Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-12-23
DISTRICT COURT
Is ADJOURNED
Judge Woodruff Adjourns December
Term of Court to be Finished
by Judge Arthur

The December term of the Dist
riot Court of Audubon County was
adjourned Saturday by Judge Wood
ruff until such time as Judge Arthur
would be able to hold the term
which had originally been assigned
to him.
AS the Republican went to press
last Thursday the case of the State
OF Iowa VS. M. o. Kingsbury was be-
Ing tried. quite a number of wit
nesses were examined. 1t was short
| ly after ten o'clock Saturday morn
| ing before the case went to the jury.
After being out four hours, the jury
returned and informed the court
| that they had agreed to disagree
but Judge Woodruff directed the
| jury TO return and consider the mat
tier further. Sunday morning about
eleven o'clock, after being out "a
hours, the jury was discharged with
out having reached an agreement.
We understand that the jury stood
seven for conviction and five for &C
quital.
The charge against Mr.. Kingsbury
is that of practicing medicine with
out a license. The medical men do
not recognize chiropractors, and
having no recognized board of ex-
aminers in this state, of their own,
they cannot obtain license to pract-
ice their science.
This same case was tried about a
year ago and also resulted in dis
agreement of the jury. At the trial
last week practically the same evil
dence was given as In the former
trial
Mr.. Kingsbury was indicted by an
Audubon county grand jury upon
evidence that body secured a year
and a half ago. The duty of prose-
cutting the case devolved upon the
county attorney, J. A. Graham, who
was ably assisted by his brother, j.
M. Graham. He has done his duty
as an officer in an attempt to estab-
lish the charges brought against
Kingsbury in the indictment, but .
ter two fair trials has failed to OBJ
tain a conviction at the hands of
twenty-four of the best men in Audu-
bon county.
1t is quite generally conceded that
public sentiment is not in favor of
conviction. The result of the two
trials appear to be sufficient evidence
that Audubon county people will not
convict Mr.. Kingsbury on the evil
dence presented by the state.
Both trials have been quite eX-
pensive, the costs being almost 500
which is to be paid by the taxpayers
of Audubon county. Not great
deal of comment was heard when
the first trial was ended, but since
the second trial was begun last week
taxpayers have been wondering why
so much money was being expended
in an attempt to secure the convic-
ton of man whom the state has
failed to prove had been practicing
medicine at all. Now that the sec
ond trial has failed TO bring a con-
viction, many of the taxpayers are
becoming indignant and are demand
ing that the reckless and unnece5-
sary expenditure of public funds
cease
County Attorney Graham has done
what the duties of his Office required.
He is not to be blamed for the man
ner in which the verdicts were Ie-
turned and the taxpayers hope he
can see the hand writing on the
wall and will not resort to further
waste of public funds.
Mr.. Kingsbury was represented by
Mantz & White of Audubon and ThLs.
Morris, of the firm of Morris & Hart
we'll of La Crosse, Wis, Col. Long,
of Kansas City, Mo-, an attorney for
a Chiropractor's Association was al
so present during the progress of the
trial.
The next case for trial was the
State of Iowa VS. Earl Hollenbeck.
The matter having been settled out
of court, the case was dismissed.