Birmingham age-herald., 1895-04-16
IN THE COURTS.

l II ne lrldl or OndFley fOSIef, W1O IS l charged with outraging the person of Mrs. Payne in the country, about eight miles from Bessemer, last winter was be- | gun in the criminal court yesterday af- | ternoon. Foster is a gingercake-colored negro of stout build, and has been iden- | tified by Mrs. Payne and her brother | in-law, boy about 15 years of age. Eos | ter was arrested two or three days after | the crime had been committed, and when | taken to Mrs. Payne'S house for identi- l fication crowd of fifty or sixty of the latter's friends attempted to lynch him, but the officer prevailed upon them not | to do so. On the stand yesterday after noon Mrs, Payne Swore positively that Foster was her assailant The case will occupy the court all or today. The case against the Parvins for kill ing Jim Dorman, which was set for trial yesterday, was passed. True Bills. The grand jury reported indictments yesterday against the following parties: Grand larceny-John Harris, Charley Vernon, Calvin Battle, Charles Voorhees,.
 Burglary and grand larceny-Lawrence Bobauch, Lawrence Elshuns, George Childers, Colonel Harris, Andrew Cupid Jim Thornton, Sandy Collier Will Wells, alias Webb, Jake Newby, Alexander Whitaker, John Percy, alias Perry alias Wilson, Eugene Williams.
 Murder in the second degree-Lee I.o- gan, Robert Ford, Hiram Smith.
 Manslaughter in the second degree Gilbert Armstrong.
 Bobauch and Elshuns arethe two men arrested for attempting to blow open the safe of the Heidt-Nelson company last Friday night.
 <, Probate Court.ss
 Judge Porter was out yesterday for the first time in nearly three months. He fell on the ice last winter and sustained injuries that forced him to take to his bed for several weeks. lie is still on crutches.
 Real estate transfers have been filed in the office of the probate judge as fol- lows:
 w. J. McCornak and wife to Mary Thomas land on which is located the Little Warrior Coal company's mine, sit uated in section 6, township Is, south, range 4, west; consideration, $60OO
 United States to Ellick Miller, forty acres in section 6, township 16, range-1, west; homestead.
 F. E. Blackburn to H. A. Wilson. part of section 14 township 16, range ?, west; consideration, S60.
 J. D. Carlisle and S. U. Carlisle to A. L. Sparks two lots; consideration. $200
 Sallie E. Loveless and Vincent Loveless to w. P. Stradford, J. H. Owens, Zadock
 
 of the Methodist Episcopal church, south. part of lot 19 map of the Williams estate; consideration, $35.
 Richard and Mary Nelson to Henry I. Shelden, part of the block surrounded by Seventeenth and Eighteenth avenues. south, and Nineteenth and Twentieth streets.
 Marriage licenses-M H. Bemiss and Miss Annie Bennett, John Riley and Miss Annie Costlow, Tom Costlow and Miss Bridgie Riley.
 Starlin Wiggins filed a bill for divorce
 Chancery Court.
 in the chancery court yesterday from his wife, Sophy Wiggins. Voluntary aban- donment is alleged. City Court. > The default docket was called in the first division of the city court yesterday and Judgments entered as follows: John w. Snow vs. M. B. Gafford;. for plaintiff for STA. Milner & Kettig company vs. J.. O.. Began; judgment for plaintiff with leave to prove damages. J. A. Valentine vs. R. D. Burnett & Co.,; for plaintiff for $S4. D. H. Baldwin & Co., vs. A. A. Sims; for plaintiff for $S7.
 The case of Jo H. Nathan vs. Steiner Bros. is on trial in the first division.
 The chancery docket was called in the second division.
 Circuit Court
 The following business was disposed of in the circuit court yesterday:
 London Pryor vs. G. w. Yardley and Mrs. c. W. Yardley; judgment against defendant, G. w. Yardley, for $15, and Judgment for defendant Mrs. Yardley
 Harry Hawkins Lumber company vs. Jerome Garrettson and Mobley Garrett son; Judgment against Jerome Garrett son for $192.
 Excelsior Manufacturing company Vs. Theodore Koenig; judgment for plaintiff for $1043.07
 Birmingham Fire Brick Works vs. F. Kirk; Judgment by consent against the defendant for $55
 T. F. Thornton vs. E. Lesser. G. A. Sheeley claimant; dismissed Inferior Court. In the inferior criminal court. Judge Montgomery presiding, the following cases were tried yesterday morning: VIII Donovan, refusing to work on the streets, tried for insubordination; not | guilty. Lizzie Sims, colored, drunk and diser- derly; $2.50 and costs. John M. Wilcox, colored, disorderly | conduct: $5 and costs. John M. Wilcox, colored, malicious mis- chief; $5 and costs Charles Spirey, colored, walking the. streets with lewd woman; $1 and costs. Dummy" deaf and dumb negro woman and of lewd character, walking the streets after o'clock; $1 and costs Eugene Walker twenty days; Charles | Cook, fifteen days; Tom Coleman. five days; all sentenced as above for escaping | after being sentenced at previous time. | VIII Mc(YOwan oOlnra6