Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 159, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 July 1912 — Remington Grain Dealer “Pinched” For Speeding. [ARTICLE]

Remington Grain Dealer “Pinched” For Speeding.

Frank Kelly, of the Kelly Grain Co., of Remington, was a defendant in the justice court, at Remington Tuesday, charged with speeding. He was arrested on June 24, by the town marshal, on the grounds that he was exceeding the speed limit in his 5-passenger DeTamble touring car. The trial was set for July 2, before Squire A. H. Dickerson’s court in the town hall. Great interest among the Remington townsmen was aroused and by 2:30 o’clock in the afternoon, the time set for the trial, the town hall was packed to overflowing. Jasper Guy, of Remington, acted as prosecutor and Attorney • Moses Leopold, of Rensselaer, represented the dAf&n/l-anf Affor turn onH nn n_h alf UT7I uilua nt, xizivi tw u auu viicuttii hours fighting the court* handed down a verdict of not guilty. The sentiment of the public seemed to favor Kelly, as was evidenced by the cheering of Kelly and Attorney Leopold-when the verdict was heard.