Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 81, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 January 1915 — COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF [ARTICLE]

COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

Interesting Paragraphs From the Various Departments •.■ - ■ OF JASPER COUNTY CAPITOL j—: The Legal News Epitomized—Together With Other Notes Gathered From The Several County Offices. Attorney G. A. Williams was in Lafayette on legal business Thursday. Hon. Jesse E. Wilson of Hammond, was in Rensselaer Thursday on legal business. Court Reporter Wagner, F. E. Cox and John Ramp went to Kentland Thursday evening to attend a dance given by the Knights of Columbus at that place. Still no marriage licenses have been issued for 1915. Clerk Perkins is becoming anxious about it, and has decided to give free gratis a cookbook to the first couple applying.

The application for a receiver and winding up of the partnership of H. W. Gilbert and Luce Bartoo, doing business at Remington under the firm name of the Auto Sales Company, was heard by Judge Hanley at Kentland Wednesday and the court appointed Charles A. Bonner, receiver. The parties Opefatfe the largest and best garage in Jasper county, but it is stated they have lost some $3,000 in the past two years.

C. Arthur Tuteur, a rising young lawyer of Rensselaer, has been appointed journal clerk of the senate, a position that he ably filled two years ago. He. is the only one of the old force of two years ago that is on the job this year. Tuteur is a sort of Admirable Crichton about the senate chamber—he is able to fin in any part where his services are neded.— V . H. Blodgett, in Indianapolis News.

Representative Joseph A. Coons di Lebanon, has introduced a bill in the house seeking to amend the present vocational educational statute, which, is passed probably would reduce materially the total number of county agents of agriculture in the state. The proposed amendment to the law would change only one word in the section of the presentlaw which makes mandatory the appropriating ..by the county councils of monies to defray expenses of employing county agents of agriculture on receiving a petition. The word “shall” in this section is changed to_“may” in the proposed amendment, thus allowing the county council 'the option of making an appropriation for defraying expenses of county agents, even though a properly signed petition for the appointment of a county agent may have been presented. The bill would put the real power of administering the county agents provision of the vocational education law in the hands of the county council. .

Deputy Prosecutor Sands went out to Hanging Grdve tp„ Monday and tried before Squire Bussell' an old case which has been hanging firt since last October. The case was that of the State vs. John Havens and wife, of Milroy tp., and grew out of Havens having taken up some Of Elmer Clark’s cattle last October. Mrs. Clark and daughter went after the cattle and were told by Havens that there was $1 charges against them. An argument arose over this in which it was alleged that Havens had struck both the Clark women. Mr. Clark filed an affidavit in-Squire Irwin’s court and Havens was arrested. A change of venue was taken by Havens and the case sent to Squire Gaffield of Milroy. Another change was taken from Gaffield’s court to Squire Bussell’s court in Hanging Grove, and the case was Iried before the court, without a jury, Monday. After hearing the evidence the Squire thought that the best thing to do was to dismiss the defendant, and he did so., ‘ New suits filed: No. 8354. Desmond Doyle vs. Tony Messman, et al, suit on note. Demand $175.

No. 8355. Firman Thompson vs. Frank B. Ham; action to foreclose garage lein, of $43.53 for* accessories and supplies furnished for defendant’s Ford touring car.

No. 8356. Christina Rice vs. Cyrus Rice; action for divorce. The parties live in Carpenter tp,, and the alleges that they were married at Kentland on Oct. 21, 1894, her maiden name being Christina Curisan, and separated abou< three 'months ago; that about two years ago defendant became infatuated with one Mary Doe, whose correct name is unknown to plaintiff, then a resident of Remington, but now residing in Illinois; that since such time he has neglected and abandoned his farming, and his home and spent a great part of his time in the company of the said Mary Doe and made frequent trips to Illinois to meet her and be in her company and lived with her in a state of aduliry. They have one child, Ruth. Ried, T 4 years old, deaf and dumb, now a pupil at the State School for Deaf in Indianapolis. The care and custody of said child is asked for. The complaint is filed by H. L. Sammons of Kentland, plaintiff’s attorney. No. 8357. Vivian Boicourt vs. Lawrence W. Baker et al; action for partition of real estate. No. 8358. Ed Oliver vs. Orth Erickson et al; action to garnishee certain funds in the hands of the clerk of the circuit court, the plaintiff having recently secured a judgment against defendant Erickson for $195.16. »