The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-16
WILL MEET NEXT WEEK
AUSPICES wTI.LS THEN CLEAR UP
 & THElFsAwORIxK.
Dee Shelton Of Lauderdale County Sent Up For Life On a Charge Charge Gets a New 4
 Trial.


 The Supreme Court of Alabama yes. terday completed the call of cases or the last division set for the November term and the high tribunal LOOK an adtournment until Tuesday when the work of the term w.il be brought to close.
 While all the calls formally set nave been disposed of the Supreme Court will not take final adjournment untli June 30, as provided by law. It's next term will begin the second Monday Tn November.
 A number of criminal cases from the Second or Selma Division were suD- mitted to the court yesterday and sev- ' eral opinions were handed down. None of the criminal cases submitted was for capital crimes.
 was one written by MT. Justice Ander- son. reversing and remanding the case of Dee Shelton to the Circuit Court of Lauderdale County. This means that Shelton who was sentenced to life Imprisonment for murder Is granted new trial.
 Shelton, in the spring of 1904. killed w. A. Hammonds in the rural dlS- trict of Lauderdale County.
 The case was reversed on point of law concerning confessions or de- was brought out that shelton had said substantially to witnesses: you had known how he tHammonds), ), had treated. us you would have killed
 
 this as confession of guilt and consequently Shelton was sent up TOT life.
 In reversing the case the Supreme Court holds in effect that confes- sion must be more direct and specific than the language used by Shelton and if this was the best evidence Of his guilt he is entitled to a new trial. Discussing the case informally MT. Justice Anderson, who wrote the opln- ion, said that some new legal points as to confessions were Involved ana that the decision would be of interest
 Other opinions were handed down yesterday by the court as follows Mcclellan, C. J.--Armilla Wadley vs. the tSate of Alabama. appeal from Law Court of Pike County, affirmed,
 Tyson, J.-Hiram Spikker vs. the State of Alabama. appeal from Geneva Circuit Court. affirmed.
 Joe Frank Rose ys. the State of Ala bama. appeal from Pike Circuit Court.
 State of Alabama ex rel John Case vs. Pat Lyons, Mayor of the City of Mobile, appeal from Mobile Circuit Court. appeal dismissed. Sophie Vandiver vs tile State of Ala bama, appeal from Montgomery City Court, reversed and remanded. simpson. si J.-Phillipse Butroff Manu- featuring Company vs. Wild Brothers. appeal fro Conecuh Circuit Court af- firmed.
 Anderson. J.-George Griffin vs; W. NJ. Drennen ct al, appeal from Birm- in gham City Court; affirmed. John P Moss vs. the State of Ala bama; appeal from Henry Circuit Court reversed and remanded. -,-. Per Curiam-Edinburgh American Land Mortgage Company. Limited, el al, vs William Grant, appeal rom Marengo Chancery Court, motion to dis miss appeal overruled; counter motion abated.
 come more nearly to completing the work before it than in many years since Alabama has been State. me two additional justices provided Tor pS elected by the people at the last State eleetion,5 did much 9f the WorK Iu clearing the doclxets of the old court Each justice started his term with thlr- ty or forty old cases and by new sup missions this number was increased from time to time.
 This session of the. Supreme Court is one that will go down town as rha tamogs T.ogs islature met for the first time! since the new Constitution was adopted |: Laws had to be formed in dinerent methods to comply with the require- Inents of the new organic law and prac- tically every important act passed by the last Legislature was ruled on by this court. .,.... a,.o additional judicial circuits, was de clared unconstitutional by the court, and many laws creating local and coun- tv courts were knocked out by the court at the session which is coming to a~close.
 The term began last November and the judges have been busy practlcaiIy the entire time since that date. All inc members were constantly on. hand save Justice Jonathan Haralson. who was indisposed for the past few weeks and has been recuperAting on the 1uil