Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 56, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 October 1919 — MOCK COURT HELD AT JAIL [ARTICLE]

MOCK COURT HELD AT JAIL

And John Burris “Sent” to Prison for Ten Y’ears. Roy Hoover, Harry Hess and Ernest Berkley, the three Chicago young men charged. with burglarizing the Cheever garage at Demotte on Thursday night of last week, were arraigned before Squire Irwin Tuesday afternoon, where they waived arraignment and bond fixed at >3OO each, in default of which they were returned to jail. Some relatives of the boys were here and it was thought that ban would probably be furnished in a few days, but two of them were still here yesterday, keeping John Burris and the Lake county awto thief, who is a prisoner of Newton 'county, company. Hoover’s parents came down from Chicago ? late Thursday and bailed him out tt'nd he returned home with them. The boys seem to be having a gay time in the pail, and they are said to have held a mock court and tried Burris Thursday, found him guilty and sentenced him to 10 years’ imprisonment.