Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 93, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 February 1915 — Complete Acquittal for Dan Waymire [ARTICLE]

Complete Acquittal for Dan Waymire

The perjury case agaiiist Dan Waymire didn’t last very long in the court here Tuesday. It was a jury trial, and after hearing the evidence the defendant’s attorney moved the court for pre-emtory instructions to the- jury for a verdict of acquittal, which motion was sustained and the jury, so instructed. Verdict of not guilty returned and defendant discharged. -Mr. Waymire was recently indicted in the Newton circuit court for alleged perjury in teh trial of a lawsuit in that court some time ago in which damages was asked by Pruitt for Waymire’s alleged misrepresentation of a horse Pruitt bought of Waymire. The*'latter won the case, and Pruitt alleged that it was Waymire’s testimony, which Pruitt charges was false, in swearing that Pruitt had called at the garage of defendant in Rensselaer along in the fall after he had bought the horse and some time before Pruitt sued Waymire, to pay an auto hire bill, and was asked by Waymire how he liked the horse, ana he, Pruitt, had replied: “All right,” that caused the jury to return a verdict in his favor. Waymire took & change of venue from Newton county and the case was sent here for trial. The jury did not seem to think there was much to the case, and it was evident the court thought the same by instructing the jury to find for defendant.