Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 August 1912 — STATE HAPPENINGS RECORDED IN BRIEF [ARTICLE]

STATE HAPPENINGS RECORDED IN BRIEF

NEWS ITEMS FROM ALL OVER INDIANA. CLERK UPHELD BY COURT Refused to Issue License to Couple Under Age Who Persisted in At- ’ tempt to Obtain Permit in Marion.

Marion, Aug. 2.—There were some Interesting scenes in the Grant county courthouse s#vhen County Clerk Fred Drake refused to issue a marriage license to Harry Carrol, not quite eighteen years old, and Miss Mamie Craig, who lacks a few months of being sixteen years old. The clerk told the couple they were under age and that the issuance of a license to them would be illegal. Their pleas were persistent, but Mr. Drake refused them. Carrol immediately employed a lawyer and a suit was filed before Judge Robert VanAtta of the superior court asking him to issue an order of mandate directing the clerk to issue the license. A hearing was t held, but Judge VanAtta decided the case in favor of the clerk and no license was issued. The young man’s father came forward and made objection to his son’s marriage