Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 June 1912 — COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF [ARTICLE]

COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

Interesting Paragraphs from tin Various Departments - I OF JASPER COUNTY CAPITOL The Legal News Epitomized—Together with Other Notes Gathered from the Several County Offices. " Trustee Shirer was down from Kankakee tp., on business Monday. —o—New suits filed: No. 7877. Clell Hughes vs. Henry C. Hancock; action to foreclose mechanic’s lein. Demand s2l and costs. —o— Judge Hanan, who is sitting in the Borntrager ditch case, spent Sunday in Indianapolis, returned Monday and again taking up the case. ■ —O— VC/

Call up 315 when in need of any legal blanks, such as mortgages, deeds, releases, etc., and they will be delivered at your office inside of two minutes. —o —• A deed for 40 acres of land in section 31, Union tp., to Mrs. Mary Brown of Lisbon, No. Oak., from her sister, Mrs. Candace Loughridge, now deceased, was placed on record a few days ago. The consideration stated in the deed was $2,500. Deed was made Jan. 16, 1912. —o —• Uncle James T. Randle, realizing that he is living on borrowed time, has disposed by deed of all his real estate, dividing it equally among his children, but the transfer is not to become effective until his demise. All monies that he may have on hand at the time of his death is also to be equally divided among the children. Wm. Kennedy of near Newland was given quarters- in the jail Saturday -night, and Sunday morning was arraigned before Squire Bruner and fined $5 and costs, $8.55 in all for public intoxication. He staid the amount with T. M. Callahan as surety. Nightwatch Critser run Kennedy in after he had warned him, he says, to get off the streets.

We hear that State Senator Abraham Halleck of Jasper is staying up nights awaiting the reception committee from the republican party to kindly hold out the re-nomina-tion for senator on the convention platter. Of course it is more than probable that Abe don’t care for the place again, but to please his million and seven friends in this district, the common people, he might be persuaded to accept a renomination if it was handed on a platter before 9 p. m. in the evening. —Brook Reporter (Rep.) —— Sheriff W. I. Hoover received word from the sheriff at Peoria, Hl., Sunday regarding the fraud charges against John Zehr of Carpenter tp., and nothing will be done in the matter for the present at least, f The trouble is said to be over an old Dakota land deal, and Mr. Zehr does not seem to be much troubled over it. He says if the officers want him he will be found at any time at his home. Sheriff Hoover went over to Carpenter tp., Saturday and had a talk with Mr. Zehr regarding the matter. The standing of Mr. Zehr here has evidently prompted the Illinois officers to investigate the case a little farther before going ahead with the prosecution. —o—. Judge Hooper of Watseka granted a new trial to Roy Day and Joseph Hubbard in the Bradrick case, Saturday with the brief statement that the principal ground on which it was granted was the testimony of Sheriff Ireland in the hearing of a week ago in which there appeared sufficient new evidence to submit the case again to a jury in the opinion of the court. The case was set for its second trial on June 24. Sheriff Ireland and many of the citizens of Watseka who heard the first trial are convinced that Day

and Hubbard are innocent, and some new evidence has been gathered that points to their innocence. -—Newton County Enterprise.