Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-02
have violated The la In this or any
other case"
Judicial Bee Buzzes."

have violated the la in this or any
other case
Judicial Bee Buzzes."
Something has been said by Mr..
]. T.. Hill, of Cordele. about an order
you issued against him for $75."
"Ah, in that broad brain l am
afraid buzzes the judicial bee. If
there is a new judge, he will be that.
He merely had accepted a fee with
out rendering a service, according TO
the petitions presented to me. The
order was never signed. l found that
1t was mistake and so I informed
Mr. Hill"
1T has been stated that you de-
clined to obey a mandate of the Su-
preme Court in the Jameson case"
This poor negro got drunk. Had it
been white man, an obsequous DO
liceman would have taken him to his
home. But the most merciless police
magistrate | have ever known, Custus
Nottingham, sent him to that hell-on-
earth, the Bib County gang. for sew
en- months. 1t was purely a munich
pal misbehavior, not even a misde-
meanor and they were sending him
to penal term, and / interfered. It
was constitutional-and the fact
that it was appealed made the Su-
preme Court take that right away
from Bibb County"
Saved $5o,oooo,o 600"
The judge was next asked about
the Central Of Georgia Railroad and
Banking Company failure, and the
midnight order" referred to by Colo
mel A. r. Lawton, vice president OF
the Central, who said the road was
wrecked by the judges order
81 did not sign that order at night.
l was asked to do SO one morning, ana
after studying the matter finally
signed the decree. In doing so, / am
positive that l saved from Pat CAL
houn and his associates $50,000,000
from being swept into the maelstro.l
of the Richmond and Danville failure
and being disposed of by a Virginia
court, in which Georgia people would
have received little"
Cross Examined by Webb.
Chairman Webb here cross exam
ined the judge.
ut has been said that If Crawley
and McClelland had not pleaded
guilty you would have been heavier
on them ?" he asked.
II would have been, sir; 1t is the
usual CUSTOM" replied Judge Speer.
II merely wanted to be kind to the
! two young men, to be merciful, and
it is this humane spirit on my part
that has been construed as an usurpa-
ton. There are hundreds of good cit
tzens in Georgia who owe their liber-
ty to me and have become the very
propagandis of the law"
The Judge was next asked about
the Talley & Hayward partnership.
Il gave these young men some bust
ness, because Mr.. Talley was one Of
the best masters In the State" he re-
piled.
why was this partnership dis
solved?"
Because they said had placed so
many restrictions on them they could
not make a living"
Did YOU ever discuss the ISaacs &
Hayward partnership before the for
NO; at, at least, I don't now recall
it, and ] certainly did not discuss 1t
| improperly"
did YOU ever see the contract"
81 do not know that there was one"
you say you did not sign any mill
night order?'
mo; that was the talk of Craw-
ford and his railroad wreckers who
came down here"
is 1t true that you rode free-your
horses etc.-on the Central?'
81 rode free when everyone else
rode free"
at is true you rode free after the
road was in the hands of the receiv-
ers?"
Yes; everyone did"
| You did not say during this Cen
trail litigation, or before, that 1t was a
chance for young man to make a
name for himself by wrecking this
! line9"
THAT was calumhy started by
one Of my bitterest enemies"
In reply to a question about inn
pounding of tie books in the Carter
case Judge Speer said that he had
heard of Isaacs' activity and merely
got the books where he could not get
at them
The Judge was here asked about the
presence of Lewis influencing him. He
said Lewis had no fears for him.
At 1920 o'clock Judge Speer left
the stand Judge Galloway gained
permission to file a brief covering
every case at the end of three weeks.
Chairman Webb said: This will
conclude the hearing in Savannah.
| We are grateful to the public ana
the press. We now stand adjourned
subject to the call of the chairman.