The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-04-25
SPRING TERM OF
CIRCUIT COURT
The Criminal Docket Was
Taken Up.
A VERY EXPENSIVE CASE
Negro Charged With wanton Injury to
Stock Cost Has Been Twenty
Times as Great as Value of
Property Destroyed

The spring term of the circuit court was
convened yesterday by Judge A. A. Cole
man. and the criminal docket taken up.
On account of the repairs that are being
made In the new circuit court room, court
was held in the old quarters, now assigned
to. the criminal court.
Circuit Solicitor Charles Ferguson, Clerk
w. X. McAdory and Deputy Clerk Walter
L. Howard were on hand, and jur.es for
the week were organized as follows:
Jury No. III. w. Allen ]. J. Vann, M. II.
Stradford, ]. w. Crumley, Gideon Holmes,
]. D. Monroe, R. S. Bass, b. F. Barber.
w. M. Mullens, ]. C. Legg, James Rowan
John w. Harrington.
Jury No. 2-J. S. Armstrong ]. J. Beggs
J. N. Byers, E. X. Jollee, James c. Whd-
len, ]. P. Lanznester A. s. osburne, r. J.
Mehaffey, J. L. Whitmore, w. C. Veitch,
Charles C. Sails, James L. Malone.
The case of George Greene Plckens, col
ored, charged with wanton injury of stock,
was taken up and occupied the remainder
of the day in trial.
Pickens was indicted by the grand jury
some time ago, the principal witness
against him being Harvey Owens, another
negro, who claimed that Pickens set a
vicious dog on his hogs, and that one of
them, d SOW, WAS kllteu. Inc statute III
der which the indictment was drawn pro-
vides that in cases where the defendant
is found guilty the jury must assess a line
of not less than double the amount of the
value of the property injured or destroyed
one-half of which shall be paid to the pros
ecuting witness.
The testimony in the trial of the case
against Pickens tended to show that. bad
feeling had previously existed between the
men, and also that the value of the hog
was $3.50.
In trying this case the county was put to
an expense of $50 or $40 or nearly twenty
times the value of the property alleged to
have been destroyed.
City Court
In the first division of the city court
juries for the week were organized as
follows:
Jury No. Pink Poncey, Robert McKin-
ley, Ebert M. Vines. d. M. Scott. Albert
s. Johnston Daniel Bremen, J. w. Taylor,
j. c. Posey, T. s. Jeffers, N. B. Casey, Byrd
Hill, N. II. Motion.
Jury No. 2-W. A Houston, NJ A
sheehan, T. H. Ward John E. Ellis. Con-
stantine Perkins, George Swanton, George
Miller, George w. Chambers. w. Frank
Smith, o. ]. Miles, 1. Epstein, w. v.
Anderson.
The case of Mrs. Barbara Fromhold VS..
the Birmingham Manufacturing company
lof damages 1Or the loss OF the services or
her daughter who was injured a. the Bir-
mingham cotton mills, was taken up and is
on trial.
The case of Mrs. X. Averett vs. w. A.
Prince was dismissed.
Criminal Court y
In the criminal court yesterday the fol-
lowing prisoners were arraigned before
Judge Greene and their cases set for trial
on May l and 2.
Pearl Doake and Matte Vaughn; rob
berry.
Bob Williams; robbery.
Ed Darby; murder.
Thomas White; murder.
Will Jacobs; murder.
Bob Oliver; murder.
Ed Denton; robbery.
United States Court
In the United States court yesterday the
case of Annie Carney administrative of the
estate of George Carney deceased, VS.. the
Louisville and Nashville Railroad COM
pany was taken up and will probably con-
sumo the entire week
The action is for damages for the death
of PLAINTIFFS intestate who was fiagman
on the Inflated train which went through
the Cahaba river bridge on the Birming-
ham Mineral railroad on the morning of
December 81, 1897.
Probate Office
Among others the following deeds were
filed for record in the probate office yes
terday:
II. II. Mayberry and wife Meta w May
berry to c.. L. Steele, lot 16 in block "a on
Third avenue between Twentieth and
Twenty-first streets; $500.
C. M Powell to s. N Mobley lot 8. in
block III $1,000.
s. A. Tull to w. Y. Dill, part of block
1872, Eighteenth street and Tenth avenue
south, $3.50.