Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-06-08
D0BB|NS CASE ARGUED
PiRor or MADRAY oNlNpl Z
SUITS REAcHEs svPRxME
COURT ON APPEAL.
DEFENDANT UNDER SENTENcg
OF FIVE. YEARS IN PRISON
Debbins Now Prosperous Restaurant
Keeper in Southern lows To~n-.At.
tornsys Argue That He May Have
Been Guilty Of Cheating But Not Of
Larceny.

Larceny.
Special to Tfmes-Republican.
Des Moines, June s.-The first Of the
famous Maybray cases to reach the
Iowa supreme court was argued today
to that body on appeal for an order
for second trial for John r. Dobbins.
The case was on the docket for yester-
day but was not reached until Just at
the close Of court. owing to so many
rehearing arguments.
The case was argued to the court by
Mr.. Mitchell for the defendant and by
Ex-Attorney General Byers for the
state. Dobbins. was convicted Of lar
ceny and sentenced to five years. There
was no defense or denial Of the facts at
the trial, but there and before the SUI
preme court the entire contention was
that whatever else he may have done
he did not commit larceny. He might
have been guilty of cheating or con-
spiracy but not Of larceny.
Dobbins and his wife were present
in court at the argument. He is now
resident of southern Iowa town and
runs a restaurant and is a prosperous
and well respected citizen.
This was the only one of the May
bray cases brought to a successful Is
sue in the state courts and others were
left to await final disposition of this
one 1T was alleged that Dchhins vas
one Of the corps Of "steerers" engaged
in securing the country for the mikes
and that he induced his friend Ballew
Of Princeton, MO. to get into the game
whereby the trusting friend lost $780,
600 In the sure thing races. The lar
ceny charge arises from the fact that
the victim alleges he did not part with
his money to be used for betting. but
only gave up possession for few min
utes that the roll might be made use
Of to look like bet, and that In TACT
he never gave over title to the money.
Ex-Attorney General Byers came In
to the case today because he had nan
died it personally in the lower court. ne
having taken charge of the cases at the
request of the federal authorities be-
cause Of its great Importance.
An explanation as to why the fire
insurance companies tried so hard the
past few years to get legislation that
would permit Of raising rates ana
avoiding the penalties of the anti-com-
pact law is found in the annual report
Of the state auditor on the fire IN
surance business just printed and now
ready for distribution.
This report discloses that the year
1910 was, with the exception OF 1906,
by far the most expensive year in Iowa
history for fire Insurance. The fire
losses actually paid jumped up over a
half million dollars and the business
done was on par with the previous
year.
The percentage OF losses paid to
premiums received for 1910 was AZ as
compared with percentage Of 2S.9 the
year before In other words, whereas
the companies paid back to the insured
in 1909 just $50 per cent Of that which
they received, the percentage jumped
up to AZ last year.
But 1t also shows that 1t was the 9TH
er than Iowa companies, and not the
Iowa companies, that suffered the
losses. The Iowa company losses last
year were 37.s per cent as against 37.5
the year before. But the other than
Iowa company losses were 46.7 per cent
as against 25.4 per cent. The figures
above show the average Of both classes
included.
The other than Iowa companies made
no progress in business. They received
$4,062,259 in premiums in 1910 as
against $4,O62.623 the year before. The
Iowa companies made a big gain. They
received $S,406,s71 last year and only
$2,746,949 the year before.
The Iowa companies paid in losses
$1,2s7,s74 and the other than Iowa COM
panies $1,S9S,0s4, or total of 1885,
O5s.
Iowa people pay for fire insurance
$7,469,130 to get back $S,186,05S. The
business costs IS per cent.
The companies doing an accident,
liability, bonding, casualty, boiler, plate
glass, guaranty. livestock, hail, tor
nado and similar businesses, received
81 ,121,552 and paid losses of $46s,551. or
A per cent, as against 1874 per cent the
year before.
The supreme court is not going to
stand for applying the "bootlegger"
law to restaurant keeper. The
"bootlegger" statute contemplates a
method Of getting at someone for ille-
gal sales Of liquor when he has no
fixed place Of business. "A case came
to the court from Jasper county
wherein It was attempted to have the
court declare that; restaurant man,
8. F. Neel. who had innocently sold
"Pabst mead which contained 1877 per
cent of alcohol, was guilty Of violating
the "bootlegger' law. The court re-
fused to do go and decided that un-
less he was guilty OF something under
other liquor laws he was doing no
wrong.
From the time OF the opening Of
the state house until the present time
the postoffice department has insisted
that the state of Iowa should carry
the mail Of its state officers to and
from the postoffice. Commencing
jan. this arrangement Is to be abro-
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