Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 August 1911 — POLICE COURT GRIST. [ARTICLE]

POLICE COURT GRIST.

Friday and Saturday Busy Days and Many Shekels .are Garnered. Friday, Saturday and even Sunday, were busy days in the local justice’s court, and as a result, several parties are a few dollars poorer than they were before coming into contact with the strong arm of the law. In the case of Orpha GleasonBurns vs. Hugh Burns of Demotte, charged with wife desertion, the hearing of which was up before Squire Irwin Friday afternoon as The Democrat went to press, the defendant was bound over to the circuit court but instead of being locked up was given an opportunity to

procure a bond, in the stim of S2OO, which he gave with J. W. Tilton and Chas. Ginder as sureties. Two other cases were filed against him, one charging intoxication recently at Demotte and the other surety of the peace proceedings instituted by his wife, who alleges she fears he will do her bodily harm. Burns was evidently trying to get out of the country as he did not appear when the case which was started some time ago, was called Friday morning. H* was here Thursday but was told that the case was set for next day, and wrent back home. Friday he went sputh on the 11:05 a. m., train, and was returning on the afternoon train bopnd for Chicago, when the marshal found him and brought him into court, where he took a change of venue from Squire Bruner to Squire Irwin. Saturday Squire Irwin issued a warrant for Elmer Baker of Gillam tp., charged with assault and battery on the -person of Albert Poicel. Constable Parks and Sheriff Hoover went up aft-

er Baker but he' gave bond to appear here Monday in the sum of S2OO and he was allowed to remain there. Monday he came in and entered- a plea of guilty and was given the customary one dbllar and costs, amounting in all to $17.60, which he paid, i* The trouble in this case seems to have grown out of a dispute as to certain rights of drivers of teams while threshing on Jud Hunt’s farm in Gillam Friday. Poicel drove up with a load of oats to the thresher on the | “clean” side, while Baker claimed his turn was on the dusty side of the machine. The latter climbed onto Poicel’s load when he refused to drive off and struck him a heavy blow, knockI ing him from the load to the ground, which he struck pretty hard on his head and shoulders.

“John Doe,” a colored chauffer for W. B. Austin, of Chicago, who with his family was visiting old friends here Friday night and Saturday, was alsp gathered in Saturday, despite his color or previous condition of servitude, for exceeding the speed limit, but Prosecutor Longwell hadn’t got on the ground at that time and “John” got off in Squire Irwin’s court for $4.80, including all the trimmings. George Ketchum was pulled Saturday for not having ?. her displayed on his auto, and Squire Irwin’s assessment, including costs, was SB.BO.

James Willis was taken in Saturday by the marshal for exceeding the speed limit with his auto, down on Main street. This is about the third pr fourth time for him to be arrested for this offense, and a change of venue was thought best. Accordingly the case was sent over to Squire Bussell in Hanging Grove and set for trial Monday afternoon. Prosecutor Longwell came over from Brook, but Willis claimed he could not get important witnesses, and a continuance was granted until next Friday morning.

Ed Oliver, with whom Tom Callahan shares the honors of mayor of Newland, was jogging along in town at a medium pace Sunday, when Marshal Mustard gathered him in also. Ed protested that he wasn’t driving his machine fast at all, to which the marshal replied that he knew he was not; that he wasn’t pulling him for fast driving but for failure to have a number on his machine. Ed paid $4.80.

Sunday afternoon Marshall Mustard and Nightwatch Critser disturbed a quiet game down at the west side of town, where ’the old stone crusher was located near Cooney Kellner’s ice house, and' caught the players with the goods on them —that is, the pasteboards in their hands and the coin stacked at each one’s elbow. As a result Sunday evening Charles Osborne paid into Squire Bruner’s court $1 and costs, $4.30 in all; and H. B. Tuteur, Clint Colvert and Chas. Baldwin each $5 and co. or $8,30 each. The Squire thought at first the minimum fine for this offense was sl, and fined Osborne that amount, but before he fined the others he found that five dollars was the minimum, and will make yp the other $4 to the state out of his own pocket. No prosecutor was here or five dollars more would have been added to each case.