The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1901-11-07
THE WEEK IN COURT
Disposition Of Cases Pending-GeneraI
Court House News.

brief dellberatien. The amount
found is s361.9S, to which a large
amount of costs will be added.
hecourtThursday;morning took up
the case of Huber Mfg. Co. VS. Grant
Emigh ct al, suit on note brought
this court on change of venue from
Starke county.
A partition suit, RailSback ct al VS.
Deemer ct al, was heard on default
and a decree entered IN accordance
with the complaint. Sale of the prop
erty was ordered.
Marriage licenses were issued to the
following applicants: Bert NJ. Hat
field and Bessie p Berkey, Lawrence
Johnson and Barbara Pagan, Edgar
Haystett and Della NJ. Roose.
The case of Huber Mfg. Co. VS.
Grant Emigh ct al, on change of
venue from Starke county, came to an
abrupt end by the decision of Judge
Capron to withdraw it from the jury
and enter judgment for $500. 1t
appeared that the matter had been
fully disposed of by the Starke county
court and there was no ground left for
a defense.
The case Of Gagen Bros. VS. Isaac
Swihart and Alonzo Coplen VS. the Lake
Erie & Western Co. were dismissed,
having been settled out of court.
Allen Bibler filed a petition to have
his wife Maggie declared of unsound
mind. She is now in the insane
hospital and this proceeding is nee
essary to protect certain of her proper
ty rights.
Richard Learman has brought suit
for divorce against his wife Mary.
They live in Walnut township and
were married in September 1900, hav-
ing separated about two weeks ago.
The charge is cruelty due to the wife IS
violent temper.
A marriage license was issued to
William o. Fisher and Maude NJ.
Carlisle.
In circuit court Friday Newton May
was placed on trial for assault and
battery with intent to kill. May is
the man who cut Night Policeman
Joe Glass in a,fight on the night of
Aug. 20 and has been lying in jail
since then in default of bond.
The regular jury was accepted with
out change and a formidable array of
witnesses took the oath for the pros
ecution. Harry Enyart, who was at
the Ross House at the time of the ar
rest, described the alteration and
told of the discovery of the knife in
Mays hand.
The crosS-examination seemed to
disclose the fact that the defense will
be justification on the ground that
Glass was unnecessarily severe and
struck May repeatedly with his cane
without excuse.
Glenn Blain testified that he saw May
before the fight in the Morsches sa-
loon in company with some Bourbon
men. May had in his hands there a
spring knife similar to the one used
i'm the cutting. May was intoxicated
and was showing the knife: he took
three or four drinks of gin in half an
hour. Ed Giller told of the fight with
Glass and of the arrest. Witness was
near the Ross House at the time and
helped to subdue May. Glass called
for help, saying the man had knife.
Witness took the knife away from the
prisoner and helped Glass take him to
jail. Mr.. Carpenter also assisted in
getting the weapon and in taking the
man to JAIL Giller also described the
cuts in the officers clothes.
L Vangilder saw May have the
knife in his hand and heard him say
that if any officer interfered with him
he would use the knife on him. This
was half an hour before the fyht and
in front of the Morsches saloon. Harry
Fertig testified that May was drunk
and quarreled with some boys on La
porte street and that Glass came up
and told May to go home and get of
the street; the argument ;then begun
and the fight ensued. He saw knife
in Mays hand, and saw Glass strike
him with his cane repeatedly also saw
the arrest. May had the knife out
before Glass struck him.
DR.. Stephens told how Mr.. Glass
came to his Office wounded on the
night of the fight. He dressed the in
juries. There was a skin wound and
deep cash. made with very sharp