Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 April 1917 — COURT NEWS [ARTICLE]

COURT NEWS

There has not been much doing in the circuit court this week. An affidavit was filed Wednesday by the defendant in the case of the state vs. Scott Chestnut for change of venue from the county, which was granted and the cause sent to Newton county for trial. ®At this writing Payne has taken no change of venue, and it is reported that he will not do so, but will stand trial here. Chestnut and Payne are the parties charged with breaking into J. C. Gwin’s garage and stealing his Overland car, an account of which was published in Wednesday’s Democrat. Next week is the last week of the present term and there will be no more court here thereafter until the second Monday in September. Except, that both the Ryan and Barnard ditch eases are to come up the last Saturday of the term and it is expected that, especially in the former, an agree; ment . will be reached for hearing the cause some time during vacation that is agreeable to the parties concerned. The jury is called for next Monday and several cases are set for trial next week, but several of these may be otherwise disposed of without coming to .trial at this term.