The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-04
CRIMINAL COURT IS ID CONVENE TODAY Grand Jury Will be Organized
 at 1t0'clock MlSDEMEAN0R CASES Judge Weaver Will Preside in Second Divlsion-capital Docket Will Be Heard Next Week by
 Judge Greene.

The September term of the criminal court will begin this morning, when a number of misdemeanor cases will be tried before Judge Samuel L. Weaver in the second division.
 The Jefferson county grand jury will be organized and will go into session this morning. Judge Dan A. Greene, senior judge of the criminal court, will deliver his charge to the Jury at Il o'clock. The following venire has been summoned, from which. as provided by law, not less than fourteen nor more than eighteen jurors will be selected:
 c. c. Stamps, precinct 20, justice of the peace; W. L. Burford, precinct g. farmer; w A. J. McClain, precinct "A, farmer; John B. Burke, precinct 21, capitalist; W. P. Gunn precinct 8, newspaper man; Ben M. Jacobs. precinct s7. furniture deal- CT; T. R. Cargile. precinct 35, farmer; J. D. Nolan, precinct 45, clerk; T. w. Hauff- man, precinct ?, farmer; J. B. Messer, precinct 46, merchant; Frank w. Lyde, precinct 21, clerk; E. R. Dickerson, pre- cinct %, furniture dealer; w A. Williams precinct 10, justice of the peace; T. E. Turner, precinct 42 contractor; J. H. Cole, precinct 16 farmer; George G.. Jones, precinct 12, farmer; o. H. Taylor. precinct 45, carpenter; J. W. Myrick, pre- cinct 2s, farmer; J. F. Camp, precinct g, farmer; P. Brewer, precinct 34, merchant; John Bevins, precinct IS, mayor.
 Capital Cases.
 After the charge has been delivered to the jury by Judge Greene the inquisitorial body will retire to the grand jury room on the third floor of the building and take up the work.
 The first week in the first division of the criminal court will begin September Il, and that eptire week will be devoted exclusively 10 the trial of capital cases. The following Is the docket for the week:
 Monday-Charles Jackson, murder; Nose Boddy. robbery; Ann Hinter, murder; Eliza Johnson, murder; Andrew Shelton, alias Andrew Hall, murder.
 Tuesday-Harrison Armour murder; AL bert Jones. murder; Jim Kirby, murder; Hary Brown, muder.
 wednesday-vance Blair, murder; Rich Greene. murder; Will Ivey, murder; Will Terry, murder.
 Thursday will be taken up in the trial of young John Blackstock. the alleged boy highwayman, who, 1t Is charged, with James Blackstock and J. F. Latham. created quite sensation In Birming- ham last spring by holding up and rob bing F. I. Simon, B. M. Brazeal and oth- CTS. James Blackstock was given ten years in the penitentary at his trial at the last term of the court and young La- them was sentenced to life In one case and thirty-five years in another.
 Has Given Trouble.
 The case of John Blackstock resulted in a mistrial and since that time he has been confined in the county jail. Not long ago he and Jim Raper, young white man, being held in the county jail on a charge of assault with intent to mur- der, had a desperate encounter. Young Blackstock seized a cuspidor and struck the Raper boy over the head infiictlng a severe wound. All of the trio of alleged f1ighwaymen are considered dangerous criminals, and from the statements of the wardens have made anything but model prisoners.
 Friday and Saturday will be devoted to the trial of cases left over from other days in the week.
 Andrew Shelton, alias Andrew Hall, the negro to be tried on Monday for the murder of Ed G. Almon, is charged with the same crime for which Wesley Hale is now under sentence of death. Hale was sentenced to hang on August { of this year, but a respite of sixty days was granted by the governor to allow him to testify at the trial of Shelton, alias Hall, next week. If Sheltons trial Is concluded next week. Hale will probably hang in the early part of October.
 Ed Johnson. the third member of the gang, whom Hale implicated in his con- fession soon after his capture, was sent I up for life. He escaped few days after arriving at the River Falls lumber camp. l He was later caught, however, and is now serving his sentence. The three men are 1 accused of the murder of Almon at OK | moor several months ago. At the time oi his death Almon was a fiagman on the 1 Louisville and Nashville railroad, and was one of the most popular men in the ser. |