Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 February 1901 — LAW WILL BE TESTED. [ARTICLE]

LAW WILL BE TESTED.

Jurisdiction of Superior Court Questioned. The following is from the Indianapolis News: The law passed by the legislature of two years ago, establishing a superior court at Hammond, will soon be tested. George W. Lawrence, sheriff of Lake county, has, since the law went into effect, taken the prisoners demanded from the Crown Point jail to Hammond for trail. Until recently he never presented a bill for these services, but a short time ago he presented one on the basis of the fees and mileage allowed for taking prisoners to the state prison or reformatory. The bill was refused by the county commissioners, who say the law contains no provisions for the expense of trans porting prisoners from Crown Point to Hammond, and Sheriff Lawrence will test the law. The law will also be attacked by Peter Crumpacker, a brother ot Representative Crumpacker, who is attorney for Mary E. Jackson, a physician of Hammond, who is under indictment on a serious charge. He will ask that the indictment be quashed on the ground that the law makes no provision and does not confer any authority on the Hammond court for calling a grand jury. The indictment against Dr. Jackson was returned by the Hammond court. Should his contention be sustained, it will affect many cases and some of those in this court are now serving terms in the state prison.