Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 230, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 September 1914 — COURT PROCEEDINGS. [ARTICLE]

COURT PROCEEDINGS.

State vs. Vance.— Jury returned a verdict of not guilty after deliberating 15 minutes. Vance was charged with obtaining money under false pretenses. * State vs. Cavendish.— Charge of assault and battery with intent to commit murder. Case is being heardbefore a jury. - , State vs. Hockshaw.— Hockshaw has been arrested on an affidavit made by Ed Mutchler, charging de, fendant with assault with intent to commit murder. The parties live in Kankakee township near Wheatfield and own adjoining farms. It is understood the defendant fired' several shots with a rifle at a hawk and some of the bullets came near Mr. Mutchler, who was fixing a fence along a cornfield. Mr. Hockshaw came down Monday and gave bond and the case is set for hearing on the fourth Friday of the term. Hockshaw has employed P. R. Blue to defend him.

Mr. and Mrs. Ed Harris came over from Mt. Ayr this morning, bringing Mrs. Lucy Redinbo, of Medaryville, and Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Marriott, of Rochester, who had been their guests and who took trains here for their homes.

The most important case set for trial in the Tippecanoe county circuit court this term is that of the State vs. Riley Mullendore, charged with the murder of Cleveland Cook on the night of last Christmas. The murder occurred at the home of Mrs. Susan Mullendore, mother of Riley, just across the Tippecanoe county line from* Carroll county and not far from Delphi.