Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-20
MRS, howe now ON TRIAL
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Charged With the Murder of
Her Stepson.
LAST SUMMERS SENSATION
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Business in Other Courts Than the Criminal.
An Indication of Activity in Real
Estate. :.

In the criminal court yesterday, Judge
Greene presiding, the following business
was transacted:
James Brown, murder;1jury and verdict
of not guilty e
Charley Meyer, murder; case continued
because of illness, of defendant. Meyer is
held on the charge of killing a negro on
Morris avenue some time ago.
Laura Howe, murder; on trial. The
readers of the State Herald are too famil-
lar with this case to require any repeti-
ton of the particulars tits well enough,
however to state that Mrs. Howe Is
charged with the death of her stepson,
the scene of the horrible details being
Jonesyille. ~ .st.-s..
City Court
First division, Judge Wilkerson presid-
ing-In this court the case of Sayer &
Scoville VS.. II. o. Burweli, which had &C.
cupied several days, was finished, the jul
ry bringing in verdict for the defend
ant. SPA s=s-te a. y ag.z
James Richardson VS.. Southern Rail-
way company, damages for personal in
jurles After the testimony was all in
the plaintiff took a nonsuit.
VIII Hambrick of Warrior, charged
with assault with intent to murder, was
before his honor, Judge Wilkerson, on
habeas corpus. His bond was fixed at
$100.
Second division, Judge Sharpe presid-
ing-Jefferson County Savings bank VS..
r. G. Hewitt, tax collector of Jefferson
county; friendly suit to recover doubly
paid tax taken under advisement
Probate Court.
- The following land papers were filed in
the probate office yesterday:
Fannie ]. Barfield to John F. Leonard,
warranty deed for lot No. in j. f.
Leonard's map or plat of land in the east
half of the southwest quarter of section
10, township H. south, range 2, west; $50.
S. e. Peck ct al. to w. D. Peck, war
ranty deed to west half of the northwest
quarter of section 2, township 15, south,
range 3, west, so acres; S..
E. N. Cullom and wife to John Fl. Wal
lace, warranty deed to lot of land on
north line Of Eleventh avenue south, ~
ing 200 feet west Of the west line of
Fourteenth street, thence running north
in a northwesterly direction and at right
angles with Eleventh avenue, south, 240
feet to an alley, thence westward along
the south line of said alley 100 feet,
thence southwark and at right angles to
said alley $40 feet to the north line of
Eleventh avenue, south; thence eastward
along the north line of said Eleventh ave-
nue., south, 100 feet to the point of begin
ming, forming a rectangle 'f00x240 feet;
$4,000.
John T. Shugart and A. D. Shugart to
r. M. McCarty, warranty deed to surface
right of northwest quarter of southeast
quarter Of section 80, township 10, south,
range 8, west, 40 acres more or less; $125.
John Miller and wife to r. M. McCarty,
No. 2, in block ID, in southeast quarter of
southwest quarter Of section 20, township
II, south, range 8, west; $24..
w. +. McCarty and husband to e. e.
Tutwiler, warranty deed to mineral
rights in southeast quarter of southeast
,.fo of
range 1, east; $500.
West End Land and Improvement
company to Emma Bible, warranty deed
to lots IS, II and 49, In block 18, forming
a reotangle, fronting $50 feet on the north
side of Second avenue and extending
back 100 feet to an alley; $1,000.
Minnie D. Sipe to- J. D. Dabney, war
ranty deed to lot 25x100 feet, being part
of east half of lot 1, in block 5, in Avon
dale, Ala. SITS.
e. A. Watkins and wife to G. NJ Dom
ihoo, warranty deed to parcel of land; $780,
T. B. Lyons and wife to Albert Boyd
quit claim to lot of ground fronting As
feet on Seventeenth street, Southside,
corner of alley between Thirteenth and
Fourteenth avenues; $3255S.
Marriage Licenses
The following marriage licenses were
issued:
F. q. shadrach to Miss Florence
Caughenour.
Arthur B. Stone to Miss Mary Belle
Jernigam
Circuit Court
In the circuit court, Judge Banks pre-
siding, only one case was disposed of,
to-wit: Mrs. Lou Bowles VS.. r. M B.
Mcdaniel, appeal; Judgment by default
for plaintiff for $500.
Floor tiling-Mayberry & Watson.
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