The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-03-08
GOLSON CASE WENT
OYER TO THURSDAY
Absence of important Witnesses
Prevented Hearing.
COURT ROOM WAS CROWDED
Will Beason in United States Court
Plead Guilty and Was Fined 500
Judge Wilkerson Hearing
the Motion Docket.

The case of Will Golson, the negro
charged with the murder of Chief Deputy
Sheriff Robert Warnock, which was set for
trial in the criminal court yesterday, was
continued until tomorrow morning.
In anticipation of the trial the court room
was crowded with spectators anxious to get
a look at the noted character.
Golson was brought into court in charge
of Deputy Sheriff Amos Vines, and was at
once placed in the prisoners cage, where
he sat quietly gazing at the crowd while
the attorneys were engaged in the pre-
liminary work incident to the trial. At $3.50
O'Clock Judge Greene ascended the bench
and called tho Golson case, which was the
first on the docket. The clerk was ordered
to call the list of witnesses. and 1t was
found that several were absent. Hugh
Morrow, who has been retained to assist
in the prosecution, asked for time to con-
suit with the witnesses, which was granted
and after calling the witnesses In other
cases set for the day, adjournment was
taken until 1890 o'clock, at which time the
state asked that the case go over until
Thursday on account of the absence of
important witnesses, which was also grant
ed by tho court, and attachments issued
for the absent witnesses.
The prisoner was taken back to jail and
the spectators quietly dispersed, many of
them satisfied at having caught glimpse
of the prisoner during his stay in the court
room.
The case will come up on the pending
motion for change of venue, which was
filed some weeks ago by the defendants
prisoner can not obtain fair and impartial
trial In Jefferson county on account of the
existing prejudice against him and other
reasons. If the motion is overruled, the
case will go at once to trial.
United Sta. es Court
United States court, which was convened
by Judge Bruce on Monday, got down to
business yesterday, and from now until
the end of the term the grind will go on.
Will Beason entered plea of guilty to
the charge of retail liquor dealing and was
fined 500. Beason is confined in the county
Jail for some time, and on this account
further Imprisonment was suspended.
In the case of Jacob Black, charged with
forgery and embezzlement, the death of
the defendant was suggested and prose-
cution abated, The following cases were
disposed of:
David Littlefed. Illicit distilling; mol
pressed.
w. H. Owens, retail liquor dealing mol
pressed
Charles Pesnell, retail liquor dealing;
jury and verdict of not guilty.
H. c. Watson, retail liquor dealer; plea
of guilty and sentence suspended.
The following parties were adjudicated
bankrupts and their petitions ordered re-
ferred back to Charles Turner, referee in
bankruptcy: Thomas Careeth & Co., Hef-
lin; j. w. Fawcett, Birmingham; Jake
Bridges, Birmingham; A. w. Bonham. Biz
mingham.
An order was issued, directed to the mar
shall, to have all prisoners under indict-
ment in the various jails of the state re-
moved to this county SO that their cases
might be tried without delay.
On motion of District Attorney William
Vaughan, Vassar M. Allen was admitted to
practice before the court.
City Court
In the city court yesterday Judge VIII
kerson was engaged during the entire day
in hearing the motion docket. This morn
ing the case of Shannon VS.. Jefferson
County will be taken up.