The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-07-20
MOTION FOR new TRIAL
0vtRRUltO BY JUDGE
r. r.. Allen Makes Plea for Reheariug
On Grounds Of Newly Dis
covered Evidence.
CHAs LEoNARD's WILL FILED
Disposes OF Stock in Hardware Conn
pany--Governor Henry Q. Stuart
Names Successor to DIR. 0 @. Wright.
Other Petersburg News.

Petersburg. Va. July 1e.-Judge
Mullen. sitting In the Hastings Court
today. heard the second motion of
counsel for r. r. Allen for a new
trial The defendant In support of
| his motion offered in evidence his
affidavit stating that A. f. Mann,
carpenter, OF Matoaca, Chesterfield
County, was in the office of said COM
pany at the time the defendant made
| settlement with Emma Vaughan for
the death claim OF Indiana Gates and
| that Mr.. Mann heard Emma Vaughan
state that she could not write and
that she made her mark upon the
check. which Allen is alleged to have
appropriated to his own use, and fur
Their that Ray Altschul. one of the
trial Jurors. prior to the trial of AL
len stated that should he be sum-
moned as Juror that he would give
Allen every year he could.
The motion was overruled and the
defendant was refused time TO send
for Mr.. Mann in order that he might
be personally examined on the ground
that counsel knew that Mr.. Mann
should have been present in court If
they wanted to have him examined.
Allen has been twice convicted of
the larceny OF the check for the death
claim OF Indiana Gates, whose bene-
ffctary was Emma Vaughan. Al his
first trial he was given one year. which
verdict was set aside, and at the sec
ond trial two years He ia now under
| sentence, but out on bail with his
brother, w. e. Allen. of Richmond,
and Z. II. Russell, OF Henrico County.
as his bondsmen. in the sum OF SO, 900.
awaiting the preparation of an appeal
in his case TO the Supreme Court
VIII Is Recorded.
The will of the late Charles Leon
ard, president of the Charles Leonard
Hardware Company, Incorporated,
whose death occurred at his home in
High Street Sunday morning. was en-
tered upon record in the Office of
Clerk Robert z. Bass today. The will
disposes OF thirtyfve OF the fifty
shares OF stock in the Charles Leon
ard Hardware Company retained by.
Mr.. Leonard at the time his business
was Incorporated. as follows: Eigh:
shares TO c, c. Brown; ! share to
J. II, Newsom; / share to Frank NJ
Hobbs; 25 shares to be held in trust
for the widow of the deceased for her
benefit as long as she shall live and
at her death to be distributed as fol-
lows: Two shares to c. c. Brown;
Ia shares to each, J. A. II. New
som. Frank NJ. Hobbs, Joseph w
Smith, Sonerville Gray and j. r.
Burgess; 2 la shares each to w. W.
Minetree, Lucius p. Robertson and s.
Floyd Brown; 4 shares to each Mrs
Anna Brown. wife Of c. c. Brown and
Mrs. Nellie Schneff.
The remaining fiftsen shares were
| presented by Mr.. Leonard at the time
his business was Incorporated to three
| faithful employes-Charles c. Brown,
Frank NJ, Hobbs and ]. A. Fl. New
som. five shares each, valued at about
| $4,000 each. The thirtv-nve shares
named above are left in trust TO B. B.
Jones, cashier of the National Bank
I Of Petersburg
All his personal property except
| stock in the Charles Leonard Hard
ware Company was disposed OF by
Mr.. Leonard by will as follows:
= Storeheusa and such property Sc is
occupied by the corporation to the
corporation; to Mrs, Leonard the High
Street residence and personal property
not disposed Of above during her ma
tural life. After her death to be dis
posed OF as follows Sycamore Street
store to Herbert Brown, son of c.
c: Brown; storehouse on north side
of Bank Street to c. c. Brown TO be
held in trust for Charles L. Brown,
AMI X he does not survive Mrs Leon
ard to Mrs. D. c. Kessler Requests
| or money were also made to several
younger men employed by the Arm
9, c. Brown, Prank NJ. Hobbs and ].
II. Newsom are named as executors of
| the will.
Anthony--Joily.
I Miss May jolly, the attractive young
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. w. r. jolly.
| or the West End. and Thomas W.
anthony were united in marriage at
$3.50 O'Clock last evening at the home
or the officiating minister, Rev Fred
w. Moore. Mr.. and Mrs Anthony
VIII reside in Hinton Street
Young Couple Married.
| Miss Maggie Lavelle Belcher and
James Irving Faison were united in
marriage at S O'clock last evening at
the home of the officiating minister,
Kew. A. r. Love, pastor of the West
End Baptist Church.
Governor Names Successor.
Governor Stuart on yesterday
named DR.. William F. Drewry, super
Isntendent of the Central State Hos
pital. member of the State Board
Of Health. to I'LL the vacancy of DR.
o. G. Wright, killed in an automobile
accident near Jarratt on July s.
Phflathea Officers Elected.
Omcers OF the Philathea Glass of
the Second Baptist Church for the
ynext six months have been elected, as
follows: President. Miss Monte Chap
pell; vice-president, Miss Ida Pope;