The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1900-09-11
OYER TWO HUNDRED
CASES FOR JURY
Docketed in the Jefferson County
Criminal Court.
WORK Is UNPRECEDENTED
A Working Grand Jury Organized-In
the United States Court Was a
Sad Story, and Many Cases
Were Disposed OF
WORK IS UNPRECEDENTED


yesterday and proceeded to the considera-
ton of its work.
This number of cases indicates practi-
cally unprecedented amount of grand jury
work. in the opinion of Hon. John Nc
Queen, assistant solicitor. Probably a thou
sand witnesses will have to be examined.
Judging by the names of the men compos-
ing the jury, it is entitled to be called a
good working jury" and certainly there
is enough of real work for this good jury,
which will not know how to waste time
friyolously.
AS constituted the grand jury stands:
E. V. Gregory, foreman; J. NJ. Waldrop,
D. w. Nash, T. M. Bradley, ]. F. Sulzby,
A. r. Reid, w. H. Batson, ]. r. Owen, W.
]. Vann. F. NJ. Huey, T. C. Self, ]. B.
Moore, f. w. Lyde. James +. Echols, Byrd
Hill, r. e. Orr, j. H. Revell.
Judge Greene charged the grand jury In
clear, logical and forceful terms as to its
duties, making the scope of it's work very
plain, as the learned judge is accustomed
to doing.
The court proceeded to the trial of non
capital felony cases, and during the day
several such cases of minor imllJrtance
were disposed Of
Following are the petit juries, namely:
The following are the petit Jurors:
Jury No. IA. j. Tanner, A. F. Darrough,
T. w. Stevens, Jesse Simms P. Farley,
J. T. Chamblee James Thompson, Matt
7. Wear, B. II. Goodwin, William Lusk,
M j. Robinson and j. 7. Crawford
Judy No mike Sullivan, Allen Merrill,
William Mclaughlin, v. G. Love, II. C.
Gore, A. D. Allen, ]. W. Mccarthy, A. f.
Bearden.
This jury panel will be completed in the
morning.
City Court
In the City Court a suit was filed by
Mary Caldwell administrative of Hat
tie Caldwell. against the Southern Railway
Company, for $15, 900 damages. The petit
ton alleges that Hattie Caldwell, an in
FAINT, and wantonly killed by one of de-
PENDANTS trains on September u, 1899. This
happened at DEVILS Run Station.
Walter Hoffman and w. d. Graves, as
partners, have brought suit against
Mathis Reeder & Co., partnership COM
posed of ]. H. Mathis, ]. 7. Mathis, W.
L. Reeder, e. T. Wilkins and r. A Ben
ton, as principals, and the Fidelity and
Deposit Company of Maryland as surety,
for 81 1890 damages which they allege they
sustained by reason of an attachment sued
out by defendants against them in the
City Court on August TO- 1900, which at
taehment was executed by serving a sum-
mons of garnisment on the Tennessee Coal,
Iron and Railroad Company, which tied up
sum of money due them by plaintiff.
The plaintiffs also allege that the grounds
of the attachment were untrue, namely,
that Hoffman & Graves had money and eff
feets liable for their debts which they had
fraudulently withheld.
InJaiI
The following persons Were arrested and
brought to Jail yesterday: Clifton Brown,
charged with burglary and grand larceny;
Della Ingram, on peace proceedings; ].
C. Moore, perjury, and Florence Brown
for violating revenue laws.
The Will Lampl1in who was arrested
Saturday for forgery, was a negro, and it
is hardly necessary to say not the well
known citizen of that name.
Licensed to Wed
Marriage licenses were issued for John
Stephens and Mrs. Nancy Huckabee; Will
lam e. Manning and Mrs. Viola Farmer;
w. R. B. M. Stages and Rosa Gilbert.
United States Court
In the United States Court yesterday was
a sad illustration of the fact that misfor-
tunes never come singly. c. R. McDougal
one of the numerous "moonshiners" who
have occupied the time and attention of
the court for the past week, plead guilty
to retailing liquor without the necessary
g., af
ty of any kind obtains little recognition
among the free and easy mountaineers,
and it is not surprising that McDougaI
should have waived ceremony in his liquor
dealings and neglected the little attention
due the government, in the form of a
license before embarking on the career of
a liquor dealer. McDougal was fined 81.
His misfortunes touched the heart of Judge
Swyane. Since last March, when this
charge was made against him, his wife has
been in the asylum, he has lost four child
rem, and two others are now seriously
i'll.
The grand jury in the United States
Court is earning its pay. Yesterday 1t
made another report returning eleven true
bills and in these cases four mo bills"
namely, Walter Scales Tom Averett, John
Davis and Austin Kinnebrew
In the case of John McBee and Thomas
Clark, charged with Illicit distilling, mo-
ton for a new trial was overruled, and the
defendants were fined 1 cent each, having
been convicted at a former term of court.
James Moore, charged with perjury, was
convicted.
In the case of Florence Brown, charged
with retailing malt liquor without a Ii
cense, there was mistrial
Joel Eason and Rose Grace were con-
victed of retailing liquor without a IL
cense. The former was fined s25 and the
latter 81.
]. NJ. Perkins pleaded guilty to the same
offense, and was fined 81.
R. l.. Counterpart. who appeared drunk
In court on Saturday and was sent to Jail
for contempt of court. was yesterday MORN
ing fined the costs tor his little escapade.
He who would dance must now tba ,otuo-