The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-11
Advertiser Bureau.

The trial to the negroes who were arr rested Sunday afternoon by Omcers Barker and Latham for running blind ttiger in the negro restaurant at the corner of Water and Maxey Streets. known as The Long House" was heard in Police Court this morning. There were two warrants sworn out against each of the negroes, and they were charged with selling whiskey without license and violating Inc Sunday law.
 The trial of the case consumed a great deal of the time of the court as there were large number of witnesses to be examined and tho attorney for the defendants fought the case all the way through. At the ccnt 1usIon of the case fine of S100 was assessed against Lee Givhan. who held the position of waiter or clerk in the restaurant. The case against Lee was proven to the satis- faction of Mayor Atkins, and the heav- lest fine was ass ,ssed against him.
 Ths negroes who appeared in court this morning to answer to the charge O. selling whiskey without license were Jack Polinitz ani his wife Ada; Vir- ginia Christian. Harry Logan, Lee Civ ban and John Polinitz. There were also warrants against all of them for vio- lating the Sunday law. In addition to these two warrants Jack Polinitz and his wife Ada mad warrants against them for selling cigars without license. The evidence against the negroes was not sufficient for ~ nvfction and they were all turned loose except Lee Civ ban who was fined $1o0 for selling whiskey without license.
 In PoIi. e Court.
 The number of cases in Police Court this morning for trial was unusually large and the docket of the court at- tracted 1uite a crowd of spectators. Most of the cases to appear before the court were for minor offenses and only small fines were assessed in the ma .jority of the cases. The session of the court lasted for nearly three hours and nearly all of the cases on the docket were tried.
 Jim Emmers m and Paul Green were in court on the charge of having had an aff 'ay. Yesterday afternoon in front of the Hotel Albert they 2 It into lit- tie dispute which led to blows. but no serious damage was sustained by either one of the combatants. A fine of $5 Was assessed agail st each one Of them. Another charge of being and al, additional fine of s was as- sessed against him.
 Dock Stone and James Lindsay were up on the charge of gaming. Each was found guilty and fine of $5 imposed
 Walter Henderson and his partner Julius Jones, who W:,fe arrested ldst week on the charge of being suspicious characters, were tried this morning up- on that charge. Henderson was the negro found lying on the porch of negro house in Shivers Alley with a pistol wound ir his shoulder. fine of S10 or twenty days on the streets was assessed against each.
 Charles E. Harris and John Harris, two negroes who run restaurant. were arrested by the police last night on warrant charging them with running a gambling house. The two negroes were not ready for trial this morning and the case was continued for a hear ing until tomorrow morning.
 Frank Tucker for being drunk was fined s.
 Dock Stone and Ed Nelson had war rants sworn out against them for con tempt of court. The time of opening court is g o'clock and they did not show up until after that hour. Stone was fined $2 50 on this charge and Nell son $1.
 The case against Arthur Holloway. who Is charged with larceny, was con tihued until the session of court next Saturday morning.
 The case against Tom Ward, who was charged with jumping on and off of moving trains, was dismissed.
 The case against John Harris. who is charged with gaming, was continued until tomorrow morning.