The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-16
RECORD OF THE COURTS

Habeas corpus petitions were NUM- rous
in the courts yesterday, resulting in the
discharge of two of the petitions and the
remand of the third.
Doc Coleman, charged with burglary
and grand larceny, was discharged; Ma
poeon White, charged with malicious
mischief, gained his liberty, and Burt
Dawson, charged with grand larceny, was
remanded to Jail to await his trial
Yesterday afternoon at o'clock Judge
Ferguson presided in the second division
of the city court to hear petition of
habeas corpus for the custody of a little
girl named Mary Lee Tibbs, aged Q
years Mrs. Dovie Tibbs, the child's
mother, was the petitioner and stated in
her testimony that she and her husband
We're separated, and that she had gone
home to her parents, taking her daugh-
ter, Mary Lee, and a young baby with
her, that her husband, Walter L. Tibbs,
fIgdC to see her and the children and
| IL picked up the little girl and ran
of n her.
X .,fibbs' father and mother also tes-
tilted that they We're able and willing to
provide for the petitioner and her chill
dren, and that they had heard Walter
Tibbs contemplated leaving the city
According to the statement of Walter L.
| Tibbs, the father of the little girl. the
whole trouble in the family does not
amount to much and could easily be set
| tied among the parties themselves
! Judge Ferguson will render his de-
csion tomorrow.
Circuit Court.
| In the circuit court yesterday Judge
| Coleman rendered a decision dissoIving
the injunction in the case of II. G. Moss
VS. N w Scott ct al
| In his bill, the petitioner. Fl. C. Moss
alleged that N. w Scott, Mayor of Ems
ley and Others proposed to redistrict the
city of Ensley, and the petitioner sought
to enioin the respondents from so doing.
City Court.
| In the second division of the city court
yesterday a consent judgment for the
plaintiff for 500 was rendered in the case
of Alan johnson VS.. Southern Railway
| company.
| The clerks In the city court are speak
| ing with pride over the amount of work
done in the court last week. Altogether
thirty cases were disposed of in the two
divisions.
New Suits.
| The following new suits were filed in
the city court yesterday:
| Anna King ct al, administrative, vs.
Tennessee Coal, Ihon and Railroad COM
pany. Plaintiff claims $4,000 damages for
death of interstate, who, it is alleged, was
| thrown from the cab of locomotive
which was derailed, and his injuries re-
suited in his death.
The same plaintiffs sue the Blrming-
ham Southern Railroad company for a
like amount alleging the same cause of
action.
Chancery Court.
In the chancery court yesterday the
| following cases were submitted on demur-
rer:
Felicia Tedescld VS.. I. Barnett; F'ele-
| Ella TedesclN vs. Jenie Gilbert; X. j.
Brown vs.. Peoples Mutual Aid associa-
| ton
In the case of A. A. Adams VS.. Birming-
ham Realty company final decree was
| rendered.
Criminal Court.
In the first division of the criminal
court yesterday, Judge Weaver imposed
the following sentences:
Archie Wright, assault and battery with
a weapon, l40 days and six months adj
dltional; Lizzie Martin, abusive language
ten days; Adelina Johnson, abusive lam
| guage, ten days; George Houston. as
sault and battery, ten days; John Jack
sen assault and battery, ten days; Mag
| gle Brown, abusive language, ten days;
Matte Branch and George Branch, jail
sentence; Joe James, 40 days and six
months additional; Ina Williams, 140
days; Savannah Boyd, ten days; Calvin
| Alexander, assault and battery. sixty
days; Tom Scott. ten days.