Birmingham age-herald., 1894-12-04
IN THE COURTS.

Thomas w. Hooper is on trial in the
 criminal court for ravishing his daughter
 few weeks ago. The trial WAS begun yes-
 terday afternoon, and the ruined daughter
 had made her statement under oath to the
 court and jury when court adjourned. The
 witness is a country girl, timid in disposi-
 tion and made her statements only in an
 swer to interrogatories of the solicitor, MT.
 J. H. Little. She told the story of the out
 rage and her ruin in tone so low that her
 words could not be heard half across the court room.
 The defendant lived in the country few
 miles from Pratt City, where he was en- gagged in farming. Three or four weeks ago his daughter complained to some of her friends that her father had committed an outrage upon her person. A warrant for his arrest was sworn out, but before it could be executed he left the community, came to Birmingham and took a south bound Alabama Great Southern train, with the intention, it is said, of going west. Telegrams were sent to the police all along the road as far as Meridian, requesting them to keep lookout for Hooper, and he was intercepted at Eutaw and brought back here and landed in jail.
 Only a few witnesses have been sub- poenaed to testify in tue case and the trial will likely end by noon, Col. Sumter Lea is defending Hooper.
 The jurors serving in the case are: F. M. Cooper, B. T. Webb, A. M. Doss, Jack Eastes, J. M. Hudson, w. L. c. Meigs, T. L. Reeves, J. T. Vines, James c. Sid. dons, Willis D. Colby, Jesse Edwards, Richard L. Daingerfield.
 After convenipg court yesterday morning juries Nos. and 3 were empaueled and five jurors for No. 2 selected, after which
 court adjourned until clock to give the sheriff time to select more jurors 10 com
 plete Mo- 2.
 LIFE SENTENCE. When the iuries had been completed the
 case against Tom Early was called, and he
 entered plea of guilty and was given the life sentence. Early shot and killed Wash
 Bailey near Village Springs, a station on the Oneonta branch of the Birmingham
 Mineral road, last spring. It is said Early did the shooting without provocation. He
 was arrested soon after the shooting and brought to the Birmingham jail. CITY COURT. First division-The two juries were em- paneled as follows in the first division of the city court yesterday:
 No. IA. J. Hall, R. C: Boothe, Charles A. Lovett, G. w. Roebuck, G. s. Earnest, J. H. Shoemaker, w. H. Baker, J. P. Vernon, J. Y. Radford, W. H. Powers,
 w, H. Reynolds, N. M. Riley. No. 2-B. B. McCaa, w. R. Goudelock, James Odem, Ed Townsend, J. A. Allen, J. s. Hutton, l. T. Goggins, Mark Doyle, T. N. Apglin, J. B. Hopkins, R. w. Cal houn, William Gabert.
 The case of Emile Lesser vs. the United
 States Lite Insurance company was on trial
 when court adjourned yesterday afternoon n.
 Second division-Benjamin Jones vs.
 Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad com
 pany; on trial.
 UNITED STATES coMMIssIoNERs' COURT.
 Will Jackson, colored, of Greene county
 pleaded guilty to having sold liquor with
 out license and was bound over in the sum
 of S200 to await the action of the United
 States grand jury.
 Erwin Christine was brought in from
 Tuskaioosa county by Deputy United
 States Marshal Calico on warrant charg-
 ing him with retailing liquor without H.
 cense. His trial was put off until Saturday
 and he was required 10 make $500 bond, |, which he did.