The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-17
WILL LEAVE JAIL
MANY PRISONERS SENTENCED BY
 JUDGE THOMAS.
Serve Lifetime In Penftentiary --Defeudants Who Were Con-
 vfcted by Court.

As result of the. proceedings in the Criminal Division of the City Court County jail viii have been decreased hy about thirty-nve within the week. The prisoners. all of them negroes, wao aad 9een of found ggsy se by Judge w. H. Thomas to over nine- ty-tnree years at hard labor and tn the penitentiary. besides three who were given life sentences
 Tom Benjamin. who killed Will Win gate. and Thomas Lalloy and Ras Barnes. who killed Annanias Elisare. murder in the first a degree, were doom. ed to spend the remainder of their. natural lives in prison.
 brother. William woodson. near Gra-
 dv was given twenty-five years for
 murder in. the second degree. He took
 John Jones. alias "croff.. Brown.
 was given a total of eleven years in
 the penitentiarv and 4f2 days at bard labor labor for the county, The psnitenrr nr burglary and grand larceny and tw6 cases of plain burglary and carving a concealed pistol. An attempt to cs. cape from jail brought him tho hard Hannah Jones got a total of s55 days for receiving property which her | Will Woods, an ex-convict. who has spent great part of his life behind | the bars, got two years each :. three cases of grand larceny. John Williams 1 the same charge
 Bruce Mccall got two years each for. two cases of forgery in the Sec
 Three years was the portion receiv- ed by Will Lockett for grand larceny.
 Henry Holmes and Reub Jordan. two the attempted jail delivery early in June. each got two years in the peni- tenaiary. Holmes for grand larceny Tn addition to the penitentiary sem Itences each got hard labor term for the attempted escape. Holmes will
 Jordan will spend ioi days in this Granville starks. we'll known old negro who told JudEe Thomas that ne ne ydars old. Was given two years for as- sauit with Intent to murder.
 Charles. Independent, who stole a horse will be deprived of his liberty for three years for his crime
 George Walker will serve two years | for larceny Of a watch.
 from the store of R. s Armistead. was given three years.
 John Dixon got two years for grand
 larceny Three years was tns por-
 Others sentenced for grand larceny were: Mary Lampley two years;
 Trousers. muse " two eve years ana and i7i days: wiii | Adams, twenty-one months; Henry Jackson alias George Adams. two years
 ana snd ss ass Gsyr days; % and william william Franklin. alias "Rot." one year and six months. Lula Nichols got ! neighteen months i tons and some other articles from a home where she was employed as I house girl. The reason for stealing
 pathetic. It seems that last fall she | had promised a negro a pair of cuff buttons for Christmas present. When 1 she rnrung a pair of fine gold buttons e. 'se man he shied and would not I wear them because he knew they had not been bought at five and ten
 cent store as the women esaimed
 Edmond Davis was given 1s6 days at | hard labor for he county There was
 also a charge of arson in the secqnd I, but in this case he was not sentenced l warren Hawkins Twill serve two
 years and sixty days for mansisughter
 Jerry Edwards will labor 17e Says | for violating contract and Robert | Fuller will serve he same time for
 Jim Robinson. alias Charles Kenne- | dy alias Jim Howard, will serve the county for 141 days for having too | three different names within one month | to escape the payment of debts. I Pearlie Wright got two years in the | penitentiary for assault to murder and l assault and battery, brought Dave l Washington to grief to the extent of | 159 days at hard labor.
 | The hard labor convicts will 20 to | the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railrosf | Company's mines at Pratt City immfe | diately and the prisoners with peni- | position of the State Convict Board.