The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-23
MANY CONNECTS
ARE PARDONED
The Governors Christmas Pres
emf to the UnfortunateS
LITTLE WORK AT THE CAPITOL
Supreme Court Adjourns- Most of the
Day Taken Up in Arguments
Against Revenue Law by
Liquor Dealers

Age-Herald Bureau, Hotel MADISON, Mont
gomery. December 22-(Speclal9-The state
officials are all taking advantage of the
near approach of the Christmas holidays,
and there is nothing of interest being trans
acted at the capital today Very few of the
officials or clerks were at their posts of
duty today. All of the departments are
well up with their work, however, and
there is not much business of Importance to
be attended to.
The supreme court adjourned today for
the holidays. No decisions were handed
down. Most of the session today was de-
voted to hearing argument of the constitu-
tiona1lty Of the revenue law passed by the
last legislature. The bill was placed in the
courts by the liquor dealers of the state, ON
the ground that the state had not the right
to increase the amount of license AFTER the
dealers had agreed TO take license Tor
stated sum on the first day of the year.
The test case is that of the Montgomery
Bottling Works vs.. the State Oh Alabama,
Ex-Governor Thomas G. Jones, remnant
LomaX, of Montgomery, and Harry PHlahs,
of Mobile, representing the compartments
Lamar Robinson, colored, was trleu De-
fore Commissioner Baltzell here today on
the charge of robbing the post Office at
Davenport, small town near Montgomery.
The evidence before the commissioner tend
ed to show that Davenport priced up the
floor eff the post office building, and thus
gaining an entrance, plundered the mails
and stole several articles of merchandise
from the building. Robinson was bound
over to await the etiOn of the federal
grand jury
Christmas for Some Convicts
The governor acted on the following par
dons yesterday
Ben Howard and Albert Howard, Macon,
burglary; twenty-six months. Pardoned
Green Bryan, Clarke, murder; eleven
years. Pardoned.
Will Calls, Choctaw, burglary; three
years. Pardoned.
Phyllis Porter, alias Phyllis RUSSELL But
Ter, bigamy; two years. Pardoned.
Abe Andrews, Wilcox, grand larceny;
thirteen months. Pardoned.
Frank Payne, Escambia, perjury; two
years. Pardoned.
Charles Green, jefferson, murder, twenty
years. Pardoned.
Handy Singleton, Jefferson, mansiaugh-
ter (second desree) twelve months. Par
doned.
+ K. Kemp, Walker assault to murder;
eight years. Pardoned.
Eli Burney, Lauderdale, grand larceny,
three years. Pardoned.
Wash Marcus, Chambers, rocking train;
two years. Pardoned.
Luther Robertson, Cullman, grand larce-
ny; twenty-five months. Pardoned.
WIN Webb, Jefferson, murder; ten years.
Pardoned.
Henry Emory, Sumter, murder; life. Par
doned.
John Dunn. Walker, murder second de-
gree; ten years. Hardened.
C. D. McCallaugh, Montgomery, forgery
and embezzlement, five years; pardoned.
Della Lewis. Escambia, assault and bat
terry twenty days and costs; pardoned.
Miles Cooper, Baldwin, assault to murder,
three years; pardoned.
William Henry Black, Montgomery, burg
larry and grand larceny, five years; pardon
ed.
J. M. Sims. Pickens, violating section 1924
of code, fined $50; remit.s
Dock Grimes, Pike, burglary, two years;
parole.
James Wilkerson, Mobile, murder, life;
parole.
Joe Weeks, Coffee, false praense, two
years; parole.
VIII Carlton. jefferson, assault to rape,
ten years; parole.
Charles Hine, Limestone, burglary, twen-
ty-five months; parole.
William Mooney, Chambers, murder sec
ond degree, ten years; parole.
Jordan Sims, Lee, burglary, two and
half years; committed four and one-half
months-4to be discharged December g.
1899
Judy Purnell, Wilcox, granddaughter, two
and a half years; committed to ten months
Ito be discharged December %, 1899.
Pleas Caste5erry, Randolph, adultery, go
days and COST discharged December %,
1899
J. A. Foster, Crenshaw, murder; re-
fused.
Tom Jordan, Washington, murder in the
second degree; refused.
James Fowler, Randolph. petit larceny,
ninety-five days, cost and fine; refused.
Bill and Jerry Tew, Washington, murder;
refused.