Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 August 1911 — A WARM TRIAL [ARTICLE]

A WARM TRIAL

Was Had Out at Squire Bussell’s Friday, But Willis Was Acquitted. Judging from all reports the trial of the State of Indiana vs. James Willis, charged with auto speeding, held out at Squire Bussell’s in Hanging Grove tp., Friday was about the warmest trial had in Jasper county for some time. The testimony was criss-cross and the attorneys waxed hot during the crossquestioning and furnished much amusement for the spectators. The Squire thought he had better sleep over the matter to get back to terre firma before announcing his* verdict, and accordingly took the matter under advisement until 9 o’clock Saturday morning, when he gave the culprit a curtain lecture on automobiling and turned him loose to sin no more. The evidence was of such a nature, he stated, that he could do nothing else. There was a goodly number of witnesses out to the trial on both sides, and opinion is, of course, divided as to the justice of the verdict. Prosecutor Longwell appeared for the state in the trial, while John A. Dunlap, ably represented the defendant. Peaches For Sale— Several bu- . shels of nice budded peaches, 'also some plums.— Mrs. S. ChilIcote, Rensselaer, k-4. J