The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-06
GOT DAMAGES
 FOR GOSSIP CrumpSued Lee Success
 fully for Slander. COURT GAVE HIM $500 Criminal Appeals Pared Badly in Supreme Court. All Decisions in the Criminal Cases by supreme Court Affirmed Actions of the Lower

For having gossiped about the streets i of Gadsden that J. D. Crump was guilty l of stealing cabbages from neighbours garden, Fitzhugh Lee. County Surveyor | of Etowah County, will have to pay to J. D. Crump $500. with interest and the
 costs of litigation. The County Surveyor with the dis | tinguished name was alleged to have whispered 1t about that Crump had been guilty of the larceny of number
 of head of fine green cabbages from a ineighbors garden. Word came of the
 report to Crump. He was angered. Fitzhtigh Lee has a name that is a sym
 bol of scrapping proclivities and Crump thought that it would be the
 better part of valor to have the hurt | to his feelings repaired by a court
 He filed suit for defamation of char
 acter and got judgment of $500. Lee appealed to the Supreme Court, but yes- | terday Chief Justice & D. Weakley de-
 cided that the judgment was entirely legal, meet and proper. Judge weakley also affirmed the case Of the N. C.. and St. L. Ky. Co. vs, Frances Hill. appealed from the Circuit Court of Marshall County In the low CT court the plaintiff secured a judg-
 mena of $e20 against the railroad for | injuries secured by her son while 1agman on that road. Criminals seeking new trial through the medium of the Supreme Court fared but badly yesterday. In an opinion handed down by MT. Justice Tyson, it was decided that John w. Heal should begin serving the life sentence imposed on him by the Circuit Court of Jackson County for the murder of Ben T. Woolum He also confirmed the de- cision of the Clay County Circuit Court in the case against George Han ners, who received ten years for killing Tom Waldrop. MT. Justice Simpson affirmed the case against Andrew Rogers, who received a life Imprisonment sentence in the Monroe Circuit Court for the murder of Wade Moon. The sentence Of the Jackson County Circuit Court was also confirmed by MT. Justice Anderson in the ease of T. J. Harrison, who received eighteen years for killing Tom Linnehan. Justice Simpson, in an opinion, also affirmed the action of the Colbert Ctr cult Court in the case of Marshall Har- ris. who received twenty-three years for robbery.
 handed down yesterday: Weakley, C. J.: N. c. and St. L. Ky. Co. vs Francis Hill, appeal from Marshall Circuit Court; affirmed. Fitzhugh Lee vs. J. D. Crump, appeal from Gadsden City Court affirmed. Tyson, J.:
 The State of Alabama vs. A. T. Pat | terson, appeal from Madison County Court; motion overruled. reversed and remanded.
 John W. Heal vs. The State of Ala bama, appeal from Jackson Circuit Court; affirmed. George Hammers vs. The State of Ala bama, appeal from Clay Circuit Court; affirmed
 Simpson, J.:
 Andrew Rogers vs. The State of Ala bama, appeal from Monroe Circuit Court; affirmed.
 Marshall Harris vs. The State of Ala bama, appeal from Colbert Circuit Court: affirmed.
 Atlanta and Birmingham Air Line Railway vs. Alabama Construction Co. ct all, appeal from Anniston City Court; dismissed by agreement of parties.
 Anderson, J.:
 James Jacobs vs. The State of Ala bama. appeal from Jackson Circuit Court; affirmed.
 J l.. Snelgrove vs. John Evans, ap- peal from Marshall Circuit Court; re- versed and remanded.
 T. J. Harrison vs. The State of Ala bama, appeal from Jackson Circuit Court; affirmed.