The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-01
SENTENCES ARE
 IMPOSED BY FORT De Wyre and Smotherman File Notice of Appeal.
 News of Courts

George DeWyre, who was convicted few days ago of murder in the second degree and his punishment fixed at 3o years in the pententiarv. was sentenced by Judge w F. Fort yesterday morning, but sentence was suspended pending an appeal to the supreme court.
 Will Smotherman. convicted of vag- tancy,, was sentenced 10 12 months hard labor as an additional punishment by Judge Fort besides the fine of $500 i'm rosed by the jury. Notice of appeal was given and the sentence suspended.
 Sentences were imposed as follows:
 George DeWyre murder second de- gree, 35 years in the penitentiary, sus- pended; John Williams. robbery. 10 years, penitentiary; Macon ,,olquitt murder, second degree, 9 years penitentiary; Wiley Rigglns. throwing stone into a street car, so days and costs. hard labor; J. D. Canders, assault and battery nine Finley, assault and battery with weapon, three months ard 10 days, hard labor; R. Leonard Bryant, keeping a gaming tahle; 30 days and six months at hard labor, suspended pending appeal; Henry Moore, assault with q gun, 40 days and costs, hard lasor; Israel Dean, grand larceny. IS months and costs. hard labor: Will Smotherman. vagrancy, F months hard labor, suspended pending appeal.
 Petition was filed yesterday in the city court by Miss Cornelia A. Fred ericks asking that the administration of the estate of the late Louis C. Woes ter be removed from the probate court to the city court and that the admin- istration be had . in the last named court. It will be recalled that the de- ceased left considerable property and that in her will she made certain be- quests and named c. T. Rainbow and pr. W. P. McAdory as executors. who made bond and took up their duties as such. Miss Fredericks, who is a sis ter of the deceased filed a contest in the city court to have the provisions of the will set aside. Later petition was filed asking the removal of the eXecu tors and that a receiver be appointed.
 This litigation is pending in the city court and the petition of removal being granted by Judge Sharpe. all the cases will be heard in the same court.
 Claiming that a conductor in the employ of the Birmingham Railway, Light and IoWef company threatened them With a pistol, J. H. Allen, Mary Parker Willie Horton, Ethel Thomas, w. C. Mcdonald and W. c. Thomas brought suit yesterday in the city court to recover damages. Each plaintiff filed separate suit, claim ing Sl000 as damages.
 The complaint in all the cases alleges that on November 19 the plaintiffs were passengers on q Boyles car, and that" conductor wantonly and wilfully fiourished a pistol in a violent and threatening man. ner and did order and compel them to disembarlx and leave the car, to their great mental and physical pain and an- guish' They also allege they were in- suited and humllated by the action of the conductor The suits were filed by Vas ser l.. Allen, attorney.
 B. S. Silverstein has entered suit in the city court against w. c. Palmer, sheriff of Tuscaloosa county, Tn which he claims s20000 as damages for an al- legged false arrest and Imprisonment. The plaintiff alleges that he was wrongfully arrested and placed in the county jail by the defendant in October, 1913, on q charge of murder and kept in close con finement for 25 days. The Interstate Cas- ualty company is named as a co-defend- ant. having bonded Sheriff Palmer in the sum of s10,0o0.
 Yesterday morning the board of reve- nue adopted the viewers report con- demning a right-of-way to the new bridge at North Birmingham across the Louis vile and Nashville railroad tracks.
 The right of way condemned is from the bridge, through Mason City. ne