Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 April 1918 — COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF [ARTICLE]

COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

Interesting Paragraphs From the Various Departments OF JASPER COUNTY CAPITOL The Legal News Epitomized—Together With Other Notes Gathered From the Several County Offices. Olen Wiseman and Claude Moore, the young lads who were arrested Monday on the charge of theft, were Released Wednesday after a good lecture by Judge Hanley and with a promise to do better in the future. Morris Maloney of this city and F. A. Demarcus, a piano salesman of Lafayette, were arrested Tuesday on the charge of intoxication, and placed in jail. At a hearing held Wednesday each was fined >1 and costs, amounting in all—to >9.55. Word was received here Wednesday Sheriff B. D. McColly that Paul Stoudt of Remington and Ralph Watts of .Gary, who were in the aviation training camp at Waco, Texas, had been discharged from service on account of physical disability. Marriage licenses issued: April 3, Hursel Dewey Blaze of Jasper county, aged 18 March 26 last, farmer, and Goldie Maude Price, also of Jasper county, aged 17 July 14 last, housekeeper. First marriage for each. Both being under age, Wilson R. Blaze, father of 1 male, and Mary Ann Price, mother ’of female, give consent to issuance of license. Today is the last day for filing declarations of candidacy for office for the primary election of May 7, except that delegates to the state convention have up to 20 days be- | fore the primary to'file petitions for same. In the latter case, however, the delegate himself does not file, but petitions signed by ten voters, petitipning that a certain voter of their party be a candidate is filed instead and sworn to by one of the petitioners. ,

Some changes were made in the list of boys who answered the call for Jasper county’s* quota of conscript men of the remaining 35 per cent, who left Wednesday for Ft. Hamilton, Brooklyn, New York,

and the seven who left were: Herbert Hammond .... Rensselaer Mike J. Wagner .Rensselaer William O. Duvall .... Rensselaer Lloyd S. Parks ...... Rensselaer Louis Putts Ration township Homer W. Stewart ....... .Tefft Wm. E. Bernhardt. .Carpenter Tp. A large number of friends gnd relatives of the boys accompanied therm to the depot and extended their best wishes, hoping that all might return when their country is through with them, sound and well. The supreme court has affirmed the judgment of the Jasper circuit court in the order establishing the Amos Davisson ditch, the case having been appealed by H. R. Grow. Following is a syllabus of the opinion handed down: fl) Appeal from an order establishing a drain on* the petition of appellees. The fact that the drain follows largely the line of an old ditch does not require it to be brought under the provision# of Acts J9JS, R. 417, where the new ditch is longer, larger and varies somewhat from the old ditch. (21 Where the county surveyor was so occupied with other business that he voluntarily declined to act and another, and disinterested engineer was appointed, and no objection was made to his acting until the trial on the introduction of evidence, the objection was properly overruled. (3) The question of whether appellant’s lands were benefited or damaged was a question of fact for the trial. '