Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 February 1910 — Fred Brown Acquitted of Charge of Horse Stealing at Kentland. [ARTICLE]

Fred Brown Acquitted of Charge of Horse Stealing at Kentland.

It did not take a Newton county jury long to decide that Fred Brown was innocent of the charge of horse stealing and he was acquitted. Brown was arrested in Illinois with the stolen property in his possession and a strong chain of circumstantial evidence against him. He claimed that he had bought the horse. Illionis witnesses that were counted on as necessary for the state to prove their case and who had testified before the grand jury, refused to come to Kentlandjto testify and the state made a poor case from the evidence available. Brown was confined in the jail here for some time until finally bail was procured.