Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-13

l suppose l will have to DO the bes,
j can. TO begin with. we wish TO Offer
II replication to the answer OF Judge
| Chichester"
! Counsel for Judge Chichester instant
~ and strenuously objected.
I'VE positively object to the intro.
duction here of any replication" said
Judge Embrcy I'VE ask what is the
purpose of it?'
Then l ask now merely to read it,
said Mr.. Powell.
I'VE object TO it being read" Mr.
FitZhugh protested.
Judge Embrcy got the floor. Tho
essential function OF this committees
no said, us to investigate the charges
hled They have been filed, the
answer has been nlcd: subsequent
charges have been filed and the answer
to them. This committee is not do
Gliding body, as jury would be. but
sits as Il sort of grand jury conducting
an inquiry. When the charges are
made and the answers filed tho record
is complete, so far this committee
is concerned. We have made spc-
ciic denial of every essential charge.
submit that Mr. Powell may offer
have bearing upon our answer We
ask that he be required to produce his
witnesses and his evidence"
Mr.. Powell spoke: They have adj
mitted number of the charges, hut
in each instance they seek to evade
the consequences by Offering some eX-
cuse. They have unJectcd into the
answer great deal of animus and =,
a lr1S Ir,n I
when the committee adopted the rules
of a law court it gave us the right to
put in a replication
Mr.. Noel argued along the same lines,
saying that where excuses had been
offered for the admissions OF guilt i
replication was admissible.
JUDGE EMnREY sTURDn.Y
RESISTS rOw1I.L'S EFFORTS
Judge Embrey sturdily resisted tho
efforts of Powell and Noel TO have
the replication read. ITO permit tho
public reading Of that paper would be
unfair. and we ask that it be ruled
out" he said.
The committee retired After de-
liberatinS ten minutes. the invcstiga-
nounced II ruling against Mr.. Powell.
80 ucC!ttNi, ne STU,
that the only Dlcadings necessary are
the charges and the answers"
Thus was another advantage scored
hy Judge Chichcstor's counsel.
The first evidence was then intro
duccd. 1t was documentary The law
order books of the Spotsylvania Court
We're brought in and y. H. Crismond,
clerk of the Circuit Court OF Spotsyl-
vania County, took the witness chair
ana identified the records as they were
read. Former Senator Noel read the
orders desired evidence and they
were entered in the records Of the
investigation. The object of this was
to prove the allegations which Judge
Chichcsters attorneys admitted 10 be
true The formality proceeded smooth
~ until the court records in the Girls
inond case were reached. J. r H.
CriSmond, father of \. H. Crismond.
was clerk OF the old county court when
he He'd from the State. His alleged
shortage OF several thousand dollars in
his accounts was discovered. He was
indicted for cmhezzlemcnt His friends
raised the money and paid the amount
Of the alleged dcfnlcation. Crismond
came back from Mexico. was tried and
acquitted. y new court clerk was
elected, who died before the expiration
OF his term. Judge Chichester ap-
pointed MS clerk y. H. Crismond. who
had served under his father rs DEPUTY
clerk
r.