The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-11-06
IN THE DISTRICT COURi.
Sparks Found Guilty of Incest and
Drew a 25 Year Sentence. 9th.
er Cases are Disposed of.

District court is grinding away this
week although not many cases are
being disposed of. The trial jury
were excused last Thursday until
Friday of this week when they will
return for duty again.
The disgusting case Of State VS..
p. C. Sparks, indicted for incest with
his thirteen year old daughter at
Garden Grove, which was in progress
at the time The Reporter went to
press last week, was concluded in
short order after it was submitted to
the jury Thursday afternoon, for it
only took them twenty minutes to
return a verdict of guilty. The jury
voted twice, the first ballot standing
1 1 for conviction and one for acQuit-
tai, but the second ballot showed all
the jurors were unanimous in find
ing him guilty. This is one of the
worst cases ever tried in Decatur
county, the defendants little daugh-
ter, a mere child, being G. witness in
the case with her little baby. On
Tuesday Judge Maxwell sentenced
Sparks to an indeterminate sentence
of not more than twenty-five years in
the penitentiary at Ft. Madison, and
deputy sheriff Bob Craig took him
to the penitentiary the same after
noon. Sparks attorney filed a no.
tice of appeal and secured an order
from the court that a transcript of
the evidence be made by reporter
Hyland at the expense of the coun-
ty, as the defendant is without funds.
The case of State VS.. Burley Rus
sell, indicted for breaking out of the
Leon Jail, was disposed of by the de-
fendant pleading guilty. The court
took into consideration the fact that
Russell had been acquitted by jury
of the burglary charge for which
he was confined in the Jail when he
escaped, and sentenced him to serve
ten days in Jail. ......- ...-..
Court will be in session the bal
ance of this week and most of next
week, as there are a number of cases
assigned for trial
The following cases have been dis
posed of since our report last week:
LAW AND EQUITY.
w. L. Barry VS.. H. w. johnson
ct al. BY agreement plaintiff has
Judgment against H. w. Johnson for
DR.. HI. T.. Goff VS.. Albert and Marie
+ lSO ~. lii uSA OO ~ LIZ AAS " /
cost bond in the sum of $50
Floyd Shelton VS.. Thomas Guthrie.
Defendants demurrer to petition
~.
G. NJ. Keller ys. H. A. and Harry
Wright, settled and dismissed.
r. w. Hall VS.. Verna q. Hall. De-
cree of divorce granted to plaintiff
with permission to marry at any
time after this date,
J. G. Danielson VS.. Nellie Parrott
ct al, report of sale and deed approx
ed.
Susie Wagner vs.. Frank Wagner.
Decree of divorce with custody OF
minor child and privilege to remarry
at any time after this date.
Helm Specially Co. VS.. John john
son. Plaintiff to file cost bond OF $50
in five days.
John B. Anderson VS.. Mary An
derson. Tried to court, order to
transfer real estate.
PROBATE.
Guardianship of Dorothy and
Hacie Evans. A. P. Olsen appointed
guardian ad litem. Tried to court,
guardian authorized to sell real es-
tate. -~
Guardianship of Nellie O. Gaulter,
report of sale and deed to Alex Gaul-
ter approved.
Guardianship of Ralph Perdue.
Final report approved, guardian dis
charged.
Estate of NJ. J. Hamilton, admins
traitor authorized to pay Nora B.
Hopton $50 to correct error.
Guardianship of David A Dancer.
Guardian authorized to expend not
to exceed 5000 per annum for educa-
ton of David A. Dancer.
Guardianship of Geo. w. Rosen-
grant, S. A. Gates appointed guard
ian ad litem, guardian authorized to
sell real estate with bond of $4,000.