Birmingham age-herald., 1894-10-21
IN THE COURTS.

Judge Greene held only short session of the criminal court yesterday, and passed sentence on number of prisoners who had been convicted during the past two weeks. Sentences were announced as follows:
 Jack Sibley was sentenced to the peni- tentiary for life. Sibley killed Jim Huff man near Bessemer last winter. He was tried and sentenced to hang, but on new trial pleaded guilty and took a life sen- tence.
 Will Bryant got twenty years in the penitentiary. He was convicted for rob- ping 8 man named Walsh under the Twenty first street bridge last spring.
 Will Garrett was sentenced to ten days hard labor.
 Alex Rogers confessed judgment in two cases.
 John Eckford and Barrie Dixon paid their fines and costs and were released from custody.
 Lizzie Wilson got ten days hard labor and Frank Jones the same.
 Luciu5 Posey was sentenced to thirty days hard labor and Ali Richmond got five days in each of two cases.
 Warren Thornton was given ten days and so was Milton Davis.
 k. E. Evins and AlonZo Dixon got three months each, and John Stanley thirty days.
 The non-c capital jury docket will be tdhcu up
 CITY COURT.
 Cap Strawler got judgment against c. c. Bates for $30 in the city court yesterday.
 Albert Lacey vs. Alabama Great South ern Railroad company, damages; the plain tiff got judgment for Sl00 against the de- fendant.
 In the second division yesterday Judge Wilkerson, on the petition of w. W. Bur ney, receiver of the Consumers Ice com pany, granted an order restraining Charles P. Bedew and Henry K. White from sell- ing certain property under mortgage. The docket for Monday has the. following cases:
 Fred Kaufman vs. Steiner Bros. ct al. |, assumpsit; F. H. Earle and W. A. Walker vs. J. c. Kyle; E. M. Lewis vs. Mackey, Norton & Co.,, trover; Farmers and Mer- chants National bank of Huntsville vs. Birmingham Compress and Storage com- pany, assumpsit; A. o. Lane vs. George M. Cruikshank, assumpsit; William J {. lobe, administrator, vs. Louisville and Nashville Rsilroad company, damages. | Second divsion-The chancery docket | will occupy the second division this week CIRCUIT COURT. The arguments in the case of George L. | Peterson vs. Steiner Bros., which had 1 been on trial since Thursday morning, were not finished until nearly o'clock l yesterday afternoon. Judge Banks de- 1 livered his charge to the jury, after which l the jury retired and court adjourned. RECORDERS COURT. Recorders court lasted yesterday morn- | ing until Il o'clock, and there were but a | few cases tried. Two hours of the time | was taken up by long-winded lawyers upon | the malicious mischief case of J. A. An derson.
 | The testimony is to the effect that Ander- | son went into building belonging to a saloon keeper on Fourth avenue and tried to break down door. He was fined $7.50 and costs.
 c. II. Powers, and l.. A. Evans, tress- passers, were given thirty minutes to leave the city. They left. Henry Moore, negro who was up on a charge of disorderly conduct, was if ned $15 and costs. J. H. Powell, who beat his wife day be- fore yesterday, was fined BIO and costs. Lewis Foster, a loiterer, got fine of $10 and costs.
 Jim Kelley was up on charge of disor- derly conduct. He was fined S5 and costs.