Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 June 1911 — CHEWS GUM IN COURT [ARTICLE]

CHEWS GUM IN COURT

Woman Refu«e« to Remove Quid Until Threatened by Judge. South Bend, Ind , June 9. —Mrs. John Williams, wife of a chef in a local hotel. narrowly escaped going to jail for contempt of court because she persisted in chewing gum in the presence of Judge G. A Farabaugh. She was in court to prosecute her husband for assault and battery The case fell through and the woman was reprimanded by the judge for filing it without good grounds. She sat unmoved, but chewed a wad of gum while the court was speaking The judge ordered her to take the gum out of her mouth. She did not comply until threatened with a jail sentence for contempt of court.