The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1911-02-02
Chance For New Court


position to the passage of the local Dill
creating law and equity court for Gull
man county, 1t is one of the most popular
ideas that has ever been brought to the
attention of the people. The people are
loud in their praise of the court ana
consider it one of the best measures ina.
could be gotten through the legislature
ca far as local legislation is concerned.
The new court is considered necessary
m dispatch of business in this county, anu
is onnosed mostly by men VINO are ui-
rectly interested in maintaining the pres
ent courts. The fact that with one strohe
of the pen more than l5O mlsdemeahol
cases was stricken from the RECORDS II,
this county court here last year, Is Sun
fresh in the minds of the people, ana TOT
This II for no other reason. 1t is hoped
that the court will be established ana
the county court abolished.
THAT the idea is popular was evil
denced here when it was made known
through the Montgomery correspond .
ont to The Birmingham Age-Heraio VI
the disruption between Judge Burke'
who is in Montgomery in opposition
to the measure and Representative A.
A. Griffith, who introduced the plll
in the committee room yesterday. When
the fact was made known In Cuilman
more than SO kilograms were forward
cd TO Representative Griffith urging
him to make every effort possible LOT
favorable report from the commit
fee on the bill. The kilograms were
sent by lawyers, doctors ana men en- ~,
gagged in every phase of business IN
Cullman. If it Is necessary a delega-
zion will go to Montgomery to assist
Mr. Griffith in the passage or the
bill.
New Sheriff In office
The last ditch in the long drawn
out legal process relative to sherin $
office was crossed when Judge Ian
Speake dismissed the petition filed by
Sheriff C. w. Bryce and his attorneys
commanding ex-Sheriff Casey to ap-
near before his court in Decatur Mon
dav and show cause why he refused
to deliver the keys and the office over
to Sheriff Bryce. This action on the
mart of the attorneys for Bryce was
necessitated when, after the decision Oh
Chancellor Simpson was handed down
dissolving the injunction which casey
had secured from the Morgan county
law and equity court restraining Bryce
from taking possession of the office
ON January Is, by the fact that Casey,
In the face of the decision, still re-
fused to deliver the keys to the jail
and to the office, 1t was then that TINS
action was taken However. after the
process was served on Casey he re-
considered the matted and decided 10
give up the office After this had been
done Bryce's attorneys did not insist
unon a criminal prosecution in the case
and rather consented for Judge Speake
TO dismiss the order, which he did,
using as an excuse that the demand
should have been first made upon MI.
Casey personally instead of his wife.
This is the last of the case be-
tween Casey and Bryce, and 1t only re-
mains now to be seen what the SUI
nreme court will do with the contest
case between Bryce and Scheuing.
Anticipating a raid on their places
of business, the blind tiger men have
been busy for several nights moving
their goods from their houses and stor-
ing them in other parts OF the city. AS
vet Sheriff Bryce and HIS force of depu-
lies have done nothing material along
this line, except to give out the In
formation which has reached the ears
of the Illicit whisky dealers that 1t was
his intention to put the lid on and
tn ose engaged in the business might
lust as we'll make preparation to do
something else for livelihood.
The reason attributed to the fact that
nothing has been done by the sheriff
is that circuit court meets In Gull
man next Monday and the sheriff being
new on the job Is consuming about all
his time in getting ready for the open
ing of court Although the tiger fell
lows believe so strongly that they will
gain find htmselves within the clutches
of the law that they are beginning to
get in position to go out of business.
1t is not such an easy matter to quench
the arid thirst in Cullman now as 1t
has been in days past