Rensselaer Republican, Volume 15, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 March 1883 — Justice Court. [ARTICLE]

Justice Court.

One Binnie De Boer, a Hollander, living in Keener township, was on Saturday tried before Squire Wood, on the charge of assault and battery, upon the person of Parker Overton, a school teacher. The case was tried by a jury ; F. W. Babcock for the prosecution, and Jas. VV. Dout-hit defending. De. Boer, who, from the evidence given by his neighbots at the trial, seems to be an exceedingly quarrel*

some and cantankerous citizen, took offence because of a slight correction administered to his daughter by Mr. Overton. De Boer made complaint against the teacher, and a school trial was held before the township trustee and the county superintendent. The case was decided in favor of Overton. DeBoer swore he would flog the teacher, and in persuance of tne threat, overtook Overton while the latter was walking home from school one evening, De Boer being on horse-back at the time, and beat him in a most cowardly and shamefull manner, with a large, heavy whip, cut from a tree. The conduct of the attorneys during the trial was such as to suggest a too zealous reading on their part of the Gougar-Mandler trial and a desire to cot y the manners prevailing in that celebrated case. The justice was compelled, to threaten them with punishment for contempt, and even at one time ordered the baliff to remove the defendant’s lawyer from the room. '' Eight members of the jury favored a tine of $25,. and costs, bus sll, and costs was finally agreed upon. Owing to the large number of witnesses summoned, and the trial of the case by a jury, the costs were very heavy, amounting, with the fine, to about SBO.