Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 107, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 September 1899 — A Constable’s Powers. [ARTICLE]

A Constable’s Powers.

Indianapolis News: A law of Indiana as old as the state authorizes a necessary, to call upon any number of citizens to assist him in the discharge of his duty, and the penalty for refusing such assistance is a fine of not lass than S 5 nor more than SIOO. This old - law was invoked at Crawfordsville a few days ago against two able bodied loafers, who not only refused to assist a constable in making an arrest when called upon to do so, but made fun of him before and after the contest in which he was engaged. The loafers had their fun then, but the next day they were brought before a justice of the peace, who imposed a heavy fine and in default of payment, sent one of them to jail. Old laws . sometimes disclose a good deal of vitality when violated.