The age-herald., 1902-04-18
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 JACOBI VERDICT Case Will be Appealed to U. s.
 Supreme Court LIFE SENTENCE WILL STAND He Was Convicted of the Murder of Buck Johnson, Whom He Claim ed lnsulted His Wife-other
 Important Decisions.
LIFE ENTENCE WILL STAND

Montgomery. April 17.-(Special.) 1.-The | Supreme Court rendered opinions in two criminal eases today that were especially interesting to Montgomery. The decisions affirmed the findings of the lower courts in the cases of Sanford Jacobi convicted of criminal assault, and of S. A. Lide, convicted of murder.
 The Jacobi case Is one of the most noted ever before the local courts, and it has been stubbornly fought at every turn. It will be taken to the United States Su- preme Court.
 On the last trial Of Jacobi, the young woman in the case, who was the main witness against him. was not present, and the court allowed the stenographic report Of her testimony at a former trial to be used upon It's corroboration by juror who served in the case. She was decided to be beyond the Jurisdiction of the court. and following the decisions of the state Supreme Court the City Court ruled that it was not necessary to show that she was absent by the procurement of the de- fendant which was the old common-law rule.
 Adheres to Precedents.
 In its decision rendered today the State Supreme Court adheres to it's own precc- dents, and on this point the appeal will be taken The language of the federal and state constitutions is the same in the guarantee that the defendant shall be confronted by the witnesses against him. The defense here claims that there has been no repeal of the common-law rules as to exceptions in force at the time the constitutions were adopted and that therefore the state court had no power to overthrow a rule that safeguarded a prisoners rights.
 The appeal will rest on the guarantee in the federal constitution. Local legal opinion does not seem to attach much weight to the point raised, but the Louis- jana counsel of Jacobi laid great stress upon 1t.
 Jacobi was sentenced to serve a term of twenty years in the state. penltentiary.
 Life Sentence for Lido. S. A. Lide was convicted of the murder Of Buck Johnson and was given a life sentenoe- Both men were farmers and neighbors. Lide shot Johnson in the lat ters store early one morning, and sur rendering himself he claimed that his wife had been insulted by Johnson. The SooC ID a hObSo OilSb ldi BSiy iOI tle T0d5On that 1t has been impossible for many years to convict any white man in Mont gomery county for so grave an offense as murder in the first degree. The circum- stances are fresh in the public mind.
 Other Decisions.
 The following decisions were handed down by the court today:
 Mcclellan. c. J.-Sanford Jacobi vs. the State of Alabama; appeal from Mont gomery City Court; affirmed. c. c. Clark ct al. vs. D. Dane Johnson, guardian, etc.: appeal from Tallapoosa Chancery Court; reversed and remanded. Peter B. Motion vs. the E. E. Johnson Lumber Company; appeal from Chiffon Circuit Court; af- firmed. T. R. Jones vs. S. J. Nolen; ap- peal from Tallapoosa Circuit Court; af- firmed.
 Tyson, J.-Robert Smith vs. the State of Alabama; appeal from Limestone Cir cult Court; reversed and remanded. Aus tin Griffin vs. the State of Alabama; ap- peal from Morgan Circuit Court; reversed and remanded.
 Sharpe, J.--Van Johnson vs. the State of Alabama; appeal from Shelby Circuit Court; affirmed. D. w. Walkley vs the State of Alabama; appeal from Fillmore County Court; reversed and remanded.
 Dowdell, J.--Sam Lide vs. the State of Alabama; appeal from Montgomery City Court: affirmed. John Stewart vs. the State of Alabama; appeal from Gadsdenl City Court; reversed and remanded.