Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 57, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 October 1920 — COURT NEWS [ARTICLE]

COURT NEWS

By hurrying up the attorneys and holding a night session of court Friday night, Judge Hanley was able to close up the Collison vs. Collison divorce case Saturday afternoon, and a decision will be rendered this Friday. Monday Judge Hanley and Court Reporter Joe Reeve went to Kentland to open the October term of court there. This will be Judge Hanley.’s last term in either county, as the judge elected Nov. 2 will qualify and take his office within 10 days thereafter. Judge Hanley has served three terms —18 years—and no more popular judge ever sat on the bench in this circuit. While quite a strong partisan In politics, the judge is conceded to have been fair with all litigants, has held the respect of Democrats as well as Republicans while on the bench, and each time he was a candidate he received many Democratic votes as a result. There has been no more popular circuit judge in the whole state, in fact, than Judge Hanley, and his retirement from the bench will be generally regretted, both by attorneys and the public.