Birmingham age-herald., 1895-01-15
IN THE COURTS.

was to secure $50, 900 of bonds which the | Coaldale company issued, and which it Is claimed by the complainant, were offered | to the creditors of the respondent company | as security for their indebtedness. The bonds, the complainant alleges, will not | fall due until November, 1914, and the | complainant further alleges that the deed | of trust was executed to the Birming gham l Trust and Savings company with the in- 1 tention of hindering, delaying and defraud- | ing the creditors of the Coaldale Brick and | Tile company, and they pray the court to set aside the deed and declare it null and void. The Birmingham Trust and Savings | company is made party defendant.
 In the city court the Berney National | bank sued out an attachment against the l property of the Coaldale Brick and Tile | company to cover an indebtedness of $S0t0, l which the plaintiffs allege is due them from the defendant company. The at | tachment papers were placed in the hands l Chief Deputy Sheriff B. A. Thompson went up to Warrior to execute them. The plant of tue Coaldale Brick and Tile | company Is located near Warrior and manu- | factures brick and tiling.' Chancellor Cobbs convened chancery court l yesterday morning and the bill of the | Merchants' Insurance company of New | Jersey vs. the Iron City Steam Bottling l works was called. The arguments in this
 case consumed the entire day. l ChlmlNAh COOhIs The capital docket was called in the crim- inal court yesterday, and will occupy the 1 court throughout the week. Immediately | after convening court the following thirty
 six jurors to serve this week were called l and sworn:
 Jury No. 1.-W. F. Borough, H. Chair
 sell, c. c. Walker, John Brown, T. D.
 Dudley, J. R. Scott, W. N. White, Perry
 Higgins, A. A. Vines, c. A. Gossett,
 James McArdle, L. K. Massey: Jury No. 2-B. H. Brantley, w. M.
 Taylor, Frank II. Gallagher, R. D. .Fag-
 gard, H. H. Hayes, w.. H. Cnhs, J. P.
 John 0. Griger, William Uhl, Ben M. | Jury No. 3-J. B. Burton. J. E. T. | w. L. Garrett, N. M. Strickland. Noah | Vineyard, w. M. Travis, R. J. Hughes, | J. K. P. Lacey, William H. Naff, J. T. | Outlaw.
 The case against ohn W. Gordon, Claude l Mcdaniel and Ed Langford was called and | put on trial., The defendants are charged with robbing Jesse Hunnicutt, an engineer | living at Greenville, Miss, about year ago. Hunnicutt claims that three young
 men offered to show him the town, and that l after walking about with them for two or | three hours and visiting several resorts he was taken in the vicinity of the gas | works, on Third avenue, and there robbed, after being terribly beaten by hls com | panions.
 The matter was reported to the police l and few days later Gordon, Mcdaniel and Langford were arrested and charged | with the crime. On preliminary trial they the grand jury indicted them for robbery. The officials have been unable, 1t seems, | to locate Hunnicutt recently, and th srefore
 failed to have him in court yesterday to
 testify against the defendants. Solicitor | Little made a motion that the evidence | given by Hunnicutt at the preliminary | trial be admitted, but the counsel for the | defense objected. This question was being | argued when court adjourned at 1 o'clock | yesterday afternoon.
 CITY COURT.
 The following jurors were sworn in yes l terday by Judge Wilkerson to serve this
 week in the first division of the city court;
 Jury No. 1-W. J. Hendley, J. Q. Me-
 Williams, w. A. Thompson, John T. Mo
 Combs, Peter Dison, Harry ". Coffin
 R. Ovans, E. c. Smith, E. L. Scott, J. M
 Jury No. 2.-J. L. Vincent, w. L. Pip | pin, j. N. Gilbert, H. M. Glass, F. R.
 Mcdonald, 0. P. Grimes, J: D. Fouts,
 Vines, J. D. Harden, L. 0. McAllister.
 The suit of Baird & Levy vs. Hannah l..
 Schwartz, Sam Lchtenstadter, claimant. | was on trial when court adjourned.
 CIRCUIT COURT.
 w. G. Beckley vs. Ben Brown, appeal | dismissed.
 0. c. Bates vs. A. R. Threat ct al., D.
 R. Copeland, garnishee; garnishee dis charged.
 l J. D. Crosthwate vs. A. Treherne and L. | Thayer, assumpsit; judgment for plaintiff
 for $735.96.
 l LENGTHY TRANSCRIPT. | MT. N. W. Trimble, clerk of the United | States court, and his able assistant, MT. B. | T. Broadway, have just completed and | forwarded to New Orleans the transcript in
 the case of the Petersburg Savings bank ct | al. vs. the Birmingham, Powderly and | Bessemer railroad. The road, as will be | Bruce at the last term of court, but the l plaintiffs, represented by Mir. John P. riIlman, took an appeal. The matter will l now go before the court of appeals at New l Pardee, Mccormack, Bruce and others. The transcript filled pamphlet of 43S | printed pages. It was forwarded to New Orleans yesterday.
 l CoMMIssIoNER's COURT. l United States Commissioner Wilson had l two cases before him yesterday, both
 charged with retailing liquor without Ii. | cense.
 1 The trial of George Smith of Warrior was | begun Saturday, but continued until yes- 1 terday, when he was bound over to tine l United States court in the sum of S20O. l George w. Freeman was brought in from l Warrior by Deputy United States Marshal l Perkins and his trial begun. It will be l finished today.
 RECORDERS COURT. George Young, Henry Miller, Harry l Stephens, John Madden, Bob Smith, John | Murphy, Charles Moore and Tom Lenyard | were fined $6 and one- eighth of the costs each yesterday morning in the recorder 8 l court for being tramps.
 Luther McCluskey, negro tramp, was | fined S5 and costs.
 "When the frost is on the punkin' eat | griddle cakes cooked with Dr. Price's Bak- 1 ing Powder.
 A HIGH HONOR.