The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-11
CRIMINAL CASES

The court reversed the Jefferson crim- | inal court in sentencing John Wilson of Jefferson county to serve 65 years in the | penitentiary for the murder of Hugh | Guthrie. The court held that the right
 of cross examination had been too mar
 rowly confined"
 | Wilson killed Guthrie in a fight Evi- dence showed that the two men had been i drinking at a public pool room, and that when they started home Wilson began l singing Wee dorch and dorriss." l Guthrie, Scotchman, resented the fact | that Wilson was not pronouncing the
 words correctly and struck him in the i face. A fight followed and Guthrie fell. 1 A few minutes later he was found to be | in dying condition, and death followed in a few hours.
 | The court overruled an application for | rehearing in the case of Sam Martin | of Jefferson county, who is under sen tence of death for the murder of James
 Little The date of his execution is set | for February 25.
 The court affirmed the Montgomery city 1 court in sentencing to death Lamar 1 Lightner, negro, for the murder of Will
 Robinson, and fixed the date of his execu- l ton at March "A. The decisions of the court are as fol- lows:
 Anderson, C. J.-Ex parte, Postal Telegraph company petition for certiorari to court of appeals, in re Postal company vs Leila Kinderhout, appeal from Jefferson circuit court; writ denied
 Julia Hill Marshall vs. John P. Lis ter ct al, appeal from Etowah chan cery court; affirmed. Mcclellan, J.-H. T. Bittle1ohn vs. Wiley Littlejohn, as treasurer, etc, ap- peal from Chiffon circuit court; af- firmed.
 Mayfield. J.-Montgomery Light and Traction company vs. Ezekiel J. liar ris, appeal from Montgomery circuit court; reversed and remanded. William R. Barnes vs. Frank White ct al. appeal from Covington chan cery court; affirmed. Portsmouth Cotton Oil Refining cor poration vs Madrid Cotton Oil com pany, appeal from Houston circuit court: reversed and remanded. S. R. Brackin vs Owens Horse and
 Mule company, appeal from Henry
 chancery court; reversed and rem dered.
 R. B. Kyle vs. & F. Jordan, appeal from Gadsden city court; reversed and
 remanded; Mcclellan, Somerville and
 Gardner, J., dissent Ex parte Lucy Farrell, petition for
 mandamus, etc; mandamus denied.
 Sayre, J.-Caine O'Rear vs Ameri
 can Trust and Savings bank. appeal
 from Walker circuit court; affirmed Somerville J.--John T. Roe ct al vs. Joseph F. Durham, appeal from Mobile chancery court; reversed and rendered.
 bama, appeal from Montgomery city court affirmed.
 Butler Read vs. state of Alabama appeal from Bullock circuit court af- firmed.
 J. R. Clark vs. D. L. Watson. appeal from Geneva circuit court; affirmed. w. T. Brown vs. H. R. Shorter et | al, appeal from Walker circuit court 1 reversed and remanded. T. J. (Jack) Franklin vs. Henry c 1 Snow ct al., appeal from Walker cir
 cult court; affirmed.
 l Mary Lou Phinizy, as trustees, etc. l ct al, vs Anniston City Land com pany ct al. appeal from Calhoun chan
 cery court; affirmed l Gardner, John Wilson vs tn, | state of Alabama, appeal from Jefrer-
 son criminal court; reversed and re-
 manded.
 Jefferson Plumbers and Mill Supply company vs. Mrs. Alice l.. Peebles, ap- peal from Jefferson chancery court; re. versed. rendered and remanded. Thomas J.-JuIia F. Russell vs. Al | bert P. Bush, appeal from Mobile cir cult court; reversed and remanded. | Sovereign camp, W. O. w., vs. Net tie B. Ward, appeal from Butler cir cult court; reversed and remanded. | Greil Brothers company ct al. vs 1 M. T. McLain, appeal from Montgom- cry chancery court; affirmed. P. T. Grammar vs. Jamie Sherry, as executrix, etc, appeal from Barbour l circuit court; affirmed. | State of Alabama vs. Doster North