Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 69, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 November 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, The petit jury came in Monday, but were excused until today, Wednesday. Attorney A. D. Babcock was over from Goodland yesterday on business. A. D. has all three of his sons in the army and two of them are over in France, but he or they will not do as much boasting about how “we whipped the Huns” as the stay at home patriots with three or four sons who became ‘‘farmers’ or hid behind petticoats to keep from doing a man’s part in this affair.

Clint Casto of Reynolds, who was tried here last April on a charge of boot-legging—the case having been brought here from White county on* change, of venue ~uiltv. heavily fin- ’ Illinois, Monr-•• ed and gwt- . ... suspended jail senence of 30 days, was brought hei.e Monday evening to serve out this suspended sentence. Itv is alleged that Casto had become quite obnoxious again, hence the action to have he suspension of sentence revoked. New suits filed: No. 8988. Lee Myres vs. Jacob Bierma; action to recover judgment for $l5O on account of a cow alleged to have been purchased of defendant and which was guaranteed to be in good healthy condition. The complaint alleges that at the time the cow was purchased she had a sore on her nose which defendant said had been caused from snagging her nose in the stalk field, but this sore later caused her death, the complaint alleges. No. 8989. Conrad Kellner et al vs. Otto Adams; suit on note. Demand $155 in first paragraph and $9.50 in second paragraph. A recent grand jury in Pulaski county returned two indictments against Charles H. Guild of Medaryville, one of which charges perjury and the other with uttering -a forged instrument, and Mr. Guild has been arrqgted. It is understood that these indictments are concerned over some dealings of Mr. Guild with O. H. Bell of Union township, in which a contract which Mr. Bell alleges that he never signed me de its appearance in a case brought by Guild, against Bell.' The indictment cases were to come up in the Pulaski court yeserday, and John A. Dunlap, who is Mr. Bell’s attorney, went to Winamac to look after his clients interess. The appellate court has affirmed the decision of the Jasper circuit couirt in the case of the Watkins Medical Co. vs. George H. Hammerton et al, wherein plaintiff secured ,a judgment of $538 aaainst Ed Longstreth, with Mr. Hammerton and Joseph Kosta as sureties, in March, 1916. The court held: The appellants were sureties upon a note given in payment for an account for medicines furnished another (principal) fob sale under a guaranty by appellants. The appellants filed an answer setting up that the appellee for eighteen months failed to attempt any collection from the principal debtor or to notify appellants of his default to pay, and concealed from appellants such facts at the time that the note was executed. The court holds that the note was given in settlement of all prior controversies and that there is no s ufficient* showing of fraud to invalidate it, and that the demurrer is correct in form.