Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 126, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 May 1913 — HERBY GARRIOTT FINED AT KENTLAND [ARTICLE]

HERBY GARRIOTT FINED AT KENTLAND

State Case Against Young Farmer Resulted in $25.00 Fine on Moderated Charge. Herby Garriott, a young married farmer living near Aix, was fined $25 by a jury at Kentland Monday, on charges preferred by Mrs. Pearl Price, wife of John N. Price, of Parr. According to Mrs. Price the defendant had tried to commit a criminal assault the 28th of last December, and the charge against Garriott was “criminal assault with intent to commit a felony.” The defense assailed the language of the charge and the indictment was held not good. He was then tried on an affidavit, the charge being modified to assault and battery, and it was upon this charge that the fine was assessed. Mr. Price said that the motive of Garriott to commit criminal assault was beyond question knd he was greatly disappointed that the charge was not rightly prepared so that Garriott could have been tried on it. Quite a number of witnesses from Parr attended the trial.