The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-23
BatsOn to Return Consign-
ment of Liquid to Ware
house This Morning
SECOND SEARCH AND
SEIZURE WARRANT
Beverage Said to Be Quite Within
the Prohibition Laws of the
State-Case in Court for
Sometime

Judge E. c. Crow of the circuit court
returned to Birmingham from Pensacola
yesterday morning and Immediately
signed an order prepared by Circuit Court
Clerk William ]. Waldrop, releasing 70
barrels OF Ambrosia from the custody of
Sheriff Thomas J. Batson. The order was
instanter
The order directed Sheriff Batson to
take the 70 barrels CT Ambrosia which
he now holds in the county Jail, and to
remove them at once to the warehouse of
the Louisville and Nashville railroad, on
Twentieth street. between Morris and
railroad avenues.
Another order signed by Judge Crow
directed that 100 bottles of Ambrosia how
held by Sheriff Batson be returned within
80 days to 1851 Fourth avenue, north, the
place where the stuff was seized by Dep
uty Sheriff Conrad W. Austin. Both or
ders signed by Judge Crow and Clerk
Waldrop were served on Sheriff Batson
III person early yesterday afternoon by
Mr.. Waldrop.
The serving of the orders releasing
Ambrosia instanter created quite COM
motion in the courthouse, and it was
solicitors office would be, especially as
Solicitor Hugo L. Black was absent OH
visit to Philadelphia.
Nothing was done towards obeying the
order of Judge Grow, other than the
announcement of Sheriff Batson, follow
ing conference with members of the
solicitors staff of assistants, that he
would deliver the 70 barrels of Ambrosia
to the Louisville and Nashville ware
house this morning.
i do not know just how long instanter
means said Sheriff Batson, but as I
am unable to get up the drays to take
this large amount of liquids to the Louis
Vile and Nashville station this afternoon
l am preparing to do so tomorrow MORN
ing. I believe that will be instanter
enough
WILL AGAIN BE SEIZED
1t was understood about the courthouse
that with the delivery of Ambrosia to
the Louisville and Nashville railroad this
morning and the consignment is receipted
for by the railroad, that it will be i'm
mediately seized again by attaches of
the solicitors office. The grounds for
again selling Ambrosia are said to be
that it is an alleged prohibited malt bev-
erage and will be so regarded by the
officers until a judicial decision is OBJ
tanned on what Ambrosia really is.
Solicitor Hugo Black before leaving the
, city is understood to have left specific
a instructions regarding Ambrosia should
1t be released by the courts. search
and seizure warrant has been prepared
and was held in allegiance awaiting the
releasing order from Judge Crow 1t
is understood that the intention of the
solicitors office is to get the 70 bar
rels of Ambrosia into the hands of the
railroad again and out of the jurisdc-
ton of Judge Crow and then to seize
1t again for a hearing before another
Judge These plans were in line with
the public declaration of Solicitor Black
before he left the city.
Il want to tell you that Ambrosia will
not be sold in Jefferson county," declared
Solicitor Black.
When Attorney Forney Johnston was
informed yesterday that Ambrosa had
been released and of the proposed new
moves of the solicitors office he smiled
and said:
well, those fellows are making too
much of a good thing. 1t is likely that
they will weaken their case by an i'm
mediate seizure
Ambrosia is said to be a cereal bev-
erage and quite within the prohibition
laws of the state. 1t has been in the
courts for the past several months, but
has not been tried on it's merits