Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-15
IN THE COURTS.
Test License Cas- In the Infe.ior crimnal
 Court Given a Deciston-Chas. Brax- - ton Held In Bail.

Tn Ehe inferior criminal court ysster- day; Judge Feagtn handed down deci- sion in ehe fela. licenae case in the city of Birmingham .Df. G. B. Crow. De- feI1ant, as previously noted in these col umns, averrei that he was conducting a brokerage business as agent fer people living in another state and claimed he was not en.titled to pay a lto nse. The amour of heenses for conducting a brok- craze business as assessed by the mayor aTs1 board of aldermen is $500. The de- cis.or was in favor Of the city. As i.his is a test case. 1t will lbe taken to the su- pr ms court of the state.
 number of minor eases were dis prsed of tn i1hessame court, among them teing one against a white boy named Brandon, who appeared y0 be aiDoue II or b yeats old. He was caugh- taking peaches from a trsia in a private yard on severth avenue ard Sixteenth street, ani in court acknowledged his guilt The witness against the boy who was his o3ptor, testified that ,he boy aclSrowl- edgzC q to having been previously arres ed eTY1 locked up on other charges. Judge F. gin ad administered a lecture to the pil- ferel. and sent him home.
 Henderson Lewis, assault and battery in two soasss; $15 and thirty days in saca case.
 John De fsopS Scoiored, vagrancy; $15 and thirty days.
 Same. diSorderly conduct; $5 ACFiiAlRIfEtS 1BFdANT'ON BOUND OVER.
 In the probsEe court, Judge Por.er pre- siding, Charles Braxtcn, colored, ap- peared i'm habeas corpus proceedings. Braxton, as stated h thes. columns. yes terday morning, was arrested on charge of assault with in,snt 10 murder and tob, 1t being alleged that he was the accom- plice of John, Williams, another n gro. who was tried, convicted and sentenced to twe.'ty years on the same charge. Jehn. PappageoFge, . Greek frui- dealer at tdle corner Of Third avenua and Twen- tieth stre-lt, being the intended victim.
 After heafins th2 ev.de.ce. Judge Por- ter ordered the n gro remanded to jail in default of $500 bord to await the &C., ton of i,he grand jury.
 The evidence, while nc5 positive in every particular, was sufficiently strong l50 warrant Brasrton'S being held
 Hon. Sam Will John appeared for the GasfendaItt,y.whiles the states interests were looked after by Assistant Solici or Hugh Morrow.
 A QUESTION OF SANITY.
 A iupy .has been subpoenaed for to- morrow morning to serve in ghe probate c6uf in r.5ca sdings to decide the sanity of l.. Vadeb- nceCur, of WoodlaWn AFhatSsFD~TILL NEXT WEDNESDAY.
 The prellmnary hearing of the case of c. M. Lowrey, charged with assault wi h dtheaipt U I1Pc. I-4iitudr t.lS tG- NEt1i-Bltl daHe'ftisq' of MT. August Schilllnear. when called in the inferior criminal court yess rday mcdning, was passed until next Wednf fsday.
 Mir. Lowrey denies being guilty of the charge, ard says he was not at any time alone wi the girl in the old bottling house. He says. however that having krown the children some ysars, he having delivered mail as a carrier in thar DOT ton of the ely several years. he felt free to play with them, md did so, but not with evil designs against any one of them.