Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 March 1908 — Release of Schmitz Upheld. [ARTICLE]

Release of Schmitz Upheld.

At San Francisco, Tuesday the state supreme court refused a rehearing in the case of former Mayor Schmit*, convicted of extortion from French restaurant proprietors and sentenced to five years in the penitentiary. This sustains the decision of the district court of appeals, which ordered the discharge of the defendant on the ground that under the law no offense had been committed.