The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-02
COURTS TOR RESUME
 WORK TOMORROW
 FOR JANUARY TERM
Eighteen Judges Will Sit in Various DivisiOns-FOur Additional Judges for
 Circuit Court

| The courts of Jefferson county will re- | convene tomorrow morning with the 1 largest number of courts open in the his
 tory of the county. Eighteen judges will
 take up the dockets. which are in better
 condition now than ever before.
 | The four additional judges sent to Bir-
 mingham will begin work tomorrow morn-
 ing in the Lyon-Terry building, across the street from the courthouse A jury room Lis provided with each courtroom. | In addition to the unusual court condi- Itions, a January grand jury will be or ganized in the criminal court.
 1 The four additional judges coming to
 Birmingham are Judge J. E. B!ackwood,
 Judge B. NJ. Miller, Judge A. B. Foster 1 and Judge J. J. Curtis. Court will be called in each of these divisions at 10 O o'clock.
 Judge Blackwood will remain in Bir- | mingham until March ?, hearing all civil cases, nonjury. Almost 160 cases are on this docket. Judge Miller will remain un- til January 20. He will hear criminal cases There being 200 of these, it would be impossible for Judge Miller to hear them all and those which he does not
 dispose of will be heard by the two | regular judges, k. C. Crow and C. $. Smith. ir connection with their regular ! docket.
 | The chancery cases will be heard by | Judges Foster and Curtis, numbering over 1 1200, who will remain only three days. A majority of these cases will only re- ] quire the entering of a decree. This can I be done at a very rapid rate, and it is | predicted that the judges will clear the docket Of an exceedingly large number of | the chancery cases.
 | The four judges of the city court are 1 the same, but they have changed quar- ters, Judge Pugh moving to the head of l the steps at the third floor, Judge Miller l taking over the old quarters of the first | division of the criminal court. Judge | Sharpe moving to the room formerly oc- cupied by the bar association library while Judge FerguSonS quarters will remain l the same Jury cases eX delicto will be heard by Judges Pugh. Ferguson and Mill Ter while Judge Sharpe will hear all non- l jury cases and jury cases eX contractu. T he default docket will be called on each
 Monday in Judge Miller's division. The moticn docket will be called every Satur- day in all divisions.
 In the criminal court Judges Fort and Heflin will continue to receive aid from Superauinerary Judge Aston. The three div isi61is of the court are expected to clear up the light docket. Capital week will probably be the third week in Janu- &ry. There are over 70 capital cases on the docket. The grand jury will be or ganzed before Judge Fort tomorrow. The names have been ready for two weeks
 and the final drawing will be made tomor- row. Other courts including probate chancery and municipal, will continue as usual
 1 The judges who will sit in the various courts are as follows: Criminal court, H P. Heflin, w. E. Fort and A. H. Aston; circuit court, F. c. Crow, c. B. Smith, A E. Foster, B. M. Miller, J. J. Curtis, J. E. Blackwood; city court, c. w. Ferguson J. H. Pugh, J. H. Miller, H. A. Sharpe;
 probate court, J. P. Stiles; chancellor, A H. Benners; municipal court, c. M Hick-
 man, H. B. Abernethy, T. R. Lea