The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-10-20
INTENT OF LEGISLATION

I tended to impose a privilege license on
the operation of automobiles rather than
a tax on the vehicle ITSELF said Judge
Pelham. 1.-The conclusion is that the leg
islature, by the act of 1915, in requiring
a registration and placing a license tax
and providing no manner of transferring
the registration without a payment Of
the tax by the purchaser desiring regis
tration, intended this license tax to be
payable as other license taxes, which are
personal and not transferable"
The supreme court had no further re-
marks to offer than to sustain the find
ing of the appellate court. Justice Gard
ner put out the case in the higher court.
Without additional comment, the SUI
preme court also upheld the court of
appeals in their recent affirmance of the
judgments against Howle and Brown,
who were convicted in Birmingham for
Matchmaking Smith Cullom, Jr. Howle
and Brown were connected with the
Searchlight, former publication of the
Magic City, and were alleged to have
exacted a certain sum of money from
Cullom under threat that they would pub
fish him in the Searchlight. Within the
last few weeks an appeal was made to
Governor Henderson by friends of Brown
to parole him. They contended that
Brown was not involved in the black
mailing scheme, and Howle himself came
to Montgomery to intercede for Brown.
Governor Henderson has announced no
decision on the application. Howle and
Brown were indicted Jointly, but their
cases were severed and tried separately
in the Jefferson criminal court.
CASES IN DETAIL
The rulings and decisions of the SUI
preme court today follows:
Anderson, C. J.-Ex parte John Rogers,
petition for certiorari to court of appeals,
in re Rogers VS.. state appeal from Dali
las circuit court; writ denied.
Elk part0 state of Alabama, petition
for certiorari to court of appeals, in re
Hugh Brooms VS.. state appeal from Cof-
fee circuit court; writ denied.
Elk parte John w. Mulligan, petition
for certiorari to court of appeals, in re
Mullgan VS.. state, appeal from Morgan
law and equity court writ denied.
Mcclellan, J.-EX parte Jerome S.
Brown, petition for certiorari to court of
appeals, in re Brown vs. state, appeal
from Jefferson criminal court; writ de-
MED.
Mayfield J.-Ex parte J. T. Howle,
petition for certiorari to court of ap-
peals, in re Howle VS.. state, appeal from
Jefferson criminal court; writ denied.
Sayre, J.-Ex parte Willis Toney, petit
ton for certiorari to court of appeals, in
re Toney vs. state, appeal from Barbour
circuit court; writ denied.
Elk parte Cecil Dickey, petition FOR GER
tiorari to court of appeals, in re Dickey
vs. state, appeal from Madison circuit
court; write denied
Somerville, J.-Ex parte w. o. ORear,
petition for certiorari to the court of
appeals, in re O'Rear VS.. state, appeal
from Montgomery common pleas court;
writ denied.
Elk parte Charlie Ross, petition for
certiorari to court of appeals, in re
Charlie Ross VS.. state, appeal from Nor
gan law and equity court; writ denied.
Gardner, J.-Ex parte w. E. Foshee,
petition for certiorari to court of appeals,
in re Foshee VS.. state, appeal from Butler
circuit court; write denied.
Elk parte Lin Gobel, alias, etc., petition
for certiorari to court of appeals, In re
Gobel VS.. state, appeal from Gadsden
city court; writ denied
Elk parte T. j. Newsom, petition for
certiorari to court of appeals, in re New
som VS.. state appeal from Morgan law
and equity court; writ denied.
Thomas, J.-Ex parte e. M Brown, petit
ton for certiorarf to court of appeals,
in re ex parte E. M. Brown, petitioner
for habeas corpus to chancellor, etc;
petition for certiorari denied.
Elk parte S. N. Sherman, petition for
certiorari to court of appeals. in re S. N.
Sherman VS.. state, appeal from Morgan
law and equity court; writ denied.
Per Curiam-Ex parte Bunk James,
alias, ETC., petition for certiorari to court