Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 37, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 April 1905 — The Circuit Court [ARTICLE]

The Circuit Court

The first jury case was tried Tuesday, The Capital National Bank of Indianapolis was the plaintiff and T. A, Beste and his endorser, Rufus Fulk, bo»h cf Hanging Grove, were the defendants. Fulk as agent for the Kaufman Fertilizer Company sold Besie some fertilizer?, last year, and took his note for S4B, endors* ed it and turned it over to the oompanyand the company turned it to[the bank as collateral for borrowed money. Besse refused to pay the note claiming the fertilizer was no good, and the bank brought this suit. The defense presented confide able evidence that the fertilizer d d no good ia the soil in this region, and the plaintiff showtd it had the approval of the state chemist. The defense also presented some evidence tending to show that the Capital National Bank bad already received full pay for all the money advanced to the Kaufman company, and whioh company is sa d to have failed and no longer doing business in this stat®, The jury stay, ed out until 11 o’clock p. m. and then reported as unable to agree and were discharged. They stood 6 to 6 much of the time, but on their last ballot voted 10 for the defendant, and two for the plaintiff. The grand jury was organized on Wednesday with Marion I, Adams as foreman. It is evident hit the main purpose of the grand jury is to find new kadio! ments in the McCoy oases, as Judge Hanley in charge of them, laid special stress on the statutes baaring on their cases, and informed them that evidence along that line would be placed before them. The presence of E. B. Seilers, the special prosecuting attorney fer the McCoy esses, was a further indication along the same line.