The age-herald., 1901-05-07
CHANCERY COURT
 CONTEMPT CASE J. GuSS Pearce Refuses to Obey
 Orders DAMAGE SUITS OF $61,OOO Some Convictions in Criminal Court. Judge Greene Attaching Default ing Witnesses-Juries Or.
 ganized for the Week.
DAMAGE SUITS OF S61,OOO

In the Chancery Court yesterday Chan celor John c. Carmichael heard argu- ment in the contempt proceedings against J. Guss Pearce of Walker County for re- fHsing to obey an order issued by the chancellor several days ago directing him to give the temporary custody of his minor child, Clovis Pearce, two years old, to it's mother. Mary E. Pearce. The chancellor reserved his decision.
 The case arose out of a voluntary sep aration between the parents and a decree entered on final hearing giving the child to the mother. This decree was appealed from and a supersedeas bond given pend ing this appeal the mother was given the temporary custody of the child and the father ordered to deliver it to her This order was not complied with and an at tachment for contempt was issued against him.
 In the hearing yesterday the father in his answer said that he was advised that this order of the court was void on many grounds principally because it was issued out of term time and also because the supersedeas bond had taken away the jurisdiction of the court during the ap- peal.
 The case was very hotly contested, both parents being we'll represented by coun- sell
 The Pearces are prominent people liv- ing near Carbon Hill in Walker County.
 Circuit Court.
 In the Circuit Court the case of G. F. rtAix1 over from last week is still on trial.
 Susie Moore has filed suit against the Western Union Telegraph Company for 5000 damages. She says that on March [, 1901 telegram was delivered to de- fendant at Athens. Ala, by John Stram- Ter directed to her in Birmingham and that the defendant negligently failed to deliver same, whereby she was deprived of the opportunity of attending the fun eral of Mary Stramler.
 Thomas J. Burton as administrator of the estate of Joe Burton has filed suits against the Sloss Iron and Steel Company and the Soss-Sheffield Steel and Iron Company each for s20,OOO damages. He says that on June 3. 19OO Joe Burton was employed by defendants to operate a sta tionary engine which defendants were using in their business and that he was killed owing to a defective valve in the death is not stated.
 Emanuel Smotherman has filed suit against the Birmingham Southern Rail- road Company for $9O,o0O damages. He says that on January 30, 1901, he was em- ployed by defendant as a switchman on one of defendants trains near Bessemer which was engaged in removing slag from furnace of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company; that in removing the slag he was badly burned by the slag pots owing to the defective condition of the apparatus.
 Juries were organized for the week as follows:
 Jury No. 1.-James R. Adams, M N. Williams, R. F. Manly. H. H. Sinnige, John H Robinson, George c. Whatley W. O. Laird, Jim Honeycutt, 2. s. Wyatt. J. R. Taylor. E. F. Ensen. Zeke Solo, mon. a2
 Jury No 2.-w. C. Scott, w T. Baggett, Walter L. Robinson, J. Fletcher McCary, JdCk bdkBett, WdTS, L W dIc, J. H. Cooper. M E. Coe. J. F. Gilman, J. A. Downey.
 City Court.
 In the first division of the City Court, Judge W. w. wilkerson presiding, the case of Lula B. Horton vs A. s. Van Digrift, an assumpsit suit, is on trial.
 All cases set for trial in the second di- vision were continued.
 There are juries in both divisions of the City Court this week. the following hav- ing been organized:
 Jury No. 1--Charles Blandoe, T. H. Ben ners, Huston Bryant. Thomas Coniff. Huston Reed, M. L. McAllister, Nose Fields. w. H. Travers. W. T. Rotton, J. P. Moncrief, J. J. Thompson. J. H. Hou- pert
 Jury No 2-RH M. King. Henry Donald son, Harry Upton, Robert Hodges. J. M.