Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 June 1901 — “Justice” As She’s Worked In Jasper. [ARTICLE]

“Justice” As She’s Worked In Jasper.

As an example of how the eyes of Justice are sometimes “covered” in Jasper county, we mention a little circumstance connected with the Haliigan cattle case. On the morning of the day the case was set for trial, two interested parties in the case drove to the country quite early. Later they were seen driving out of the yard from a well known republican farmer’s residence. Still later the well known farmer is said to have left his work and sat about the court room all the afternoon until finally called to sit on the jury to take the place of one of the regular panel, who was excused. He was accepted and sat in the case until the jury was discharged last week. Perhaps the illness of Andy Yeoman was a blessing in disguise, as his illness resulted in the jury being discharged and now if tried in this county it will be by a new jury.