The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-14
VIRGINIA SCHOOLS
may C0NDEMNLAND.
Supreme Court Decides Many.
Important Cases-Some
6S From Richmond.
WRIGHT MUST DIE IN CHAIR
Jurisdiction of Police Justice Es-
Observation-Disclosures
Act Held Valid.
WRIGHT MUST DIE in CHAIR

| Among many decisions of import
ance handed down by the Supreme
Court of Appeals yesterday morning,
Is one which affirms the right of the
Commonwealth of Virginia to con-
denim land for educational purposes
through the boards in control OF State
schools. The case is that of Mary h.
Burger against the state Female Nor
NAL School at Farmvlle. Commits
sioners appointed by the Circuit Court
of Prince Edward County appraised
the value of the land wanted by tho
school. and the appellant was dIssat-
isfied with the settlement. She con-
tended that the school did not possess
the power of condemnation, not being
I'm the list of specified forces permitted
to take land forcibly. Judge Keith.
in tho opinion of the court, says the
right is clear.
The list of decisions includes several
from Richmond courts, some OF which
involve points of law and public pol
icy Most of these cases were heard
at the January term of the court.
Wright Must Die III Chair.
Alfred Wright, of Appomattox
County, must die in the electric chair
for criminal assault. He met his
victim while she was picking berries.
He claimed that he was hurried into
trial within forty-cight hours OF
the crime, and that there was great
prejudice against him I'm the county.
The court rules, In an opinion by
Judge Harrison, that feeling of a
prisoner that he will not get fair
trial is insufficient, and that specific
proof is necessary before a verdict
rendered under such circumstances
can be set aside. The Judgment of
the Circuit Court is therefore, affirm
ed, and. the prisoner will be taken be-
fore that court for rcsentence. He
is now in the Henrico County Jail.
Sutherland Writ Denied.
The validity of the law giving the
Police Justice OF the city OF Richmond
exclusive original jurisdiction over
where the right to impose a penalty
involves the validity Of n bona fide
claim of title to real estate, is upheld
by the court. Judge Buchanan render
ing the opinion. The case is that of
j. Leroy Sutherland, who was fined
i'm Police Court for encroaching on an
alley. The law comforting power on
the Police Justice was attacked. The
court holds that the paramount ques-
ton in such case is the intent of
the Legislature, which was palpably,
In the matter under discussion, to con-
fer this power on the Police Justice
a power not even previously possessed
by courts of record in this city. The
Chancery Courts decision is reversed
and annulled, and Sutherland's writ of
prohibition is denied.
Wooddy VIII Upheld.
Tho will of r. c. Woody, who died
ut his home in Richmond in June, 1910,
is upheld. He was cighty-siS years
old. In 1905 he made "A will leaving
his property equally between T.. Har-
vic Spence. husband OF Mr.. Wooddy's
deceased daughter, and Mrs Annie G..
Vaughan, his granddaughter. Both
AIrc yln,
fore the testator, and he made n codi-
Gil, in which he gave one-half the
estate to Mr.. Vaughan. husband of his
late granddaughter, and the other half