Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-15
ONE OF RANDOLPH'S CHECKS
Discounted and Its Payment
Promptly Checked.
A SAVING TO THE STATE
Which ThOugs nall in Comparison to What
" Was Lost Helps
TO CUTS wN THE LARGE DEFICIENCY
Many plications for the Coroner's Office
FJS Laid Before the Governor-su-
~ ,reme Court Hands Down De-
cisions and Adjourns.
A SAVING TO THE STATE
8 WN THE LARGE DEFICIENCY

Montgomery Jan. 14-(Special.)- "A let
ter has just been received by Governor
Johnston from the Union bank of London
notifying him that the bank had acceded
to his request and would stop payment
on one unpaid draft for $1,250, drawn by
the Crocker-Woolworth National bank of
San Francisco, in favor of Francis c.
Randolph, alias Charles Radford.
The first information received by the
executive office that Judge Randolph had
bought London exchange in San Fran
cisco. was about the last week in Octo-
Der through a paper filed by Mr.. Rush
ton, representing one of Randolphs
bonosnsEn. Mr. Rushton's information
was that three drafts of $1,250 each had
been bought from the Crocker-Wool-
worth bank, being drawn on the Union
bank of London. The matter lay over
until several days after Governor john
ston came into office, when his attention
was called to it by Attorney General
Fits. Governor Johnston at once wrote
to the London bank stating the facts,
that the drafts were bought with money
belonging to the state, asking that pay
ment be stopped and also for statement
as to how many drafts had been paid and
how many were still to pay.
The reply of the bank is dated Decem-
Der 81, and shows that in all Randolph
bought seven drafts from the San Fran
cisco bank, each being for 81 ,250, or SIS, $50
in ALL OF these, six had been paid by
the London bank on the following dates:
May 23, September IL and September 81
1895, one each, and on October 2, 1885,
two being five in 1895, and one on De-
eember 23, 1896. Governor Johnston's
letter was thus in time to stop only one
of them, but that means 81 ,25O to the
faf 70 otto fo1y
little sooner after the information about
the drafts was received, would have
stopped another and saved 81, ,290 more to
the state. Five of the drafts were paid
in 1885, and long before any knowledge
of them had reached the executive Of
flee.
| MANY APPLICATIONS.
The applications pouring into the Cow
ernor's Office for the office of coroner.
made vacant by the death of the lam
ented r. e. Jones, continues unabated.
The following well-known citizens of Bir-
mingham have entered the race, and
have applications on file:
r. c. Smith, C. E. Burkhalter, Henry
Kelly, w. M. Newton, Morrell B. Sim
mons, ]. T. Wilson, w. X. Sawyer, ].
D. Gresham and Phil Cosminsky. This
is all up to date, and more are expected.
The celebrated Simms- -Meachim feud,
which was reported a few days ago as
about to break out afresh in southwest
Alabama, proves to be untrue. The
Governor sent clipping from one of the
papers containing the report, to the sher-
iff of Clark county for information, and
he reported it absolutely unfounded and
that all was quiet
The Hon. Hugh Wilson, late editor OF
the State Herald, is in the city today
circulating among his friends, and they
are legion.
The supreme court finished the call
of the Fourth division today, and will
not be in session again until the 25th of
January, when the Eighth division will
be called. The following decisions were
handed in today, and one by Judge Cole
man, from the Gadsden city court, is es-
pecially interesting:
SUPREME COURT DECISIONS.
Coleman, flames f. Carleton ct al.
VS.. S. j. Carleton, appeal from Gadsden
city court. Action in trespass. A plaint-
iff may aver a trespass upon land in
count for trespass upon the person. and
recover for both, when the averments are
such as to show but one transaction But
when the count shows that damages are
sought for a trespass upon the land
and for a trespass upon the person, and
the pleadings fail to show that they are
of the same transaction, the two cannot
be united in one count. Reversed and
remanded.
Haralson, Jim Jones VS.. the State
of Alabama, appeal from Walker circuit
court; reversed and remanded
Elias Thornton VS.. the State of Ala
bama, appeal from Butler circuit court;
affirmed.