The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-06
FEDERAL COURT OPENS
GRAND JURY DID NOT REPORT
 TO JUDGE JONES.
Petit Juries Organised and Orders Made in Several Cases-Con- tempt Matter Tas Passed
 Until Today.

The United States Court for the Mid- dIe District of Alabama convened yester- day for it's January term.
 Contrary to expectations nc report was made by the grand jury which recessed sovera; days before Christmas until yes ,erday. It was generally expected around the government building that a report would be made to Judge Thomas G Jones immediately on :he reconvening Of the fury. Yesterday passed. however. with out a report and indications are that tt ,y,.l be at least several days before re- port is made.
 On It's reconvention. the grand jury inn mediately adjourned until yesterday after noon. At it's afternoon session several witnesses were examined. but It Is thought that only rnoonshine cases were investigated. The e.impressiop Is that the fury Is through with work on the peonage and whitecapping cases
 Court convened with the usual formali- ties yesetrday at noon. Judge Thomas c. Jones' presiding
 The yenire of petit jurors was called Enough jarors answered without excuses 10 form one jury This jury was organized and Marshal L ] Bryan was ordered by the court to summon enough Jurors from the body of the district to an the second jury
 | On Jury No l are A T. Jackson, Ei- more County. c s Thweatt. Tallapoosa County; John J Chisolm, Dallas County; u V Mays. Chambers County; Culp, Autauga County: II Hester, Randolph nunty; James Lee. Pike County; Is May l.owndes County; C c Mo Gehee. Montgomery County; Yancey Smith. Henry County. G. B Johnston. Tallapousa County and Il. c. Birdshaw, I.owndes County.
 This jury was discharged until this morning
 The court Immediately proceeded to the tnisdemcanor docket as set on, yesterdays call number of moonshine cases. in which sentence had been suspended dur ing former terms on promises of good behavior and part payment of fines. were called for report by defendants. Tn nearly every instance tho defendants answered to their names In some cases part payments were reported by the clerk In some cases. the defendants paid the clerk in open court parts of their fines. Tn some cases. defendants with troubled faces reported to the court that with diff ficulty they had been able to make-a a iiv- Ing since the last term and had not been able to get dollar ahead.
 In every case Judge Jones ordered further suspension of sentence.
  follows: W. c. Grissett, Pike County. illicit distilIing. suspended until May on payment of s: Wi1l Trammell. Randolph County. illicit distilling. further suspended until next term: Earnest Tramn5ll. Ran doips County. illicit distilling. suspended for thirty days; John Barabee. Coffee County. illicit distilling, further suspended until May term: Whit Chambers. Pike l County. retailing liquor without license, ! A.,-A A4A .1Ntl nVn payment of S4: M. W. Jones. defaulting witness, attachment dismissed and case dismissed: John Middleton. Butler coun- | ty, illicit dlstiIllng, further suspended un- | til May term on payment of g; John Sel- lers. Henry County. illicit distilling. inde- | finitely suspended on account of deafness of defendant: Frank Whatley. Chiffon County. retailing liquor without license further suspended until May term; Elijah Pruett. Coffee County. retailing liquor | without license. on payment of A on December Il. case passed until May term Jasper Faulk. Tallapoosa County. illicit distilling on payment of s on September g. case passed until May term Bud Far. ris. Jack Paris. J. W Began, Coffee County, illicit distilling on payment of $25. sentence suspended indefinitely: Zeke Bass. Coffee County. illicit dlstilling. on account of physical affiiction. sentence sus- pended indefinitely
 In only four cases was the suspension Of sentence indefinite. The Farris boys and Began were convicted only after stub born trial No plea Of guilty. caused the sentence of the court. They maintained | innocence throughout their trial. The Farris boys and Regnn seemed to be of a higher order of men than most moon- sinners in the United States Court. They worked and each paid fine of $25. Judge Jones therefore suspended their sentence indefinitely.
 John Sellers. d deaf man. from Henry County. had his sentence suspended inde- fnitely on account of his affiiction, as did | Zeke Bass. the Coffee County mute, who 1t was impossible to try on his inability to read. write, speak. or intelligently use signs.
 No action was taken in the contempt proceedings against w. c. Cameron and J L Henderson of Troy yesterday. The matter was passed until this afternoon.