Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 August 1904 — A BIG TRIAL IN JUSTICE COURT. [ARTICLE]

A BIG TRIAL IN JUSTICE COURT.

The biggest trial in justices’ court in Jasper county for some time took place Monday and Tuesday before Squire Troxell and a |jury. 1 The case was against Blame ! Wood, Melville Wood, Lizzie Hur- ! ley, Wra. See and Alfred See, and | the charge was riot. The warrant was sworn out by Lyman Zea, and the alleged disturbance took place at the home of Mrs. Lennie Gant, widow of the late F. J. Gant, in the north part of town, Thursday 1 night of last week. Blaine and Melville Wood are brothers and Mrs. Hurley and Mrs. See are sisters of Mrs. Gant, and from the evidence of defendants it seems (hey had protested to Mrs. Gant’s { frequent visits to the office of Dr. Moore, the administrator of her late husband’s estate, and also her family doctor. They also thought Dr. Moore visited Mrs. Gant at her home too frequently. On the night in question one of her brothers went to Dr. Moore’s office to accompany her home after the concert, but after starting out, she turned back, making objections to some other relatives in the crowd going along, and returned to the doctor’s office. The latter then accompanied her to See’s, where one of her children was left, and from thence to her home. The above relatives are alleged to have followed and considerable loud talk and yelling was indulged in and it was alleged by one side that Dr. Moore was pushed off the porch and fell to the ground. The relatives alleged that they wanted to have a talk with both Dr. Moore and Mrs. Gant regarding what they stated people were saying about them, and that the JL)r. fell from the porch, and was not assaulted by any one of them; that most of the loud talk and disturbance was caused by Mrs. Gant and the doctor; that their presence was for a good purpose, etc. The jury is alleged to have stood 8 to 4 for conviction on the first ballot, but after an hour’s time agreed on a verdict of guilty, and defendant’s were fined $2 each and costs, except Alfred See, against whom the case was dismissed, it being shown that he did not arrive, on the scene until most of the disturbance was over with, and then in the role of a peace maker. The costs are probably nearly SIOO. It is understood the matter will be appealed to the circuit court. The affair is a regretable one and has engendered considerable ill feeling where all was not peace and harmony before.

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