Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 August 1911 — FINED $25 AND COSTS. [ARTICLE]

FINED $25 AND COSTS.

Assault and Battery Case Against Young Zeigler Tried Saturday. The state case against Roscoe Zeigler of north of town, for the recent assault and battery with a tile spade on the person of Russell Harmon, a young man of about the same age as Zeigler, was tried before Squire Irwin Saturday arid resulted in a verdict of guilty as charged and a fine of $25 and costs being assessed. The costs alnicst equalled the fine, there being several state witnesses in the case, and the; total of fine and costs was $48.35. The civil case instituted by young Harmon against for $2,000 damages for injuries received • by reason of the assault, has also been settled, Zeigler paying bim SIOO. It was an unfortunate affair all around, and is no doubt best for all parties concerned to reach a settlement and be done with it.