Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 February 1916 — BOWEN IS DENIED AID OF “POOR MAN'S” ACT [ARTICLE]

BOWEN IS DENIED AID OF “POOR MAN'S” ACT

Bank Head Convicted of Embezzlement Will Ask Supreme Court to Make County Pay Costs. Noblesville, Ind., Feb. 22.—Special Judge Purvis came here from Tipton this afternoon and overruled the motion for a new trial in the case of George Bowen, former president of the failed Hamilton Trust Company who was recently convicted of embezzlement. The application for a rehearing was only formal, the defense permitting the court to rule on the motion without argument. The defonadnt’s attorneys then gave notice of an appeal to the supreme court. Bowen asked the court to order the transcript of the evidence paid by the county under, the “poor man’s” act, but the court refused. The defendant’s attorneys then,said they would go to the supreme court and ask for a writ of mandate requiring Hamilton county to pay this expense, which is estimated at S9OO. At a special meeting of vthe county council today, $2,500 was appropriated to employ special prosecutors in the remainder of the bank cases to be tried in this county. Bowen was released under $5,000 bond pending the decision of the higher court. .