The age-herald., 1900-09-25
THE COURTS ARE
 DOING FULL WORK
Notes Trial Reaches Evidence
 of the Defendant.
CIRCUIT COURT HAS OPENED
Heavy Damage Suit Police Commission Case Up Friday -Aequittal in the Hunter Gardner Murder
 Case-List of Juries

In the United States Court yesterday the day was consumed in the trial of the A1utess case. The testimony for the gov ernment was completed and in the after noon the defendants began to introduce their evidence. Mark Blankinshfp, one of the defendants, took the stand and gave his account of the affair When court ad- journed he was being cross-examined by Assistant District Attorney Davidson. Petitions in voluntary bankruptcy were filed yesterday by c. II. Farley of Pratt City and W. M. Hisey alias William Dice of Birmingham.
 Circuit Court
 The Circuit Court opened yesterday for the fall term. No cases were tried, all those set for the day being either settled or continued. The juries for this week are as follows:
 Jury No IA. l.. McWilliams, James A. Downey, P A Maxwell, Mat Nichols, c. K. Hughes, J. A. Downe, Charles Evans. Joseph Crittendon, J. s. Arm strong, J. H. Williams, Bert Vince, G. T. Cochran.
 Jury No. ~. M. Crook, J. A. Adair, A. H. Miles, Will Tate R. B. Lacey, H. W. Bornheir, John H. Terrell, R. l.. Ware, Andy Higgins, l.. E. Harbut, Steve Snow, John Garrett.
 S15,OOo Damage Suit
 Maurice Levy has filed suit in the Circuit Court against the Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland for $15,0G0 damages for the alleged breach of the conditions of a. bond executed September IS, 1899, by the Meridian Gas Light Company as prin- cfpal and the defendant as surety. This was an attachment bond, and plaintiff al- 1eges that the attachment was wrongfully and vexatiously sued out by the Meridian Gas Light Company, in that the said com pany was nonresident of the State, as we'll as the present plaintiff; that to procure said attachment it's agent made an affidavit that the present plaintiff, who was and is a resident of Illinois, was indebted to it in the sum of S75OO and that he did not have sufficient property there to pay said debt; both of which latter allegations plaintiff says were untrue; that he did not owe the debt and did have openly and mo- toriously sufficient property in his own home to pay his debts.
 Plaintiff further alleges that by the ssu- ing of said attachment levying same on
  ants he has been greatly damaged and de- prived of the use of his rentals, and put to much expense in defending said suit.
 Police Commission Involved
 The suit of the State of Alabama on the relation of Alvin N. Earp ys. the Police Commission of Birmingham has been set for trial Friday, the 18th. This suit was fled in July, and is an effort to abolish the Police Commission.
 Criminal Court
 The only case tried yesterday in the Criminal Court was that of Fred Hunter, charged with the murder of Ed Gardner He was acquitted by the jury
 The following cases will come up today: Phillip Perkins, charged with robbery; Ru- fus Hill, Jack Williams and Wesley Reed charged with robbery.
 Juries were organized as follows:
 Jury No. 1-J. H. Riggs, J. NJ. Fason W. o. Trotter, E. M. Jones, F. T. Short, Dolce Goodman, J. c. Galligier, Charles Mckinney, J. H. Slaughter L. H. Rogers, J. M Lawrence and E. J. Carlisle. Jury No. z-B. I. AHender. =. A. Moore H C. House, D. W. l.. Bafn, s. Hall, w P Morrow, Tom Ford, s. ". Norton, James McComb, A. S. Haynes, L. A. Waldrop and T. J. James,
 Jury No 3-James I. Smith, w. H. Ab- erna thy, Bostick Cornelius, James R. Cook, WiIiiam Gilmore, David -.ced, Ben Dan forth, l.. J. Wright and J 1. Geode.
 Probate Court
 Marriage licenses were issued yesterday for John Smith and A. J. Morgan; P c. simmons and Alice E. Tyler
 JaIi
 Ed P. Wilson, for violating revenue laws, and George Sales, for assault with intent to murder, were lodged in jail yesterday.