The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-09
THE CRIMINAL DOCKET
JUDGE THOMAS TO BEGIN COURT
 ON JULY 17.
Trial of w. c. Sanford Will Come Up on July 19.-Few Capital Cases ut This
 Term.

Judge William H. Thomas of the Montgomery City Court will begin the trial of criminal cases for the July term of the court on Monday. July IT.
 Tho first day of the court will be given over to the trial of cases ap- pealed from the Recorders Court anI Judge Thomas will probably. on this day, arraign prisoners charged with capital crimes and set their cases for trial There are few cases of this na- ture to be tried at this term.
 The second trial of w. c. Sanford who shot and killed J. A. Achors on May 24. 1904. and whose case was re- versed by the Supreme Court has been set for Wednesday. July 19. As San- ford was convicted of murder in the second degree at the first trial and sentenced to ten years in the peniten- tiary he cannot be convicted or tried for a higher offense.
 Cases against Dr. c. I. Haley, &C., cused of assaulting an aged tourist named Bentley at the Magnolia Hotel. two years ago, are set for trial on July IS.
 On July 20 the cases against Robert Alexander and Jack Tully will come up for trial. These cases grew out of Hotel of which Alexander was the proprietor, 1t being alleged that gambling house was conducted on the third floor of the building.
 H. II. Matthews, Clerk of the court, has set the docket as follows:
 July 17-Appeal cases from Record CTS Court as follows: Mittie May. vagrancy (two cases), J E. Gamble. violating revenue law -four cases); Percy Loper assault and battery; E J. Foley disorderly conduct: Nathan Thomas, assault and battery; Robert Carver, vagrancy; John Price. assault and battery: Caledonia Scott. keeping disorderly house; Mike Gilbert, carry ing concealed pistol
 July 1S-Harrison Young, grand lar ceny: Watt Ingram, removing mort gagged property; Bur Durant, assault to murder; Sam Lewis, assault to mur- der; Lewis Del Duca, violating revenue law; Rose Townsend and Viola Jones, assault and battery; Martha Tolliver and J. l.. Harwell, felonious adultery; Jerry Merriwether. assault and battery and presenting frearms Charles I. Haley, assault to murder (two cases) :; 1siah Primus, assault to murder; Shep- ard Green, grand larceny; Robert Lee Harris, Vagrancy and gaming: Wesley Jackson, grand larceny; Branch Willis, grand larceny; II. John Cameron, false pretenses (two cases.)
 July 19-Aaron Brooks, arson. second degree; w. c. Sanford, murder, second degree: Milton Clark. gamiHS; Lucius Tate. assault to murder; Will Jones, as- sault to murder; Jim Thomas. violat- ing contract; Charlie Williams. remov- ing mortgaged property; Sophie Van diver. vagrancy; Frank Caffey. grand larceny; Nancy Johnson, trespass after warning; Will LeGrand, grand larceny; Jim Thomas, unlawfully changing name (tw0 cases); Syd Coombs, gam ing; Wesley Wilson. removing mort gagged property; Gus Moore. violating prohibition law; Dan Richardson. fail- ing to work public road; Jim Thomas and others. forfeited bond: Lewis Del Duca, ct als. forfeited bond; Sam Childers. perjury; Robert Gilmer. car rying concealed pistol and assault to murder; William LaPrade, violating revenue law.
 July 30-Jane Thomas and Caleb Mo- Gee. grand larceny; Jack Fully. keeping gaming table; J. B. Olderson, burglary; James M. Freeman. violating revenue law; Robert Alexander, carrying con- cealed pistol; Robert Alexander. as-