program win inciu 10 an
address ~ wainan4a- Ay- President
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