Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 177, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 July 1913 — SAYLER ACQUITTED OF DESERTION CHARGE [ARTICLE]

SAYLER ACQUITTED OF DESERTION CHARGE

Court Held That Crime If Any Was Committed in State of Washington and Not in Indiana. 4

Lawrence Sayler, defendant in a wife desertion case filed by Mrs. Belle Sayler, was acquitted in Squire Charles W. Bussell’s court Friday afternoon. The complaint alleged that he had left the plaintiff while they resided in Washington and Attorney Dunlap, who had the defendant’s side of the case, convinced the court that there was ho jurisdiction in Indiana for a crime that might have been committed in another state. Mr. Sayler made some further defense, claiming that he had contributed to the support of his wife , and daughter and his stepdaughters. Another charge against Sayler alleges -assault and battery. This case grew out of the fuss at Mrs. Sayler’s home about two weeks ago. This jwas postponed until next Tuesday.