The age-herald., 1899-03-07
MARCH TERM OF
 U. s. DISTRICT COURT
Organization Perfected and Ju-
 ries Organized.
JUDGE BRUCE PRESIDING
Juries for Week Organized in Criminal Court and Capital Docket Taken Up Two Negroes Given Six
 teen Years for Robbery.

The Marc term of the United States dis trict court was convened yesterday after noon with Judge John Bruce on the bench and this morning the criminal docket will be taken up. - Judge Bruce arrived in the city from Montgomery shortly before 12 o'clock and went at once to the court room in the gov ernment building when the court was called to order, and adjournment taken until D. m. At that hour the work of organiz- ing the grand and petit juries was begun which consumed almost the entire after noon.
 The grand jury was organized as follows: John o. Cross, foreman; ". H. Armstrong, James A. Reed. Hudson Byers (col), Lo- gan Waller. James Pryor, D. w. Bragg, Percy c. Ratliff, John R. Wilson. James I. odom, zan Wilson (col), T. H. Beason, John Smith, Rob. Williams (col.). William P. Mineshaw, G. R. Callahan, James L. Reeves, P. H. Langford.
 After the usual instructions and change from the court the grand jury repaired at once to it's room adjoining the district at torney's office where, with the assistance of Assistance United States District Attor- neys Shelby s. Pleasants and Julius L. Da- vidson 1t will investigate the cases that are brought before it.
 The work of organizing the petit juries was next taken up and almost completed as follows:
 July No. IT. s. Sheperd, Marion Blake, Chris Ellis. Daniel Savage (col.). George Wash (col.). Thomas M. Long. L. ". Tayp T D Uni. trey. James M. Allen, Charles A. Ramsey and James w. Hyde.
 Jury No. 2-H. R. Jordan, w. P. James (col), Cicero Kemp (col). Jerry Lee, Scott Ferguson, Thomas r. Thorton, D. l.. Jones, Nathan Jackson (col), Richard Henderson (col.), and w. B. Parham.
 Wm. M. Rush was appointed crier. and Joseph F. Broadway, John Mccoy and R. M. Bennett, bailiffs for the term.
 District Attorney William Vaughan will look after the governments interest in the court room and Captain N W. Trimble and Chief Deputy Clerk E. T. Broadway will keep up with the minutes.
 Criminal Court
 In the criminal court yesterday, juries for the week were organized and the capi- tdl oOChtl tdhSI up. itlCudTd hOTIlS anu John Tyson, colored, were placed on trial on the charge of robbery and were con- victed, the jury fixing Tyson's punishment at sixteen years in the penitentiary, and Morris at ten years in the same institu- ton.
 The negroes were charged with robbing a man named Gilchrist near Fountain Heights in December last.
 City Court
 In the city court juries for the week were organized and a jury struck for the trial of John J. Shannon, administrator, vs. Jeff ferson county, which will be taken up this morning. This is one of the cases growing out of the Village creek bridge accident in which young Shannon was killed and sev- eral persons injured and which has already been to the supreme court and was re- versed.
 Circuit Court
 Kettle P. Brannon has filed suit in the circuit court for s2O,O ,OOO damages against the Birmingham Railway and Electric com pany for the death of her husband, who was run over and killed at the corner of First avenue and Twenty-first street on August 2l. 1898, while attempting to board an East Lake car. Carelessness on the part of the defendants agents or employees l. o11z-