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The Daily Dispatch: April 21, 1864., [Electronic resource], Worthy example. (search)
Arrested for perjury. --R. H. Horne, one of the interior guards at the penitentiary, was yesterday evening arrested by officer Moore on the charge of perjury. It appears Horne went before the Clerk of Henrico County Court and made oath that one Joseph H. Colquitt was over twenty-one years of age, thereby enabling Colquitt, who was only eighteen, to procure a marriage license, and get married contrary to his father's wishes. The case will be before the Mayor this morning. Arrested for perjury. --R. H. Horne, one of the interior guards at the penitentiary, was yesterday evening arrested by officer Moore on the charge of perjury. It appears Horne went before the Clerk of Henrico County Court and made oath that one Joseph H. Colquitt was over twenty-one years of age, thereby enabling Colquitt, who was only eighteen, to procure a marriage license, and get married contrary to his father's wishes. The case will be before the Mayor this morning.
The Daily Dispatch: April 22, 1864., [Electronic resource], Capture of Plymouth, N. C.--Twenty-five hundred prisoners and thirty pieces of artillery taken. (search)
Charged with perjury. --It was stated yesterday that R. H. Horne, one of the guards at the penitentiary, had been arresteby the consent of William Hopkins and on the certificate of Horne that Colquitt was over twenty-one. Colquitt, who has been Colquitt had, during the last year, represented himself to Horne and others as of age; and others who testified to Horne's eHorne's excellent moral character. The worst things against Horne came out in the testimony of officer Moore and Jos. H. ColquittHorne came out in the testimony of officer Moore and Jos. H. Colquitt, Sr. Mr. Moore said he arrested Horne while the latter was attempting to escape from Mr. Hopkins's house by crawling out of Horne while the latter was attempting to escape from Mr. Hopkins's house by crawling out of a back window. Mr. Colquitt stated that after Horne was arrested he at first denied that he was the man who had certified toHorne was arrested he at first denied that he was the man who had certified to the age of Colquitt, junior, but afterwards admitted it. The Mayor reserved his decision till Saturday, and admitted Hords admitted it. The Mayor reserved his decision till Saturday, and admitted Horne to bail in $500 for his appearance.
The Daily Dispatch: April 25, 1864., [Electronic resource], Additional particulars from the Plymouth fight. (search)
The Perjury case. --It will be recollected that the case of R. H. Horne, charged with swearing before the Clerk of Henrico county that John H. Colquitt, Jr., a minor, was over twenty-one years of age, was fully examined on Thursday, and the Mayor took until Saturday to give his decision. On Saturday morning, Horne and all the witnesses being in Court, the Mayor delivered an opinion, of which the following is a summary: He would not take jurisdiction in this case, for, though heHorne and all the witnesses being in Court, the Mayor delivered an opinion, of which the following is a summary: He would not take jurisdiction in this case, for, though he had jurisdiction, the county of Henrico also had jurisdiction, and he preferred in this instance, for sundry reasons, that the county should settle this matter. But, lest any one should think he was trying to shuffle off a difficulty, he was free to say he did not think there was any difficulty. If he took jurisdiction he should not remand the prisoner, because of the loose manner in which the affair of issuing the marriage license had been conducted.--The Clerk had no right to issue that li