Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 July 1904 — A HUGGING CASE IN BARKLEY. [ARTICLE]

A HUGGING CASE IN BARKLEY.

James Wiseman, the Aix storekeeper, was on trial Monday, before Squire Thornton, charged with having recently hugged Mrs. Luella Mohler, wife of John Mohler, a farmer residing near Gifford, against that lady’s consent and will. The offense is alleged to have been committed one day when Mr. Wiseman was out through the country with his huxter wagon. He sold her some hominy, she alleged, and when she stepped in the stairway of her home and reached up to get a basket of eggs to pay for it, Wiseman, who had followed her into the stairway, put his arms about her *nd hugged her vigorously, the 'while breathing words of impassioned love into her unwilling ear. Mr. Wiseman denied having done anything of the sort, was not even in her house, but said that he did sell the woman some hominy, and characterized the matter as a “hold-up” game. On the court’s rendering a verdict of guilty and assessing a fine and costs of about S2O, Mr.Wiseman promptly appealed the case to the circuit court.