Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 October 1912 — Young Wiseman Found Guilty and Must Pay $SOO to Peek Girl. [ARTICLE]

Young Wiseman Found Guilty and Must Pay $SOO to Peek Girl.

The paternity case of the -State, ex rel, Lida, Mildred Peek, which was on trial as The Democrat went to press Friday afternoon, went to the jury at 2:30 p. m., Friday and after about two hours deliberation and taking six ballots, found the defendant to be guilty. Three of the jurors are understood to have 'favored acquittal, but finally came over to the other nine. Judge Hanley fixed the amount at SSOO that the young man should pay for the support of the child, fifty dollars every three months until paid. The case was stubbornly fought

Frank Davis, J. A. Dunlap conducting the prosecution and W. H. Parkison the defense. The young man is 24 years of age and the girl hut 16. The Peek family formerly resided near Virgie, where th 3 Wiseman’s also reside. The accident is said to have occurred last October when young Wiseman accompanied the girl home from a pie social given at the school house there. The girl was then but 15 years old. The defense was a complete denial of the entire charges, but whether innocent or guilty it is a pretty bad proposition to get clear of. and though claiming that some one else must have been responsible for the girl’s predicament, the jury thought otherwise and he must make financial amends for her wrongs.