Show THE CASE t TUB tim judge of the county court at Wood woodstock virginia is something of a democrat and very much a man he it was before whom senator benator the chief actor in aa a much talked ot of case committed contempt and for doing which the senator was sentenced to jail tor for ten days and fined twenty five dollars it seems that courts generally in that tha tart part of the country and this one particularly bave have been running along for some time with but little of that essential ele anent to a judicial tribunal dignity sad and its absence only means the inculcation of indifference carelessness and the gradual breaking down ot of authority rity but ju judge dge newman le aman th the he er presiding 6 S 1 din g fun tio n a the h e court our t referred r e to and who has held atle t ae 0 office bil but a short time seems to have brought to r the bench a determination to reform matters not indifferently but altogether and as the fates would have it the ver very first case in which he was compelled compelled to assert himself with vigor was waif one of such consequence outside as well as in that a lasting victory or an irretrievable defeat was to be the result mr is an influential influent i al man it appears tie e defended a chronic offender and pot got him off on the ground ot insanity during the trial machof much of his demeanor partook of the awash swashbuckler but did not nop transcend the limit so the court let it pass butac ter the trial he got his bis client drunk p put ut him in a wagon with a big placard aidt ridiculing ling the judge and bad him paraded about the streets on learning of this a tench dench warrant was issued by judge newman and was brought brough into tinto court he frothed considerably sider ably and when told by the judge that an order bad been issued tor for his appearance to show cause why he should not be fined and jailed for contempt of court senator asked to see the warrant which he claimed had not been served on him the tbt commonwealth attorney read the return for the warrant tnt senator riddle dle berger then declared that the court had no jurisdiction j uris diction the court replied it had hadi lully ully decided that it had bad juris jaris diction senator then ob s acted t the e swearing of witnesses IL and p a at attempted timp ted to make a speech the court ourt ruled out any speaking until the evidence was la in and told senator dle berger to sit down the senator would not sit down and the court fined him 25 the senator then said the tee warrant was noth nothing ilag and the court told him to take his seat or tie he would gl d be sent to jail for co contempt e bithis erger tore up the warrant and said this court wont send me to jail and I 1 want to see the d n man that will take me there the court ordered the sheriff to take senator to jail for flye five days senator Biddle berger resisted ted arrest and the court added five more days and ordered bystanders to assist the sheriff but the sheriff a small mau man less than five feet in height and weighing one hundred and III fifteen teen pounds took the senator to jail without any trouble some seme of the deputy sheriffs and bystanders jumped out of the windows and there was a great deal of excitement in the street some of senator Riddle bergers most influential friends while they deplored the fact of his hie having to go to the county jail ap the justice of the courts decision others more ingre rash proposed taking him out by force he was subsequently taken out by a mob but realizing how dangerous a thing liberty berty was under such circumstances he be voluntarily returned when friends interceded intercedes inter ceded with the court and upon a proper showing by affidavit that it was injurious to the prisoners condition to remain there the sentence was suspended until his condition improved roved this his of course ends it as the ourt court only desired to vindicate him self and place his tribunal upon the plane lane where alone it could be use flu i lul |