Supreme Court of Appeals.
--The regular fall term of the Court of Appeals commenced yesterday at the State Court-House.
The Judges in attendance were John J. Allen, Wm. Daniel, R. C. L. Moncure, and Wm. J. Robertson--Judge Leigh being absent.
N. D. Massie qualified as attorney to practice in the Superior and inferior courts by taking the oath to support the Constitution of the Confederate States of America.
d Wm. C. Rives, of Albemarle.
Mr. Collier, of Petersburg, nominated William Daniel, Jr., of Campbell.
Messrs, Anderson of Rockbridge,Robertson of Richmond,ection of Confederate Senators.
M. Collier withdrew the nomination of Wm. Daniel, Jr., at that gentleman's request.
After some delay in the proceedings, a rter, Cazenove, Cecil, Clark, H. N. Coleman, Collier, Crockett, Custis, Dabney, Daniel, J. D. Davis, R. L. Davis, Dunn, Edmunds, Eggleston, Evans, Fleming, Fletcher, Bayse, Clarke, Dunn, Ewing, Grattan, Richardson, Shannon — Total 7.
For Mr. Daniel--Messrs. Gilmer and Nelson.
For Mr. Wise--Mr. Speaker.
For Mr. Masoton, 67; Charles W. Russell, 39; William C. Rives, 11; John B. Floyd, 7; William Daniel, Jr., 2; James M. Mason, Henry A. Wise and James Barbour, 1 each.
The reard Preston88
Charles W. Russell62
William O. Rives23
John B. Floyd7
William Daniel, Jr.2
James M. Mason1
James Barbour1
Henry A. Wise1
Whole number of v
Legal decisions.
--On Wednesday the Court of Appeals rendered the following decisions.
Present Judges Allen, Daniel, Jr., Moncure, and Robertson — absent Judge Lee:
Slater &c. vs. Commonwealth, upon writ of error from judgment Circuit Court of Williamsburg and James City county.
Verdict set aside and cause remanded to court below.
Virginia and Tennessee Railroad vs. Saunders's executors, upon a writ of supersedeas from judgment of Circuit Court of Lynchburg.
Judgment affirmed.
Miller vs. Beall, an infant suing by her next friend upon a writ of supersedeas to judgment of Circuit Court of Jefferson county.
Judgment reversed, and cause remanded to court below.
Court of Appeals.
--Present — John J. Allen, Wm. J. Robertson, Richard C. L. Moncure, and Wm. Daniel, Judges.
The following decisions were announced on Tuesday.
Marshall vs Poindexter's adm'r and others Argued by Gregory & Carey for the appellant, and John Robertson and John O. Steger for the appellee.
Appeal from decree of Circuit Court New Kent county affirmed.
Monroe's adm'r vs. Commonwealth.
Argued by James Lyons for the plaintiff and John Randolph Tucker, Attorney General for the Commonwealth, upon a writ of supersedeas to a judgment of the Circuit Court of the city of Richmond.
Affirmed.
Morse vs. Hammett.
Argued by Wood Bouldin and Peachy R Grattan for the appellate and James Alfred Jones for the appellee.
Appeal from decree of Circuit Court of Mecklenburg affirmed.
Majors' ex'or vs. alcock and others.
Argued by Wm. Green for appellant and Arthur A. Morson for the appellee.
Appeal from decree of the Circuit Court of Culpeper.
Decree affirmed.
Supreme Court of Appeals.
--Present; John J. Allen, Wm. Daniel, R. C. L. Moncure, Wm. J. Robertson.
The following decisions were announced yesterday:
Payne vs. Payne and others.
Argued by Arthur A. Morson for the appellants and Wm. Green for the appellees, on an appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Culpeper county.
Decree reversed, and bill dismissed with costs.
Taylor vs. Robinson's adm'r, &c. Argued by Henry L. Brooke and John Randolph Tucker for the appellant, and James Lyons for the appellees, upon an appeal from decree, pronounced by the Circuit Court of Hanover county.
Decree reversed, injunction reinstated, and cause remanded to said circuit court for further proceedings to be had.
Supreme Court of appeals.
--Present: Judges John J. Allen, Wm. Daniel, R. C. L. Moncure, and Wm. J. Robertson.
The following decisions have been rendered by this Court since our last report:
Wright vs. Godwin and others — argued by Arthur A. Morson for the appellant and R. T. Daniel for the appellees — upon an appeal from a decree pronounced by the Circuit Court of King and Queen county.
Decree reversed, and cause remanded for further proceedings.
Virginia Central Railroad vs. Winston — argued by James Lyons for the plaintiff and C. G. Griswold for the defendant — upon a writ of supersedeas to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Hanover.
Judgment affirmed.
Smith's administrator vs. Lloyd's executrix — argued by Francis L. Smith for the plaintiff, and Robert E. Scott for the defendant — upon a writ of supersedeas to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Alexandria county.--Judgment reversed, and cause remanded for further proceedings.
Barksdale and others v
Not proved.
--Daniel, slave to Charles Friend, and Bowling, slave of Hector Davis, were arraigned before the Mayor yesterday on the complaint of a colored brother, named Bill Scott, who charged the parties with unlawfully entering his domicil and putting him in great bodily fear by sundry uncalled for warlike manifestations tending to the apprehension on his part of immediate annihilation.
Bill's testimony demonstrated the fact that he was more scared than hurt, and the Mayor taking into consideration all the circumstances discharged the accused, with an intimation of the direful consequences likely to ensue if Scott should be molested by them.
Supreme Court of Appeals.
--The Judges of this Court expect to be in session to-day.
Several have arrived in Richmond, among them Judges Wm. Daniel and Richard C. L. Moncuro.
Called Court.
--A Court of Hustings, consisting of Recorder Caskie, and Aldermen Bray, Timberlake, Lipscomb, Regnault, and Gwathmey, assembled at 11 o'clock yesterday, at the City Hall, for the purpose of examining James M. Armour, a soldier belonging to the 20th Georgia regiment, committed for examination by the Head of Police for the wilful and deliberate murder of Edward Dunn, an Irishman, and a member of the Whittington Artillery, from Alexandria, Va. The bloody deed was enacted on Byrd street, in this city, on last Saturday week.
The operator in the transaction pretended to be one of the Provost Guard, but the bogus nature of the claim was shown on the inquest.
Yesterday, Mr. Daniel, Prosecuting Attorney, appeared on, behalf of the Commonwealth, and after the examination of a number of witnesses conversant with the circumstances attending the murder, submitted the case without argument.
The accused was remanded for final trial before Judge Lyons, in September next.
During Feat.--burning of a Federal vessel.
On Friday last some half-dozen men, attached to the Prince George cavalry, conceived the idea of destroying one or more of the Federal vessels, which for several days past have literally covered the surface of the river in front of Gen. McClellan's camp.
Having procured a boat, (the largest accessible,) Corporal Cocke, Thos, Martin, Wm. Daniel, Alexander Dimitry, and Wm. Williams, embarked from Coggins's Point about one o'clock Saturday morning, and pulled off quietly for a very fine looking schooner, of 163 tons burthen, lying in the stream some half a mile from the southern shore.
The Petersburg Express says:
As they neared the vessel, a small dog on board discovered their movements and commenced barking furiously.
Two gunboats were lying but a few hundred yards distant, and many steamers and sail vessels in close proximity; but the enterprise had been undertaken, and the brave boys could not think of returning without accompl
