The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-15
MANY CASES
 ARE DECIDED .dpreme Court Puts Out Many Opinions. WILL SIT AGAIN ON MAY 20 Petition Fxparte Mobile for
 Mandamus Denied. Many Damage suits Were Decided snd opinions were Given in some Criminal Cases--Biount stock
 Law Good.

Another heavy output of the Su- preme Court of Alabama kept the cier- ical force of that tribunal quite busy yesterday No fewer than thirty-eignt opinions were handed down at one time.
 This list does not embrace the im- portant decision of the Cullman liquor case brought up from Cullman county to test the validity of the numerous indictments against violators of the prohibition statute. It was announced that the briefs of the State in this case have not been completed and that until such is the case no opinion could be expected.
 The Supreme Court, after oomplet- ing the call of the Third Division this week. will adjourn until Wednesday, May 20, instead of Monday, May IS. This action Is taken on account ot the primary Monday. According to the schedule of dates. the Eighth Division of counties was to have been called Monday. May IS, but the date was moved ahead two days on account of the election.
 The petition of the City of Mobile through its city attorney for writ of rnandamus compelling Chancellor Thos. H. Smith. of the Southwestern Chancery Division, to step aside and let someone else sit in the case of z M- R.S nied by the Supreme Court yesterday The petition had been asked for be- cause of a family relationship between MT. Inge and Chancellor Smith.
 This is but one of the phases of the litigation in Mobile affecting the re. funding of indebtedness of the Gulf City. A few months ago Mr. InGe. as trustee of the bonded debt of Mo- bile, applied to the Chancery Court for the proper proceeding requiring a receiver or like officer to be named by the court to take and disburse the funds for the liquidation of the old bonds of the city. The application was resisted on the part of the city offi- cers. They expressed the belief that 1t would be a needless expense to call in court to take charge of the refund ing money and that it could be done through the banks legally and more expeditiously.
 Tn deciding the case of J. ". Self V Commissioners Court of Blount county. the Supreme Court upheld the stock law of that county.
 Tom Millender. of Monroe county. will serve his life sentence for the murder of Homer Simmons in this county some time ago. The Judgment of the Monroe county circuit court iEn- posing the life sentence on the appli- cant was affirmed yesterday.
 Eerryman bateb or EIOWan CoAuntyi will have to wait for another trial be- fore he can hope for damages which he is seeking by suit against the Ala bama City. Gadsden and Attalia Raii- road Company. for seriously inJuring him in October. 1902. He had secured a judgment for 5000 for the alleged injuries to his person in attemptins to board trolley car but, on account of the erroneous charges to the jury this judgment of the Etowah Circuit Court was reversed by the Supreme Court and the case was remanded.
 Ernest Birt. prominent police offi- cer of Gadsden. has reason to rejoice at the outcome of his appeal from the Gadsden city court in which he had been convicted of manslaughter. His sentence was imprisonment for Iwu years in the penitentiary. His eoun- se1 secured a reversal of this Judgment and a new trial on account of erron- eous charges to the jury. The oficeI had shot and killed a man named Mill