Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 September 1911 — COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF [ARTICLE]

COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

Interesting Paragraphs from the Various Departments OF JASPER COUNTY CAPITOL The Legal News Epitomized— Together with Other Notes Gathered from the Several County Offices. John A. Dunlap went to Chicago on business Wednesday. Attorney Guy was over from Remington on business Wednesday. —<o—• Co. Supt. Lamson made a business trip to Chicago Thursday. —O— ; Judge Hanly went to Monticello Thursday to sit as special judge in a ditch cause. —o — A complete report of the proceedings of the circuit court will be found on another page. —io—— Ex-sheriff O’Connor was down from Kniman Wednesday and took a train here for Chicago to transact some business. —o— Announcement is made shat Auditor Leatherman, whose term of office expires with the close of this year, will take J. P. Hammond’s place in the First National Bank. Mr. Hammond, who is the auditor-elect, will take charge of the office January 1 j —o— New suits filed: No. 7773. Almira M. Stockton, et al. vs. Frank Osborne; appeal from allottment of Loughridge and Rupert ditches. No. 7774. Connecticut Mutual Life Ins. Co. vs. Charles Boes and Kate Boes; forecloseure of mortgage. Demand $4,000.

—o—Special Judge Marvin closed the Marble ditch hearing Wednesday and returned to his home in Monticello. The evidence is all in, the argument of attorneys heard, and Judge Marvin will go out over a part of the proposed ditch again and return here Friday, Sept. 29, to render his final findings in the cause. —o— No tidings are had of J. J. Weast, the soft drink dealer, in whose place five barrels alleged to contain beer were found last Sunday and Monday. A Lafayette party, from whom a big supply of pop was purchased, was here Thursday and yesterday morning took a dray load of his goods away from the place, the goods not having been settled for. It is alleged that Weast owes many debts about town, and the general opinion is that he will not come back at all. It is reported that he walked out eight miles ip the country Monday and then hired a party to drive him to Morocco, where he very likely caught a train.

—o General indignation is expressed on every hand at the sending of James Nelson, the carpenter, to the insane asylum, and most people believe that he will soon be released. As The Democrat has before remarked, it seems altogether too easy here to have a person declared of unsound mind, and had it not been for the criticisms of this ■ («» paper Jim Nelson would, have been sent to the asylum two years ago. It was all fixed up then to hold an inquest—and we’ve never known but one inquest to fail in the desired result, that of Lane of Jordan tp., a few years ago—and had it not been for the fear of general criticism poor Jim would then have been found insane and carted off to Longdiff. As it was the proposed inquest was never held. Unless a “patient” is really dangerous and cannot be kept in jail pending an inquiry into his sanity, The Dem-

ocrat believes all such cases should be tried by a jury in the circuit court before they are railroaded off to the asylum without being given any opportunity to be heard or contest the proceedings.