Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 May 1902 — THE CIRCUIT COURT. [ARTICLE]

THE CIRCUIT COURT.

John Tanner Acquitted of PerjuryJury Disagrees In Edwards Case.

The circuit court has been in continuous session since last Friday. Arrangements have been entered into for a division of the late Milton Makeever’s estate, which has been in the court for some time, which it is thought will prove satisfactory to the interested parties. The application for a change of venue has been withdrawn and Judge Thompson has appointed a commission to divide the estate, which consists of 950 acres of land in Jasper and Newton counties. His three sons, Jasper, Newton and Frank are to receive eleven fortyfifths a d his grand children, Albertus M. Yeoman and Virginia Lines are to each receive two-fifteenths. The commissioners appointed to make the division are W. O. Roadifer, O. P. Taber and James Cloyzery, of Remington . • John W. Tanner, of Thayer, was tried Tuesday on the charge of perjury, it being claimed that he swore falsely to the age of Henry Boswlnkle, when the latter secured a license here to marry Sylvia Granger, and also to swearing that the girl was a resident of this county It developed at the trial that Tanner did not swear to the affidavit, but merely signed the paper, and he was discharged. The jury failed to agree In the case of James W. Edwards, on trial for stealing oats and were discharged. The case will again be tried May 6th. Charles H. Chadwick, the artist, was found guilty of petty larceny, but had not been sentenced at the time of going to press. He was charged with stealing $36 from a resident of the Gifford region who was drunk and went ts> spend the night with Chadwick. The next morning the artist and money was missing. Chadwick first went to Chicago but returned to Thayer, where he wad arrested.