Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-21
YESTERDAY IN THE COURTS
Little Doing in the State Courts-A luckless
Wheel of Fortune in the Police
Court

In the second division of the cry court
judgment for the plaintiff was rendered
yesterday afternoon in the case of Mary
Thomas VS.. William Billy.
The following juries were organized in
the first division:
Jury No. III. e. Farriss, J. A Frank
lin, w. W. Woodruff. Thomas ]. Smith,
o. S. Higgins, Sam H. Cooper, w. H.
Houston, J. M. Firth, William T. Arm
strong, j. p Moncrlef, J. F. Strong, J.
o. Foster.
Jury No. 1T. J. Tarrant, E. T. Pitts,
W. H. Handbook, j. A. Brooks, Fred
Averett, J. w. Lindsay, Jr., G. w. Hicks,
J. B. Burton, S. P. Fowlkes, w. G. Estes,
]. B. Rosenthal, S. w. Vance.
The case of William Lawley VS.. the
Louisville and Nashville railroad is on
trial. Lawley sues for $4,000 damages.
He alleges that he was thrown from de-
PENDANTS train last August by sudden
jerk of the engine on the Mineral road at
Boothtown crossing.
Criminal Court.
is engaged this week with non-capital
felony docket. The following is the per-
sonnet of the juries organized yesterday:
Jury No. IA. ]. Hilton, G. A. Sloan,
Fl. w. Crook J. o. Hagood, ]. K. p.
Fletcher, John S. Church, G. A. Parker,
Hickman, A. G. Morris. T. A. Bell.
Jury No. 2-J. w. Beasley, Joshua Mas
sey, i. Epstein, J. B. Earle, v. A. Good
win. R. M. Jenkins, G. M. Williams, A. ].
Fleming, ]. T. Trammell, R. H. Hendon,
L. e. Ware, w. NJ Vance.
Circuit Court
Jurles were organized yesterday as fol-
lows;
Jury No. IL. c. Little, L. M. Little, L.
l.. Little, J. c. Wright, j. B. Morson, ID.
Goldstein, E. H. Reece, L. l.. Jones, John
Bailey, C. w. Crumley, J. C. Higgins, G.
B. Rutherford.
Jury No. Wv. R. Goode, M. M. Will
liams, ]. B. Helm, S. G. Bailey, A. ]. Sum-
mer; to be completed.
C. A. Sem. register, etc, VS.. Henry Jo-
seph, B. Steiner eft al; on trial.
Real Estate Transfers.
G.. w Philyam and wife to John S.
Ireland, 104x104 feet in southeast corner
of south half of southwest quarter of
southeast quarter, section Is, township
II, range west; $3.50.
A. NJ Leonard and wife to John S. Ire
land and wife, southeast quarter of
northeast quarter of southwest quarter
of southeast quarter of section 49, town
ship IL, range west; exchange for two
and half acres of land and and a three
room house on same.
Charles L. Echols to G. w. Philyam,
104x104 feet in southwest corner of east
half of southwest quarter of southeast
quarter of section Is, township II, south
of range west; $3.50.
W. M. and Minnie B. Adams to Jake
and Mary Johnson, a fractional part of
northeast quarter of southeast quarter
of section 80, township 16, south of range
west: $50.
A. f. Parsons and wife to John Thorp,
east half of northeast quarter. less eleven
acres, in southwest quarter of northeast
quarter of northwest quarter of south
east quarter: $3.50.
William Korthenbentel to ]. c. Tam
vile, lot in block IL. South Smithfeld;
$225.
Chancery Court.
The following bills have been filed:
S. e. Jones VS.. II. ID. Wells and H. d.
Wells & Co.
Thomas Purvis VS.. ]. Foxs Sons, W.
w. Barclay, Jonas Schwab G. Co., Haw-
kins Lumber company and Fidelity and
Deposit company.
Moore and Handley Hardware COM
pauy VS.. j. w. Pratt and Tennessee Coal
Iron and Railroad company.
Inferior Criminal Court.
Pink Smitherman, John johnson. Ma
than Jordan. Jim Winfield and Neal
Roper were fined SIS each yesterday for
conducting a wheel of fortune. 1t is
said that while officers We're about the
board contained jewelry and trinkets. but
when the officers were not present money
would be put on the board. The scheme
was worked on Third avenue, between
there Is usually quits q crowd of negroes
william Lane, disorder1y conduct; IS.
Robert Murphy, disorderly conduct; S..
John Berry. larceny; $15 and thirty