Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 July 1920 — COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF [ARTICLE]

COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

Interesting Paragraphs From tlw Various Departments OF JASPER COUNTY CAPITOL « Legal News Epitomized — Together With Other Notes Gathered by Us From the Various County Offices. Attorney and Mrs. G. A. Williams left Wednesday morning via auto for Bellefontaine, 0., for a visit until the first of the week with relatives there. Marriage licenses ’ issued: July 29, Hugo Rider of Remington, aged 32 Meh. 1 last, farmer, and Freeda Banes, also of Remington, aged 18 May 4 last, housekeeper. First marriage for each. The Democrat is informed that nothing has been done, so far as known here, by Newton county toward paying the $4,000 bill presented many months ago for taking care of the latter’s prisoners during the many years they have been housed and looked after in our jail. This is a matter that should be pressed to a settlement. The records disclose that more Newton county prisoners have been confined in our jail than we have had of ( our own, and many of the former have been bad ones to handle, too. Our jail has been damaged at different times by prisoners from NeWton and the taxpayers of Jasper have paid for the repairs made necessary thereby, while all -Newton county has ever paid is the Insignificant board bill, which goes to the sheriff, personally. Unless Newton county will come across and settle the back charges and agree to pay a reasonable compensation to us for housing its prisoners we should refuse to take them, and thus relieve | our sheriff of the care and worry. and our taxpayers of the expense of | such task. This matter should not be delayed any longer.

Prosecuting Attorney Murphey was over from Morocco Wednesday, and informed’ The Democrat while here that the report that he had agreed not to prosecute any more drivers of new cars having only “In Transit” printed cards on them instead of the regulation metal dealer plates, in compliance with protests made by Rensselaer* garages and business men, was incorrect. He said that he had taken the matter up with the attorney-general and secretary of state, and Intimated that he would start prosecutions again. He also said that they were getting after these violators all over the state, which is apparently an error, as we have seen no mention made of such prosecutions in the newspapers and probably 100 new cars have been driven through Rensselaer this week, bearing only the “In Transit” cards, and they had not been molested at any place. If a general state-wide move is made to enforce compliance with this law, well and good, but it does not seem just right to prosecute in the Thirtieth judicial district and let them go in the other court districts of the state, including Marlon county, where many of these cars leave the capital city.