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The Daily Dispatch: November 1, 1860., [Electronic resource], Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch. (search)
Supreme Court of Appeals--Totty's case. --The application for a writ of habeas corpus on behalf of William D. Totty, convicted in Judge Lyons' Court of murder in the first degree, and sentenced to be hanged on Saturday next, has been considered by the Court of Appeals, and its judgment was pronounced yesterday. The application necessarily involved the question as to the constitutionality of the act creating that Court, and the writ prayed for was denied, all the Judges of the Court of AWilliam D. Totty, convicted in Judge Lyons' Court of murder in the first degree, and sentenced to be hanged on Saturday next, has been considered by the Court of Appeals, and its judgment was pronounced yesterday. The application necessarily involved the question as to the constitutionality of the act creating that Court, and the writ prayed for was denied, all the Judges of the Court of Appeals being of opinion that it was within the competency of the General Assembly to create the new Hustings Court, and that the act for that purpose was free from any constitutional objection.
The Daily Dispatch: November 1, 1860., [Electronic resource], Gen. Houston and Mexico. (search)
Respite of Totty. -- We are informed that Governor Letcher has granted a respite to Wm. D. Totty, until the 9th of November. The consideration that the prisoner needed time to prepare for his doom, was sufficient to induce the Executive to consent to an extension of the period for a few days. Since his sentence, Totty has bWm. D. Totty, until the 9th of November. The consideration that the prisoner needed time to prepare for his doom, was sufficient to induce the Executive to consent to an extension of the period for a few days. Since his sentence, Totty has been visited by Rev. Messrs. Boggs and Duncan, from whose counsel, it is hoped, he will derive the benefit so essential to a man standing on the brink of eternity. ner needed time to prepare for his doom, was sufficient to induce the Executive to consent to an extension of the period for a few days. Since his sentence, Totty has been visited by Rev. Messrs. Boggs and Duncan, from whose counsel, it is hoped, he will derive the benefit so essential to a man standing on the brink of eternity.