The age-herald., 1901-03-19
Judge Bruce Hears of Death of
 Two Officials.
BUSY IN CRIMINAL COURT
Plaintiff Suing Street Railroad for a Broken Arm-Juries in City Court. Circuit Court Opens a Week
 From Today.


 bill. was continued.
 Lancaster is from Avondale where he formerly ran meat stand He was charged with passing raised $10 bill on Collector Hull of the Birmingham Pack ing Company The evidence was~all in and the argument had begun when Judge Bruce received word of the deaths of Henry Booth at Montgomery who was referee in bankruptcy for the Middle circuit, and Robert J. Murphy of Hunts vile, who was for many years court crier of the Northern district As a mark of respect to their memories Judge Bruce immediately adjourned court until 10 o'clock this morning.
 Other Business.
 During the session, Joseph M. Gunter pleaded guilty to retailing and was fined $10O and costs and sentenced to thirty days Imprisonment.
 John Miller pleaded guilty to the same offence and received the same sentence.
 Tom Cobb, charged with retailing, was brought into court on a capias and plead ed not guilty. He was remanded to the custody of the marshal.
 An attachment for contempt of court in failing to obey an order to show cause granted in a bankruptcy proceeding was issued against M. Lebanoff.
 Suit has been filed by Mary Lovett against the Southern Railway Company for S10,0OO damages. Plaintiff says she and others were passengers on one of de- fendant's trains which ran off the track. That the other passengers were taken off by another train but that she and her child were left at the scene of the acci- dent all night, and that she suffered much mental agony and distress. Criminal Court.
 In the Criminal Court, Judge Dan A Greene presiding, in tn case against Wal ter Howard for carrying concealed weap- ons, was mol pressed. Howard was small negro who formerly ran errands for the prisoners at the jail. At the time of the attempted escape of Miller, Dun can, Edawrds and West, with which read CTS of the Age-Herald are familiar, a pis- tol was found in the possession of Ed wards, and Night Jailor Mclaughlin had Howard arrested, as he claimed that Howard had had a pistol in his posses sion similar to the one found on Ed wards. Jailor Mclaughlin having re- signed and left the city the case against Howard was mol prossed there being no other witnesses against him.
 The cast against George Wilson, the negro charged with sending letter to a young lady in North Birmingham, was continued.
 The case against Robert Johnson, charged with abusive language, was mol pressed Joseph Stokes was acquitted of the charge of assault and battery, and Sam O'Hara r. A. Eggert and Ben flaw kns of the charge of vagrancy.
 The following were convicted of va grancy and each sentenced to ten days at hard labor and costs: Henry Atkins, John Roberts, Peter Jackson, Will Scar bough, Albert Fletcher and Joe Driscoll
 Bradford Hit was convicted of abusive language and fined $10. A. w. Clements, who was recently con- victed of grand larceny, was given a new trial.
 SitJ SouTts
 In the first division of the City Court Judge w. w. Wilkerson presiding, the case of Simon Dinkins vs. the Birming- ham Railway and Electric Company is on trial. Plaintiff is suing for s1O,O0O dam ages, claiming that he was run into by dummy at Third avenue and Eighteenth street, and his arm broken.
 Juries were organized for the week as follows:
 Jury No. I-George Belcher, John Me Poland, D. J. Lemons, W. w. Little, E. M Bullock, G E ,Pearsons, Jacob Hood A. J. Holcomb, J. J. Snow, William Nel- son, Val Gibb, Jr., Allan Cost.
 Jury No. 2-John Bagley, c. w. Henry John P. Reed, B. B. Borough A. B. Dowdey Tined Brasheld, w. s. McCor- mack. w. H. Duke, A. F. Parsons, c. P Ward, A. J. O'Keefe, T. J. Hickman.
 A suit for divorce was filed by Roneau Marcus vs. Helena Marcus on the ground of abandonment.
 Will Craig has filed suit against the Southern Railway Company for 5000 damages He says that on January 12 1901, he was an employe of defendant and was injured Dy DelnB thrown rom a freight car on which he was working.
 The car, it is alleged. was negligently uncoupled from the train.
 J. T. McPherson has filed suit against o. B. Short for 5000 damages. He claims that on February 2S, 1901, the defendant wrongfully obstructed a road which had been set apart by him for plaintiffs use as an outlet from his mill in place of an old road. which plaintiff had consented for the defendant to close up.
 Court Items.
 The Circuit Court will open on the 26th, one week from today. Judge Cole- man and Solicitor Ferguson left yester- day for Jasper to hold court.
 Petitions in bankruptcy were filed by Henry Dorsey, J. Ed Mayo and J. A Gra- ham.
 Marriage licenses were issued to John N Cunningham and Ida Bell Johnston; Robert P. Lee Clark and Emma Tar brough; E. W. Cranes and Mary Morgan; J. C. Houston and Fannie Jordan.
 The following deeds were filed:
 James Spake to Peter Blau, no date, $15O0 See deed for description.
 Isaac Price and wife to J. c. Little and