The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-06
CAZALAS
 AS TRIAL WEARS
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 given a fair opportunity to defend him self. While the matter is of no further personal concern to me, as 1 am now retiring to private life, yet l make this request on behalf of other county officials who in the future may be placed in the unfortunate position in which I now find myself"
 In the impeachment proceedings filed against Cazalas by Attorney General Harwell G. Davis. the sheriff was charged with willful neglect of duty, incompetency, corruption in office and commission of an offense involving moral turpitude. The case was on the docket of the supreme court for hearing Monday, December s.
 The resignation of Cazalas makes the impeachment proceedings moot" case, which will not be heard, as a result of the sheriff's action. Had Cazalas been found guilty, removal from office for the term for which he was elected would have been the only penalty which could have been imposed, so that the sheriffs resignation brought about the same result which would have followed had he been found guilty by luC SupltIit tOuTl. uc ItSlSHdIlUI stops the expenses which would have accompanied the trial of the case.
 Visit Attorney General
 Following the submission of his re signation, Sheriff Cazalas called on Attorney General Davis and stated that he had no personal ill feeling against the attorney general as a result of his action in the case.
 Attorney General Davis declined tt comment on the resignation.
 Institution of impeachment proceed ings against CaZalas was on the recon mendation of Attorney General Davis and the charges were filed by him witt the supreme court upon receiving au thorization from Governor Brandon who in directing the impeachment pro ceedings to be instituted stated tha he did so on recommendation of thu attorney general.
 MOLIBE, Ala, Dec. 5.-The Mobil sheriff was one of many defendant in the celebrated rum ring" case il federal district court at Mobile las 1 spring. Cazalas was among the numbe acquitted when the jury returned it verdict in that case on the morning O May p after one of the longest ant most extraordinary trials in the annal of American Jurisprudence.
 The supreme court next day fixet 1 Decmeber 8 as the date for the hear ing. In written answer subsequent ly filed in the supreme court by Gag alas. he denied he was guilty of an! of the allegations of improper officia conduct set out in the articles of i'm peachment.
 Numerous specific charges were con tained in the document filed by the at torney generals office. Cazalas va charged, among other things, with know ingly permitting liquor to be sold il Mobile. It was further charged tha he has connived at the operation of Ii quor traffic, and gambling resorts that he knowingly received from tn state about $2, 195 for feeding prison CTS, to which he was not lawfully enti tied, and that he "sold' the control o his office to William H. Holcombe, Jr ex-sheriff in return for Holcombe's sup port in the political campaign in whicl Cazalas was elected from field O several candidates. It was alleged tha Cazalas has been dominated by Hol combe. who was retained in the sher iff's department in the capacity 0 | deputy.