Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 65, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 November 1918 — COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF [ARTICLE]

COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

lulurosllng Paragraphs From tin Various Departments OF JASPER COUNTY CAPITOL she Legal News Epitomized—Together With Other Notes Gathered From the Several County Offices. Candidates, don't forget to file your expense account, as required by law. New suits filed: John Clay et al vs. David L. Halstead; suit on account. Demand SIO,OOO. Marriage licenses issued: November 8, Raymond Chester Maxwell of Jasper county, aged 21 November 1, farmer, and Mabel Augusta Stath, also of Jasper county, aged 23 December 21 last, housekeeper. First marriage for each. The local draft board received instructions Monday morning by telegraph cancelling the call for fifteen men to go to Camp Wadsworth, South Carolina, yesterday. The war department has cancelled calls for all of some 350,00 men who were to have been sent to training camps this month, and also work has been ordered stopped on the new naval explosive plant in Wisconsin, and the projected $9,000.000 naval nitrate plant at Indian Head, Maryland, will not be built.

The case of the State of Indiana vs. Harry Watson for alleged illegal voting, which was set for preliminary hearing before Squire Irwin at 7:30 o'clock Friday evening, was postponed by the court till •J a. m., Monday because of. the deputy prosecutor’ being absent. Summonses were issued for witnesses about 9 a. ni., Monday, to appear at 11 a. m., but the witnesses were later notified to ignore the summons as the hearing had been indefinitely postponed and The Democrat is not advised when the hearing will be held. Probably the largest law brief ever typewritten in Jasper county has Just been completed by Miss Orabelle King, in the appeal of Austin O. Moore vs. J. P. Ryan et al, in the Ryan ditch case. The brief makes, 612 pages and looks like a Montgomery Ward catalogue in size, although the work is very neatly done. "When it is considered that nine books or copies were made one can understand something of the enormity of the work, as but four carbon copies could be taken at a time. Therefore it had to be written twice and nearly 6,000 sheets of paper were used In making the nine copies of the brief.'

—x—:— In the case of the bank of Wheatfield vs. Joseph Salrin, to collect $3,200 on notes given by Mr. Salrin's son, Orvis, and alleged to have been signed by the elder Salrin as surety, taken from this county to Newton on change of venue and tried there last week, the bank was given judgment for the full amount, the Jury, being out about four hours Friday night before returning the verdict. Mr. Salrin, who is th® trustee of Walker township, denied having signed his name to the notes. The case is familiar to most oof our readers as it was tried once in this county and The Democrat gave the full particulars at the time.