Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 February 1913 — Judge Hanley Praised By LaPorte Newspaper. [ARTICLE]

Judge Hanley Praised By LaPorte Newspaper.

Judge Hanley returned Saturday evening from LaPorte, where for more than a week he conducted the trial of Dr. J. H. William Meyer, who was charged with having caused a criminal operation on a young married wqman which resulted in her death. The woman’s name was Florence Greening and she formerly lived at Chesterton, where she was a member of an excellent family. Dr. Meyer claimed that her condition was self-inflicted and that he simply did what he could to save her life when she came to him in that condition. The case was bitterly fought, the leading doctors of LaPorte being called as witnesses and the leading attorneys being employed in the defense. z ’ . ‘

The jury after being out fifteen hours returned a verdict for acquittal. The LaPorte Argus-Bulle-tin says about the instructions read by Judge Hanley: “Judge Hanley read long instructions to the jury and it was the general opinion that the list submitted was eminently fair and the jurist was complimented for the way he handled this phase of the case. Some instructions given by attorneys for both sides were refused the jury'but the list covered every detail of the case.”