Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-06-30
SENECA CORNELL.
WILL RESPOND
CONVENTION OF COUNTY ATToR-
NEYs' ASSOCIATION MEETS
AT WATERLOO.
DATE is JULY 5 AND 9
Annual Program is Announced by
committee-DeGraff of Des
Moines, Is the State
President.
DATE is JULY s AND 8

County Attorney Seneca Cornell of
Wapello county will take part in the
program of the annual convention of
the County Attorneys association of
Iowa which will be held at Waterloo
July s and 8, when he will respond
| to the address of welcome.
Lawrence Graft of Des Moines is
president of the association, l. s. Pep
per of Muscatine vice president, and
| e. S. White of Harlan secretary and
treasurer. The annual meeting of the
/ Iowa State Bar association will con-
vene Immediately after the adjourn
ment of the county attorneys assoc
| iation.
The county attorneys have arranged
1 a program that will be interesting not
only to attorneys in general but the
public as we'll. One of the features
will be an address by the Hon. c. w.
Mullan of this city, former attorney
general of Iowa. The program follows:
"Wednesday, July 8--Mornins.
Address of welcome-Sherman T.
Mears, county attorney of Black
Hawk county
Response-Seneca Cornell, county
|
Presidents address-Lawrence De
4 Graft, county attorney of Polk county.
i Address" Should Not all Defects OF
the Indictment be Raised by Demur-
rer Before Trial, or Else Waived by
Defendant" M. M. White, Ida county
/ Discussion, ]. A. Hughlin OF Jefferson
| county, G. j. Cash of Jones county, e.
A. Crary, of Grundy county.
Address-'Wha Provision, If any
Should be Made for Holding Wit
nesses From the Time of the Investi-
cation by the Grand Jury to the Time
of the Trial in the District Court?" w.
G. Blood of Lee county Discussion,
P. J. Nelson of Dubuque county.
Wednesday Afternoon Session.
Address" Should Not the Fines
| From Criminal Cases be Placed in a
Special Fund for the Purpose of Pay
ing for Detective Service Under the
Direction of the County Attorney"
4 Albert W. Hannah of Scott county.
Discussion, j. M. Hemingway of
Franklin county, w. e. Wallace OF
Iowa county.
i Address" Shall the office of justice
of the peace be abolished, and there
be established in lieu thereof county
courts, with jurisdiction in all civil
cases involving not to exceed $780,
with juvenile court powers and with
criminal jurisdiction wherein the pen.
atty is a fine not exceeding $1,000, or
an equivalent Jail sentence, the judges
4 of said courts to be regularly admitted
practing attorneys ?"-W. H. Lyon
Marion county; discussion, w. H.
Ramsey, Hancock county; c. ]. Cedar
quist, Boone county; John D. Porter,
| Hamilton county.
ddress-"InterState commerce and
| the enforcement of Iowa laws touch
ing liquor, pure food and peddlers-
difficulties and remedies."-L. o. Rue,
| Floyd county.
1 ddress-"Whenever defendant in
a criminal case desires to plead gull
] ty he shall be brought before judge
of the district court, before whom ne
may enter such plea and from wnom
/ he shall receive his sentence forth
with, without waiting for grand
4 jury to convene and indict" Lloyd
! Thurston, Clarke county; discussion.
Leo G. Percival Madison county; S. G.
Huber, lama county; Samuel D. RIM
ker, Lyon county.
Wednesday Evening Session.
General discussion-(a) inebriate
/ law (b) campaign contributions by
corporations; Co indeterminate sent
ences; (d) penalties attached to GER
tain crimes; (e) should section 5,373
of the supplement to the code OF
Iowa be repealed and new law en-
acted in lieu thereof, similar to the
/ one in force in the state Of Illinois?
/ Thursday Morning, July 9.
Address-"What has county at
/ torney right to expect in the way of
moral support from law abiding citi-
zens of his county, including the mem
bers Of the bar thereof?'-Hon
Charles W. Mullan, ex-attorney gen
eral Of Iowa.
Report of committees; business;
| election of officers.
here the past week looking after his
business interests in this city.
Miss Grace Stentz, Knoxville stu
| dent at Drake university has returned