The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-10-07
DISTRICT COURT
IN FALL SESSION
Grand Jury to Be Impaneled To-
Day for Examination OF
Criminal Charges.
DOCKET HAS FEW BIG CASES
Violations of Pure Food, Revenue
and Postal Laws Hold
Important Place.

The grand jury for the fall term OF
the United States District Court VIII
be impaneled this morning and viii
proceed at once with the examination
of a number Of criminal cases await
ing its action. Court will be formally
convened at the noon hour to-day by
Judge Edmund Waddill. Jr.. although
the trial of cases will not begin until
tomorrow when the petit jury TO
serve during the present term will be
drawn.
While both the civil and criminal
dockets are well filled. there will be
few cases Of commanding Importance.
4 considerable number have been car
ried over from the last term and an
endeavor will be made TO clear the
docket. Court will be in session daily
for several weeks barring a poss bic
intermission for the purpose of trans
fer to the new Federal building. Judge
Waddin will probably suspend the
trial of cases on Wednesday to per-
nit court attaches to attend the state
Fair, Richmond Day.
GrOner Arrives To-day.
United States District Attorney D.
Lawrence Groner. Of Norfolk. who
succeeds Judge Lunsford l. Lewis will
arrive to-day to take active direction
Of the prosecution. 1t will be his first
service since his appointment last
summer by President Taft. Assistant
District Attorney Robert H. Talley
who will resign at an early date. will
assist Mr.. Groner in the conduct or
the governments business.
In the list Of cases waiting action
by the grand jury, infractions OF the
internal revenue laws hold important
place. A number Of grain dlstil!eries
stand charged with violations, among
them two from Henrico County.
The Henrico Distilling Company will
answer TO the charge of illegally re-
moving ntax-paid spirits to place
other than the warehouse designated
bv law, and in addition. T. A. Roberts.
part owner of the plant, will be ar
raigned for an alleged assault upon
Division Deputy Collector E. P. South
ward. The Richmond Distillery Com
pany is a defendant in a case charg-
ing attractions Of the revenue code.
buchanan Case Up.
Walter S. Buchanan, of Louisa
County. will be tried on the charge
of using the United States mails with
the intention to practice fraud. An
Indictment was returned against him
by the grand jury at the last term OF
court, but the case did not reach trial.
His operations, it is charged. involved
large sums of money and brought loss
to a number of dealers from whom
he is said to have obtained shipments
of goods with no intention of paying
for them.
An indictment will be sought
against John W. Harrison, president
OF the Aragon Coffee Company. for the
violation Of the Pure Food and Drug
Act. resulting from the misbranding
Of a certain grade of coffee. According
to the allegations Of the government.
the company was warned in November
1910. by the Board OF Food and Drug
of the United States De-
partment of Agriculture. against the
continued sale Of a low grade of cof-
fee under a label representing ii to
be high grade Java The company,
il is charged. violated the order by
failing TO remove the Objectionable
label