Staunton Spectator, And General Advertiser

Acquitted.—James W. Lovett, a blind man, formerly a pupil at the Institution in this place, was lately arrested and committed to the Lynchburg Jail, charged with robbing the mail between Farmville and Walker's Creek, in Prince Edward county. The evidence against the young man was merely circumstantial, he being the only passenger in the stage. The driver manifested considerable agitation during the examination, and enlarged upon the evidence which he had given at the first hearing of the case. The Rev. Mr. Castlemam, of this place, being present, testified that the prisoner had borne an unexceptionable character whilst in Staunton. Much interest was manifested in his behalf during the trial, which resulted in an honorable acquittal.