Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-10-16
Appeal Comes up in Corpora
ton. Court Tomorrow.
CONTEST OVER THE JURY
Counsel for Defendants viii Claim
That Newport News Cannot Give
Fair Triai-Merits Probably VIII
Not be Reached Before Tuesday.

! battles In the annals of tho local
courts is anticipated tomorrow morn
ing when Judge T. J. Barham in the
Corporation Court begins the hearing
OF the appeals OF the twenty-three Of
ficers and members of the Southeas-
tern Underwriters Association from
the decision OF Police Justice ]. ID. G.
Brown filming each of them $500. A
b. Andrews, OF Atlanta. Ga. general
manager, and w. II. Prescott. OF At
lsnta, Ga. president. arrived in this
city yesterday and the other officers
and members of the association will
come into the city today and early
tomorrow morning.
AS the preliminary tomorrow morn
ing. counsel for the defense will de-
muir to the two warrants under which
the defendants were tried before the
police justice. Argument on the de
murrer probably will be heard by the
court at once. Should Judge Barham
override the demurrer. the case will
come up for trial on its merits.
Want Outside Jury.
Counsel for the defense will ask
that a jury from some other city or
some outlying county be impanelled
tc try the case, claiming that the lC-
cal jurors would be biased against
the defendants because they are eff
fected by the ten per cent. increase
In rates which precipitated the prose-
cution. Commonwealth's Attorney
Berkeley and the attorneys assisting
him will combat this move by the de.
PENDANTS.
Deputy City Sergeant Gray yester-
day summoned twelve witnesses who.
1t is said, will be placed on the stand
by the defense in an effort to prove
that local jury could not give the
defendants a fair and impartial trial
Those witnesses are: w. Lee Powell,
former president of the Chamber of
Commerce; Secretary w. 4. Cottrell,
OF the Chamber of Commerce; Presi-
dent ID. S. Jones, of the common
council; City Clerk Floyd Hudgins.
Councilman E. /. Ford, chairman of
the city finance committed; Presi-
dent A. b. Meyers. of the Merchants
Association; Horace Epes, James l..
West. p. I. Marshall, w. T. Chaplin,
T.. w. Reynolds and Sol Miller, local
insurance agents.
Nearly 100 Witnesses.
In all probability the hearing of
the case on its merits probably will
not begin before Tuesday morning.
Nearly 100 witnesses have been sum-
moned for the trial and the hearing
and argument probably will continue
for ten days or possibly longer. In
the event they lose in this court also,
the defendants undoubtedly will ap
peal to the Supreme Court of Appeals
of Virginia
The members of the Insurance
Trust who are to be placed on trial
tomorrow are: w. r. Prescott, At.
lanta, Ga, president; A. B. Andrews,
; Atlanta, general manager; Dan B.
Harris, Atlanta, former president; l..
K Warren. Richmond, chairman Of
Virginia committee; II. Y Chatterly,
Baltimore; +. B. Dewey, Goldsboro
~ c.; George Goodridge, Norfolk |;
n. A. Hamlin. Danville; F. j. Jones.
Richmond: jefferson Pearse, New
York; William r. Robins. Richmond: :
A. NJ. Travers. Richmond, all mera-
hers of the Virginia committee; R. L.
Caldwell. Atlanta, Ga; Guy T. Car
pentcr. Atlanta; George II. Collins,
Atlanta: Dana Blackmore, Columbus;
II. c. Hare. Jacksonville; J. s. Mid
dleton. Atlanta: 3. J. Smith. Char
lotte. n. c.: II. NJ. Tanner. Atlanta, all
of the association.