The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-13

the reading of the general election law.
 Another case was filed from Mobile. in which the provision granting civil Juris- dlction to the inferior criminal court of Mobile is attacked. This Is brought in the interest of the justices of the peace whose places have been taken over in this act. The lower court has held with the members of the board of revenue to the. effect that they hold two years longer and that the giving of civil jurisdiction to the inferior criminal court was uncon- stitutional.
 Another case of importance today was that of the Birmingham and Atlantic Railroad seeking to prevent the holding of court for St. Clair county at Pell City. The provision of the constitution that such court shall be held is attacked as legislation.
 The following gentlemen were here from Bessemer today: E. A. Little, D. L. Mitchell. S. J. Tillman. J. c. Burgin, Judge B. c. Jones, John Williamson, M. H. Fitzpatrick. They came to see the Governor in regard to appointments of beat officers in beat 8, Jefferson county, in which Bessemer Is located. The out laying of the Bessemer inferior court has made the appointment of beat officers | necessary. The Governor said this af- | ternoon that he would take the matter up and likely make the appointments early in the morning.
 Sol Brown Paroled. The Governor has paroled Sol Brown, convicted in the inferior criminal court of Mobile county in December, 1904, for | engaging in business as an emigrant l agent" and sentenced to four months in the Mobile jail. It Is noted in the en-
 dorsement of the Governor that this man T l,x.
 quirng license of emlgrant agent The
 trial judge, J. E. Afford, says: Under
 all the circumstances l would not have | inflicted d greater punishment than
 twenty or thirty days imprisonment in 1 the county jail, if, as in most cases, the punishment had been discretionary The | applicant was confined to Jail several days
 before conviction. Therefore let parole
 issue, conditioned upon good conduct, and
 the payment of fine of s25." 1 The following appointments have been
 made by the Governor:
 Notaries public-A E. Barnett, Opelika i; l W. R. Blackwell, Monroe county; H. C. ;, Crane, Birmingham; J. H. Ivey, Talla- l dega; M r. Rushton, Grady; J. c. Mill
 her, Vernon; R. L. Gillian, Maysville; J.
 D. Mcqueen, Eutaw; Tennis Tidwell | New Decatur.
 Justices of the peace-W. F. Mallett.
 Northport; J. M. Lowe, Paint Rock; |.
 H. Alberson, Hartford; T. w Fickln,
 Atmore; P. C.. Marshall, Beat 25. DeKalb county J. M. Leaveritt, Lineville; B. w. I Garner, Maplesvllle; T. J. Boozer, Thomaston; J. c. lowers, Suggsvile; J. l B. Smith, Madison; H. T. Lile Trinity. Constables-J. B. Trotman, Madison;
 George W. White, Manila; W. Y. Clark.
 Atmore; Ben Pool, Trinity; R. c. Haynes, | Roanoke.
 1 Notaries public and justice of the l peace-J. H. Brumbelos, Slxirum: w. T.. l Calvert, Beat IS, Walker county; Joe l Franklin, Lehigh: John w. Green, Clar-
 ence; G. w. Henderson, Mooresville; II.
 L. Burgess, Buena Vista L. H. shelton, l Whitfield; w. T. Hawkins, Beat 13, Mar l ion county: c. M. White, Hartford; Levi 1 M. Greet, Edwin; J. l.. Coheld Scotts- 1 ville J. R. Daniel. Sewell; J r. Hearn.
 Northport; J. H. Johnson, Hamilton. l Pension examiner-A. J. Ketchum, Blount county, postoffice Oneonta.
 The Governor has offered a reward of | $200 for the arrest and delivery to the 1 sheriff of Perry county, and conviction ] of Jim Bell, who shot and killed Charles l Hughes in the lower part of that county | on January 6. last.
 Reward Offered.
 l s.he Governor has remitted fine of S35 | 1sessed against Dud Sykes in Fayette ], county of which he makes the following explanation: "The defendant in this case
 was convicted of assault and battery with
 a weapon and fined $5. One Mcclure
 confessed judgment for the fine and 1 costs the defendant entering into a con l tract under the low to work out for said l Mcclure said fine and costs. After a | few days the defendant refused to work. The defendant was then arrested and 1 convicted of violating contract and sen l fenced to hard lobar for the county l Judge S. H. Sprott recommended the re-
 mission of the fine. Therefore let the fine l be remitted.'