Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 July 1920 — COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF [ARTICLE]

COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

Interesting Paragraphs From the Various Departments OF JASPER COUNTY CAPITOL Legal New* Epitomized — Together With Other Note* Gathered by Us From the Varfou* County Office*. The county commissioners will mjeet in regular monthly session next Monday. Attorney Jasper Guy of Remington was a business visitor tn the city Monday. “Commodore” John O’Gopnor of Kniman a visitor in the city Saturday. 9 ***• • * The annual estimates of expenditures and tax levies of the various township trustees should be published next week. Attorney W. W. Lowrey of Indianapolis came up Monday to represent the Makeever estate In the hearing of the A. K. Yeoman ditch case. New suits filed: No. 9219. Edward J. Randle, adm., vs. ftabel R. .Forsythe; petition to sell real estate. No. 9220. George A. Williams, adm., vs. Emma Rhoads et al; petition to sell real estate. Special Judge William Isham of Fowler came over Monday to take up the hearing of the objectors in the A. K. Yeoman ditch in Newton township, which had been set at the last regular term of the Jasper circuit court to be heard at an adjourned term. By agreement of parties Judge Isham went over ‘the line of the proposed ditch Monday afternoon and will render his findings on Tuesday of next week. Special Judge William Isham of Fowler rendered his findings in the Williams ditch case at an adjourned term of the Newton circuit court last Thursday, adjusting the assessments to the satisfaction of all concerned, it is said, and ordering the establishment of the proposed im-i provement, which is a continuation of the Kankakee river drainage scheme through Newton county to< the Illinois state line.

Yielding to the protests of garage! and business men, It is understood. that Prosecuting Attorney Murphy has ceased operations against the drivers of “In Transit” oars passing through Rensselaer, after having prosecuted 20 such drivers for failure to have the regulation dealers’ , license plates displayed on such • cars. Quite a number of new. cars have been driven through here dur-| ing the past several, days bearing ( only the “In Transit” card, and none of them was molested. Mjs. Charles Jacks filed an affidavit Monday against Dolph Day, charging' the latter with assault and battery. The Day and Jacks families live neighbors in the east part of town, and the children of the two families are alleged to have got into a squabble Sunday evening in which the parents later took a hand. Mrs. Jacks alleged that Mr. Day came over in the yard of the Jacks home and slapped her a couple of times and grabbed her by the arm and twisted and pinched it hard enough to make it black and blue, wherefore she filed an affidavit in Squire Irwin’s court in the name of the state of Indiana. ' The warrant was curved on Dolph Day Monday eyening, on his return from Monon where he is doing some, work, and the case continued on his own recognizance for a few days until he finishes up . the Moppn job. Marriage licenses issued: July 24, •Lionel F. Cavendish of Gary, aged 23 May 5 last, moulder, and Beulah Marie Walker of Gifford, aged 18 Meh. 4 last, housekeeper. First marriage for each. July 24, Don Williams of Indianapolis, aged 25 May 8 lai , painter, and Alice Adeline Dewey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Dewey of jordan township, aged 28 Aug. 18 last, housekeeper. First marriage for each. July 24, Charles V. Johnson of Remington,, aged 20 Sept. 9 last.

laborer, and Rebecca L. Pauley, also of Remington, aged 18 May 4 last, housekeeper. First marriage for each. Male being under age hi, mother, Mrs. Rosa Johnson, gave consent to issuance of license.