of the capitalt city. you could sue anyone in this court who lived in virginia and rit of this corinne of the entire length and breadth of virginia. a very convenient word for british predators whether lawyers to, and sue people who own them money. the second week of the month, the james county court was in session here and they are an extremely typical court of the time. 59 or 60what the other county court's of virginia did, which is actually a major advantage for us in our study of the institution because records of both the city and county court or, at the beginning of the american civil war, sent to richmond and they were still in richmond at the end of the civil war would want her to of richmond was burnt to the ground. -- when one third of richmond was burnt to the ground. so we have lost those records in our knowledge of this institution is based almost entirely on studying other county courts or the one other .ity or municipal court this is a typical three or four used at thethat was time. immediat