The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-05-22
THE SUPREME
court FILES
FEW OPINIONS
THREE DEATH WARRANTS WERE
ISSUED FROM GOVERNORS Of
FicE-FEMALE LAWYER WAS
ADMITTED TO PRACTICE IN
FLORIDA COURTS.
Special to The journal.

Tallahassee, May 21.-The supreme
court filed but few opinions this morn
ing that were of general interest. One
OF those filed which will be of special
interest to the people Of West Florida
and especially Jackson county is the
case Of James V. White, convicted Of
murder and on the second trial for
the offense was sentenced to four
years in the state prison He appealed
the case to the supreme court for the
second time and the court aff1rms the
Judgment of the lower court and re-
fused reversal
Under an act Of the last legislature
in regard to the admitting of attorneys
from other states to practice in the
courts OF this state, the supreme court
this morning admitted Miss L. Wash
ington White of New York.
The board of state institutions let
the contract yesterday for some extern
sive improvements to be made to the
capitol grounds. Sidewalks will be
laid around the entire square, stone
steps built where necessary at en-
trance to the grounds, and the whole
plans of the grounds will be improved
and changed under the direction of a
competent engineer and landscape
gardner. The ground will present a
much more attractive appearance than
ever before. and for the past several
t0dIS II mas DS6n a very evident TACT
to all visitors that the grounds needed
attention. The last legislature made
provisions for this work and 1t will be
soon under way
The Tallahassee delegates to the
Republican progressive convention held
in Jacksonville Saturday have returned
home and feel confident that their
wing of the party will be recognized
at the Chicago convention. They have
n af al fn
Roosevelt for president. W. c. Hodges.
a prominent lawyer OF Tallahassee.
was nominated for governor by the in
surgent Republicans in their meeting
Saturday.
The Leon high school is having com
mencement this week and the Florida
State College closing exercises begin
next Sunday with the baccalaureate
sermon, which 10 the initial number on
a very interesting program.
With the rector of the parish, Mr..
T. H Randolph and Mr.. E. Barnes left
today for Jacksonville where they go
to attend the council Of the Episcopal
church for the diocese of Florida.
Col John E. Hartridge presented the
application Of Abe Middleton for a
communication of sentence from the
death penalty to the pardon board this
morning. The board has the matter
under advisement and will give it's de-
cision later. Middleton was convicted
Of murder in the first degree.
Death warrants were issued by the
governor yesterday for Steve Johnson,
convicted of murder in the first de-
gree, st. Johns county, and for the
Silverstein murderers, Eugene Baxter
and Tom White. While the Silverstein
murder was committed in Duval coun-
ty, under a change Of venue the case
was tried in st. Johns county and the
record Of the court failing to show
that the prisoners after sentence had
ever been ordered conveyed back to
Duval county. the death warrant reads
for their execution to be effected in
st. Johns county in order that the exc
cution may in every particular con-
form to the statutes.