Birmingham state herald., 1896-06-12
IN TIE HALLS OF JUSTICE
A Minister Wants $5000 Dam-
 ages for Assault.
A HARD DAY FOR SINNERS
A Number of Convictions in Criminal Court Judge FeagIn Assesses Heavy Fine
 Against Jim Harper.

In the first division of the city court. Judge Sharpe presiding. the case of Ram kin & Fritz vs. Woodward Iron company was heard yesterday and argument was being made by the attorneys at the time of adjournment.
 In the second division Judge Wilkerson was engaged on the chancery docket.
 Criminal Court.
 In the criminal court Judge Greene presiding, the following cases were dis posed of:
 Ed Little and Charley White, burglary and grand larceny; plea of guilty.
 John Brown, same charge; jury and verdict of guilty.
 Oboe Smith, same charge; jury and verdict of guilty.
 Will Locket, grand larceny; guilty. Peter Jackson and Pleas Williams, bur glary and grand larceny; continued. James Taylor, grand larceny; guilty. Will Hudson, grand larceny; guilty. Lula Miller, larceny; jury and verdict of guilty.
 Rebecca Duncan. grand larceny; in- dictment changed to larceny and plea of guilty.
 John Huckabee, burglary and grand larceny; jury and verdict of guilty.
 Henry Johnson, grand larceny; jury and verdict of guilty.
 Robert Smith, burglary and grand lar- ceny; plea of guilty.
 Suit for Damages.
 In the circuit court clerks office Mat Wilson filed a suit for $50O0 damages for an alleged assault against James T. and ID. G. May, T. J. Baldridge and S. E. Me- Daniel Plaintiff is a minister.
 Inferior Criminal Court.
 Judge Feagin was occupied until 1230 o'clock yesterday in disposing of cases before him and at times the proceedings were unusually interesting.
 Abe Lovelace was charged with rob ping a white man. both being inmates of the city prison at the time. Lovelace st- tempted to thrust the crime on another negro inmate, but the latter had the ad- vantage in witnesses and he was adjudg- ed guilty and bound over to the criminal court grand jury in the sum of $200.
 10. 10. Carlisle and Jim Harper were charged with an affray, an account of which appeared in these columns yester- day. Both were fined $5.
 Jim Harper was also charged with car rying concealed weapons and found gull ty and assessed with fine of $50. Notice of an appeal was given and bond fixed at $200.
 D. H. simms, disorderly conduct. was assessed $5.
 John Rhodes, trespassing, was giv- en $5.
 Will Thomas, on the same charge, was given similar sum.
 Frank Terry, grand larceny; continued to the 18th.
 Levi Jones, assault and battery; con tinued until today. There are prospects of several cases of perjury growing out of this case, as the presiding judge was of the opinion that some false swearing was indulged in by witnesses on both sides during partial hearing of the case.
 Probate Office.
 The following papers were filed in the probate office:
 J. E. Todd to J. H. Taylor, warranty deed to lot in block l. in the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter of sec ton 20, township IT, south range 3, west $2O0.
 Frank and Closa Waters to J. J. Odom, south half of lot 1, block 1, as above; $7O J. J. Odom to J. E. Todd warranty deed to above; $150
 Francis B. Clark, Jr.. to Helen c. Brooks, warranty deed to 32,S10 square feet of land in the northwest corner of the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section 1, township IS, south, range 8, west; 5000.
 w. R. O'Rourke and wife to Charles O'Rourke, warranty deed to a lot of land commencing at the northeast corner of the northwest quarter of northwest quar- ter of section 35, township 17, range 8. west; $5.
 o. 1s' IsopeiooH dnu WIG to IL M' JoHSs and wife, warranty deed to north half of lots 15 and 16, block 229; $750.
 Marriage Licenses.
 Marriage licenses issued from the pro- ba te office yesterday:
 Charles T. Douthit and Miss Maggie McGhee.
 Robert Wells and Miss Rosa Earring ton.
 At the County Jail.
 The following entries were made at the county jail
 I. H. Primus, white; insane.
 Lettie Scarborough, colored; charged as accessory to the death of her husband.