The age-herald., 1900-10-02
HOPJACK BANNED
 AS STRONG DRINK Judge Greene Decides as Judge
 Swayne Decides. LOVE TELEGRAM IN COURT Small Boy Asks Five Thousand Dollars for a Toe-This Weeks Jurors
 Damage Suits in Various
 Cases-Some Bankrupts
LOVE TELEGRAM IN COURT

In the Criminal Court yesterday, Judge
 Greene made ruling that will be of inter-
 est to many dealers in and manufacturers
 of 'Hop Jack" He held that it was malt
 liquor, and that its sale in prohibition dis
 tricts was a violation of the revenue law
 This decision was in the cases against Ben Westwood of Irondale, who was
 charged with violation of the revenue law and was convicted The expert testi-
 mony showed that "Hop Jack contained per cent alcohol, or just half the amount in beer, and was made by the same pro- cess.
 Judge Swayne of the United States Court made similar ruling recently, holding
 that sale of Hop Jack' made by the Montgomery Brewing Company was vio- latlon of the United States revenue laws. City Court In the first division of the City Court, the case of H. B. Vandergrift vs. J. E. Hunni- cutt, suit on account, was tried and is now with the jury.
 In the second division the case of M. A. McCutcheon against the Jefferson County Savings Bank is on trial. Henry Miller has filed suit against the | Sloss-Sheffield Company for $50OO damages. | He alleges he was In the service of the de- l fendants on August 12, 1900, and was burnt and scalded by the heat and steam from one of the defendants furnaces and crip- | pied for life
 | Negligence on the part of defendants Is alleged in allowing it's furnace to become defective, whereby the steam escaped. | Mrs. Regina varnell has brought suit | against M L. Drake for $10,00O damages for | causing plaintiff to be arrested in Septem- | Der, 1900 under a charge of using abusive l language.
 Following is the jury list for this week: D. F. Evans, John Findley, John Lawson, George Golf, M A. Myett, J. T. Crofferd, | w. T. Hart, H. W. Berchfield, T. c. Craw- I ford, S. D. Farr, A J. Pitts, Rufus Ed | wards, s. E.. Billingslea, H. P. Lewis, J. | M Newberry, Ben Vines, R. D. Beardon,
 Richard Mahon, J. F. Williams, w. r. 1 Lambert, G. w. Taylor, A. N. Akins and | J. D. Pnson
 Probate Court Marriage license were issued yesterday | to John Holenbake and Nancy Williams, | Frederick Richardson and Mrs. M. A. Hiii l Euclid J. Suryly and Florence A. c. Frey | The stockholders of the Beck Candy and
 
 l passed yesterday authorizing an increase | in the capital stock to $20o00. Circuit Court The Circuit Court was engaged yesterday | in trying the case of James B. Baker vs. | Birmingham Railway and Electric Com | pany, damages for personal injury. Plain | tiff is a fireman and was on his way to l fire and just before crossing a street car | track, a motorman stopped his car in | front of the engine and caused a collision | which threw plaintiff off and injured him. In the case of W. J. Long against l.. & | N. Railroad Company, a verdict by con- l sent was rendered in favor of the plaintiff | for 5000. Plaintiff owned a warehouse which he claims was set on fire by sparks | from one of defendants engines United States Court The case of Elmore Delsmith vs. The l Western Union Telegraph Company was | dismissed for want of prosecution. The case of w. F. Beck vs. The Western | Union Telegraph Company was also dis 1 missed for want of prosecution. This was | suit in which young man sought to | recover $10,000 damages for losing a pros- pective bride by the failure of the tele- | graph company to deliver a telegram The young lady, he claimed, failing to get the 1 telegram married another fellow | The case of Sam l.. Wheeler vs the | Southern Express Company was on trial yesterday. Wheeler is a diminutive dakey | apparently about years old. He says wagon of the Southern Express Company | ran over his little toe and cut off a joint, l and he is now suing for damages, which he estimates at $50OO. If the rest of him is as l valuable as his toe Sam is a walking | Klondike. Bankruptcy Before Referee Trimble yesterday mo- tion was made to reconsider and disallow | the claim of E. F. Ensley against D. F. l Allen, bankrupt. Testimony was taken | and when written out and returned by the | stenographer the referee will make his de- l cision.
 | Petitions in bankruptcy were filed yes- | terday by Gus Weaver and W. A. Lett of | Birmingham, and Mike J. Flynn of Pratt City.
 G. G. OBryan and J. B O'Bryan, part ners as OBryan Brothers, have filed petition of involuntary bankruptcy against A. W. Woodall of Springville. St. Clair County.
 THE POPE IS PLEASED