The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-15
RECORDS OF THE COURTS

| ana Is DelnS endorsed Dy pne press anu
public generally throughout the state.
RECORDS OF THE COURTS.
After going over the written testi-
mony and considering the case for sew
| eral days, Judge Weaver yesterday rem
dered a decision denying the habeas
| corpus of M. B. Chandler, who Is held
in the county jail on the charge of
killing A. II. Handy in Bessemer sew
eral weeks ago, and remanded him to
the Jail to await trial for the crime
with which he is charged.
| When this decision was announced
! Attorney r. N. Bell, for Chandler, i'm
mediatey sought to make application
| for a writ of habeas corpus proceed
! ings in the city court before Judge
Ferguson. After hearing of the decision
of Judge Weaver, Judge Ferguson de-
clined to consider the matter and let
it rest disposed of in the criminal
| court 1t is not known what will be
the next step of Attorney Bell, but it
is suggested that he may take out
nandamus proceedings against Judge
/ CT uoOh III oCnSiii6 HIS dPplitdllOh-
| First papers of naturalization were
issued to Max Ohm, a Aussion, in the
circuit court yesterday.
City Court of Birmingham.
An unusually large number of suits
were filed in the city court yesterday,
most of them being damage suits for
personal injuries. The Birmingham
/ ID iorht
was made the defendant in no less
than ten of the number Thirteen of
the suits were filed by Bowman, Harsh
| & Beddow.
Claiming that as he was a passen-
| ger on an Avondale car on May q he
was thrown off in some manner and
caused to sustain serious and painful
| bodily injuries, James L. Bennefield
brought suit againstthe Birmingham
Railway, Light and Powercompany for
| s2500 damages.
Frank Strong VS.. the Birmingham
Railway, Light and Power company is
the style of another suit filed in the
same court for $4,000 damages. The
complainant alleges that while riding
on car on the East Lake line on
March he was assaulted and shot and
thrown off of the car by the conductor.
| Albert Fuller filed suit against John
p Abbot for $4,000 damages. 1t is
set forth in the bill of complaint that
while riding in a buggy on the public
streets of Brminghamon April 20, the
plaintiff was run into by the defendant
| in an automobile, from which COLI
sion he suffered the injury of having
| his horse crippled and his buggy torn
| shock to himself.
| Robert f. Lackey entered suit
| against the Birmingham Railway,
| Light and Power company for $4,000
damages for personal injuries alleged
| to have been received on the East
Lake line on May %.
| M. Katz filed suit against the Louis
| vile and Nashville. Railroad company
| for 1920, claiming that amount for
alleged injury to certain goods entrust-
ed to the defendant for shipment.
Cutting Hay.
A rather unusual suit was filed by
! A. B. Lannergan aginst the Western
Union Telegraph company for 1899. 1t
is alleged in the bill of complaint that
owing to the delay of the defendant in
| delivering a cipher message from Gin
| cinnati quoting the price on hay, the
| complainant was caused to sustain
| considerable loss in his brokerage bus
mess and prevented from making GER
| tain profits which would have accrued
to him had he been in possession of tho
knowledge contained in the telegram.
Claiming that the defendants employe
refused to take transfer from
Wylam to an Ensley car and forcibly
elected, the complaint from the car,
Patrick Logan, has entered suit
through his next friend against the
Birmingham Railway, Light and Power
company for $1,000 damages.
william Burnell entered suit against
the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad
company for 1899 damages The
plaintiff claims that he was injured
at Ensley.
Arthur Morgan filed suits against
the Birmingham Railway, Light and
Power company for $4,000 damages
for personal injuries, alleged to have
been sustained from falling off of
North Birmingham car on May IA.
Milton Brassel filed suit against the
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad
company and the Republic Steel and
Iron company for 1899 for personal
injuries alleged to have been sus-
tained while assisting In lifting
heavy pipe on June rs.
Claiming that the SUDDEN starting of
a car at Crews station caused him to
fail and sustain serious injuries on
December 20. 1906, George Wideman
filed suit against the Birmingham Rail-
way. Light and Power company for
$1,000 damages.
Arthur Ross, pro. ami. VS.. the Bir-
and that no money ever spent by the city
has been used for a better purpose.
1T has always been my policy to keep