Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 February 1913 — MAN WRECKS FURNITURE [ARTICLE]

MAN WRECKS FURNITURE

Estranged Husband Breaks Into Home and Bmashes “His Half”—Jury Upholds Him. Minneapolis.—A man is entitled to break up half of the furniture in his own home. ▲t least this is the decision of a jury in the district court here when Charles F. Dougherty was accused of breaking into the home occupied by his wife, and which once had been the home of both, and smashing things in generaL Mr. Dougherty held forth to the jury the argument that at least half the household goods belonged to Mm and that it was his business if he smashed them. The jury agreed with him.