Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 254, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 October 1915 — Jasper County Cases Keep Newton Circuit Court Busy. [ARTICLE]

Jasper County Cases Keep Newton Circuit Court Busy.

Another state case from Jasper county came up for trial in Kent land today. It was the state case against David B. Gleason, of Keener township, in which a married woman accused Gleason of criminal assault. Attorney Halleck is defending Gleason. The case against John Burris Monday resulted in the judge taking tiie case away from the jury and directing that Burris be found not guilty. The charge against him had been ‘Sashing a fraudulent check.” He was then ai rested on another charge, that of forging a check. His trial on this will come up later.