Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 234, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 September 1916 — STATE VS MORLAN ATTRACTS ATTENTION [ARTICLE]

STATE VS MORLAN ATTRACTS ATTENTION

Court Room Filled With Listeners At |6 1 Trial of Ernest Charged With Perjury.

The trial of the State vs. Ernest Morlan is occupying the attention of the Jasper circuit court, and it attracting a great deal of attention, the court room being filled most of the time. There is quite an array of legal talent in this case and both s'des ere contesting it strongly. Morlar. if charged with perjury to a state field examiner last February. The grand jury returned an indicWnent against him last spring on this charge. There are a great many witnesses n the case and it promises to be quite a lengthy trial. ... Theueireumstances are asfollows: Two field examiners, Ulysses S. Jordan and Burton Stout, were sent here by the- state board of accounts Inst February and at that time it is alleged that the defendant perjured himself during the examination by the examiners and it was out of these alleged false statements that the present case grew. Mr. Morlan met the two accountants in the commissioners’ room of the court house and it is '.llcged at that time that defendant stated that during the year of 19! 5, teams belonging to D. S. Makeever were seen hauling away grain, from tho county farm, and wondered why no report had been made to the state accounting board. Upon this alleged “false statement proceedings were started by D. S. Makecver which resulted in the grand jury returning an indictment against Moilan upoq the alleged perjury charges. Makeever stated that no com had been hauled from the county farm to his place during the year of 1915. The jury for the trial was made up about 4 p. m. Thursday and since that time many witnesses have been called and the trial continued throughout today. Owing 0 the prominence of aH the parties concerned, much Interest in the outcome of the trial has been created. A like charge has been filed against Jay W. Stockton on the same charge and will be heard after the completion of the trial of the State vs. Morlan.