The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-05
RECORDS OF COURTS

The grand jury will reconvene tomor- row morning after a recess of several weeks. Much interest Is being manifested in the coming session questions of importance and large number of cases are to be considered by the grand jury.
 After a session of several weeks the jury will take final adjournment. The annual report of County Auditor Robert A. Morris will be submitted to the jury at this session.
 The United States circuit and district courts of the southern division northern district of Alabama, will convene Tues day morning for the regular November term. The civil docket will be heard first and the criminal cases will be called for trial Monday November 20. The following is the docket for the first day of the session. beginning Tuesday: Samuel Nails, administrator vs. Sloss- Sheffield Steel and Iron company; B. F. Bucks vs. Sloss-Sheffield Steel and Iron company; w. M. Alexander vs. the Sloss Sheffield Steel and Iron company. Tn the circuit court yesterday a judg- ment for s116 was awarded in the case of J. w. Altman vs. the Palace Livery com pany. In the same court yesterday tho case of B. C. Wolfe vs. R. D. Smith was dismissed.
 Charles Harris filed petition with the city court clerk yesterday against the
 Ben F. Barbour Plumbing and Electric
 company for s5OOo damages for alleged n- juries received while in ths employe of the defendant comnany In the city court yesterday Dr. Gun
 ningham Wilson was empowered to sell
 certain property of Sarah Wilson and
 Lucy Ellis, minors.
 Judge Charles A. Senn presiding over the first division of the city court handed down decision yesterday morning in the case of the Atlanta and Birmingham Air Line (Seaboard) vs. Birmingham
 Southern Railway company, overruling the demurrers of the respondent and tho
 motion to dismiss the case for want of equity.
 The opinion of Judge Senn follows:
 This cause coming on to be heard on
 motion of the defendan; to dismiss the
 bill of complainant for want of equity therein, and also demurrer to the bill Of complainant and the same being consid- cred and understood by the court, 1t Ap- pears to the court that the motion to dismiss the bill of complainant for want of equity therein Is not well taken, ana also that the demurrer to the Dill or complainant is not well taken.
 Tt is therefore. ordered. adjudged ana decreed by the court that the sad mo-
 ton to dismiss the bill of compaiLan- for want of equity therein be. and the same is. hereby overruled. and nat the emurrer to the bill of complainant te, and inc same is, hereby overruo1 Tn the first division of the city court yesterday verdict for the plaintin TOT sAoo tvas awarded in the case Of Grand-
 he,rv Webb ys. Tennessee Coal Iron and Railway company
 Tn the second division of the city court yesterday. Judge Ferguson presiding, the pIeadings in the case of the Bessemer Savings Rank vs. Bessemer Novelty com- many were heard. The case of Louis Coc- cioIs vs Wood Dickinson Supply com many was argued on application or the complainant for an appeal to the su- preme court. Judge Ferguson took the case under advisement. Yesterday morning in the nrst dlvlsion of the criminal court, M. F. Webb was fined $1O and sentenced to serve two days In the county jail on a charge of contempt by Judge Daniel A. Greene. It is alleged that MT. Webb spoke to member of the jury in the case of James Norris, charged with assault with in- tent to murder.
 The friends of MT. Webb deny that he made any attempt to influence the juror. The following sentences were imposed in the first division of the criminal court yesterday.
 John F. Wiley. grand larceny. fifteen
 months.
 Henry Bates. larceny from the person.
 two years.
 Jack White. grand larceny. two years.
 John Meadows, receiving stolen prop erty. twelve months.
 The following sentences were imposed In the second div1sion of the same court