The age-herald., 1900-09-22
MANDAMUS WRIT
 ON JUDGE WEAVER
Granted by Judge Greene in the
 Higgins Case.
WEAVER AS SPECIAL JUDGE
Denied a Defendant Right of Appeal Pistols and Gaming Punished Chancery Decisions in Jas
 per Town and Land Go.

Judge Greene, in the Criminal Court yesterday afternoon, heard a petition for writ of mandamus in the case of the State of Alabama, on relation of s. c. Higgins, vs. Special Judge Weaver of the Inferior Court. The relator was arrested in this city and was tried before the h. ferior Court and convicted and ordered to abandon certain premises and abate the nuisance within forty-eight hours, where upon an application was made before Judge Weaver for an appeal to the Criminal Court Judge Weaver held that in such case no appeal was allowable and refused to grant it. The petition for the writ of mandamus was filed for the purpose of compelling Judge Weaver to grant the ap- peal, so that his decision may be reviewed.
 Judge Greene yesterday afternoon grant ed the petition requiring Judge Weaver to grant the appeal and fixing the bond of appellant at $2O0, which will be filed this morning.
 Pistols and Gaming
 Walter Neverson was given ten days at hard labor for assault with a weapon and twenty days for carrying a concealed pistol. Will Winston and Nelson Jenkins each got ten days at hard labor for gam
 
 escape. Will Hardin, ten days for assault with a weapon and ten days for abusive language. Henry Thomas twenty days for carrying a concealed pistol. Zeke Riggs, for carrying a concealed pistol was fined $50 Leander Smith and Sam Brown were fined $5 each for assault with weapon. Chancery Court
 Yesterday Chancellor Carmichael rem dered two decrees of general interest. The first was in the case of the Jasper Town and Land Company Limited, vs. N. M Davidson. The decree is SIS follows:
 This cause, coming on to be heard, was submitted on motion of Ross c. Smith as receiver, and others, for order to the receiver in this cause to discontinue the working of the Corona mines; and the same having been duly considered by the court, the court is of the opinion that the motion Is not we'll taken.
 "It is therefore ordered, adjudged and decreed that said motion be and the same is hereby overruled and denied'
 The second decree was likewise in the cause of the Jasper Town and Land Com pany, Limited, vs N M. Davidson, and IS as follows: .5z This cause, coming on to be heard, was submitted upon the petitions of Ross c. Smith, as receiver, and B. F. Roden & Go. ct all, praying for an order instructing the receivers in this cause to sell the assets of the Corona Coal Company in their hands; and the same being duly considered and un- derstood by the court, the court is of the opinion that no sufficient showing has been made by the petitioners for the sale prayed for at this time.
 "It is therefore ordered, adjudged and de- creeed that said petitions be and they are hereby separately and severally denied and overruled."
 The present receivers of the Corona Coal and Coke Company are Henry B. Gray and T. c. Culverhouse. Under their administra- ton, as was shown in court the mines have been worked at profit and there is con- siderable fund on hand for the satisfaction of creditors. !
 Divorccs Granted
 Decrees granting divorces have been rem dered in the case of w. M. Searcy vs. Maude Searcy Frank Thompson ys Nancy Thompson and Margaret Shorter vs. Solo, mon Shorter.
 A marriage license was issued yesterday to Charley L. BGaylard and Lizzie Sheahan.
 .A .,am ge su,t
 A suit was filed in the Circuit Court yes- terday by Georgia Pugh, by next friend, against the Southern Railway Company for $5OOO damages. Complainant alleges that on June 25, 1900, by reason of the negligence of the defendant in not keeping the door of it's passing cars shut, she walked out of the door on the platform, bruised and injured herseilf .-a..i