The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-18
WALKER COUNTY MAN MUST SERVE
 TERM.IN PRISON
Coal Operator Loses App peal In Killing Of
 Joe Carter
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MONTGOMERY, Ala, June IT, Coleman Snoddy,g Walker county coal operator, must serve the twenty year sentence which he received in Walker circuit court upon, conviction for kill ing Joe Carter, according to decision by the court of appeals today. Snoddy was engaged in mining coal in 1921, when the industry was upset by labor conditions. Joe Carter, one of his em- ployes, was discontented, 1t was said. with conditions and the failure of his employer to pay off.
 Carter's body vas found in the War rior river, some 21 miles from Snod- dy's camp his throat having been cut and with an automobile chain fastened to his leg. Snoddy was convicted of the crime and given 20-year sentence, which was today affirmed by the court of appeals. gF
 The appellate court also affirmed a sentence of 10 years given James R. alias Jim Pinkerton, Butler county, for first degree arsont Pinkerton was charged with starting the blaze at Georgiana, which destroyed a building, which had formerly been operated by him as hotel, and also property of a neighbor. The state fire marshaPs de- partment co-operated with county authorities in working up the case against him.
 Case Reversed-The case of Will Holladay, appealed from the Marion i county circuit courtsr was reversed and remanded4 because Of sta atements made by the sheriff and trial judge to the jury after it had begun deliberating. Holladay was charged with assault to murder and given four to seven years. It was claimed by the defense that after the jury had been deliberat- ing some five hours and a half, the sheriff informed the jury that he had no place for the jurymen to sleep. It was further stated that the jury, after receiving the case, was told by the judge, in substance, that it ought to reach a verdict and evidence was fur ther offered to show that the sheriff told the jury that it would be held on the case for AS hours. A few minutes after receiving these expressions from the judge and sheriff the jury returned a verdict of guilty. The appellate court held that the prospects of sitting up all night and the statements. made by the officials to the jury might have influ- enced its action in bringing in verdict, though not intended to do so, and re- versed the case for. this reason&
 Robert Hackney, Cleburne county, given an eight-year sentence for killing Tom Evans, had his case reversed and remanded for new trial. The difficulty took place at Hackney's home, and the appellate court pointed out that under such circumstances he was under no duty to retreat, if free from fault in bringing on the difficulty, and that the evidence failed to prove beyond a req sonable doubt that he was at fault ip bringing it on.
 Bibb Man ParOIed-Gov W. W. Brandon today granted full pardon, with restoration of political and civil rights, to Ike R. Powell, Bibb county, convicted of second degree murder in 1913, sentenced to IS years imprison-- ment and paroled in 1916. A former pardon board had recommended the pardon. U7-s
 Judges Act vaIid-The court of ap- peals today oVerruled an application for rehearing in the case involving the constitutionality of an act of the pres ent legislature increasing the salaries of the Mobile circuit judges. George E. Stone, treasurer of Mobile county, re- fused to pay warrant for the increas- ed salary and the case was taken into courts, the constitutionality. of the act being attacked. The appellate court recently held the act to be valid and to- day overruled an application for re- hearing.