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*• *tving Virginia*pinti Car iiwc- .■ ■ V *A’ •? » - ^Cue Madaot il—Aij AppealTaken—The Ftla^u Wlfpn* #1 (he lead—Upryer Mklnc of Baltimore on the Clf»1i.s mle iltsutloaori account of InjmjKtrtiflt bearing upon the inn petition me ihods of Virginiaand tipi Sofith. Tpt tef yert ap pairing (otMisi Pdpe fere Chat. lt;X Simms, of Washidgton, D. C» Frederick L. McCce, of St. Paul, Jdinn^e»tdAtfAshbie Hawkins, of Balt«more, Md.T he Niagara Movemedt is be-Alexandria, Va., Oct,24:~~PfO ceedings were had ia^he . Circuit] Court for Alexandria County,* Vai ' 00 Iasi Monday and Tuesday, which will have the effect of de tetmilling the validity of-Vfrgjii-ia'i 4ljlracrow** law. *In August last Miss Qarbara Pope, of Waablfigtpni 1 fjafined and reipetable school teach er, boarded a Sou lb*rir Railway train in Washington, with a Jick* ct entitling her to fiMaportatlon Icla point in Virginia near Lrfes-burg.On approaching the Virginia line# the conductor inf *rmed her of the regulations Virginia had enacted separating the races os the railroad cars of the state* and requested her to rake a scat in the apartment set aside for co ©red people. She replied that she was 10 inter state passenger and was not subject to any such regulations* and that she would not cbunge her seat uni ss she was made to do so, Mpofci thlt;£ train reaching Fall's Chircfr, tiro constables boarded tbe train, at rested Misa Pope and took her before the mayor of the tows/ jrhgre she wa« charged ydth vio-thi separate Cir Vw.SbeHind the itst, and It ia likely to be carried to the'highrst court in the land' untewaj decision is tendered m favor of tne appellant /* 4-Ora, Advocate.- $0 M honra 'before she t then sbe w»a ■ ad_ _____mi fined $10 andca2/4MHf*t!td to the Circuit Court fcr the county which case was heard las* Monthly anj Tuesday. The judgement Af'theQiagistrate was'affirmed and no* be of appeal wis given. The case will now go before the Court of Appeals of VisgJnli—the high cat court in the slate—snd will b heard in the January term at KichmotrJ.The case is attracting consul-
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Sedalia Weekly Conservator
Sedalia, Missouri, US
Mon, Nov 12, 1906
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