The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-06
LEE MUST PAY TO
 J. D. CUUMP $500
EToWAH COUNTY MAN ACCUSED
 ANOTHER OF STEALING CAB
 BAeEs-sUPREME COURT AF- FIRMS JUDGMENT AGAINST HIM.

Montgomery. April 5-tSpeeial9-J D. Crump of Etowah county will get s3oo with interest. from Fitzhugh Lee, sur veyor of Etowah county. because the latter related to others that he 0crump) stole some eabbages from the garden of an old lady in the neighborhood Il was proved that Mr. Lee made the accusation and the court gave Crump a verdict which the supreme court. in an opinion handed down by CNief Justice Weakley today. affirms.
 The new stock law of Madison county is upheld hv the supreme court. in an opinion handed down by MT. Justice Ty- son. In addition he holds that the old law is also good. Prosecution had been brought against A. T. Patterson for viola tion of the law of 1s97 but the county court held t to be unconstitutional The supreme court holds that the new law is valid, but that if it had not been the court erred in dismissing the prosecution, as the failure of the new law, If such had been the case, would have simply thrown 1t back to the statute amended.
 In the case of James Jacobs. from Jack son county, the road law of that county is upheld It had been attacked on con sttutional grounds, the assertion being made that there was no quorum of the legislature when 1t was passed. This was found not to be so.
 It was a bad day for criminals who sought help at the hands of the higher tribunal. All cases of that kind were affirmed. John w Heal of Jackson coun- ff, ffa, the murder of Ben T. Woolum: George Hammers from Clay. ten years for kill Ing Tom Waldrop, and Andrew Rogers from Monroe, for life for the murder of Wade Moon. T. J. Harrison of Jackson county must serve a sentence of eighteen years for killing man named Tom Linn vile, and Marshall Harris of Colbert, twentythree years for robbery.
 A case of more than ordinary interest decided out of court and removed from the docket of the supreme court today was that of the Atlanta and Birmingham Air Line against the Alabama Construc- ton company. This involved the pay for building certain parts of the Seaboard Air Line from Birmingham to Atlanta, and was expected to develop some inter- esting litga ton, but all hands got to- gether
 List of Decisions. The following decisions were handed down by the supreme court today:
 .Weakey C. J.-Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway company vs Fran cis 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. Patterson, appeal from Madison county court: motion overruled, reversed and re- manded
 John W Heal vs. the state of Alabama, appeal from Jackson circuit court; af- frmed
 George Hammers vs. the state of Ala bama. appeal from Clay circuit court; af- hrmed
 Simpson. J.-Andrew Rogers vs. the state of Alabama 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 Rail- way company vs. Alabama Construction company ct all. appeal from Anniston city court: dismissed by agreement of parties. | Anderson. J.-James Jacobs vs. the state of Alabama. appeal from Jackson circuit court; affirmed. J. F. Snelgrove vs. John Evans appeal 1 from Marshall circuit court; reversed and remanded.
 T. J. Harrison vs. the state of Ala bama, appeal from Jackson circuit court; affirmed.