Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-12-11
FULL BENCH OF SUPREME COURT
70 PASS ON WRIT OF
AAHEAs CORPUS.
s,sATE REslsTs EFFORT
TO PROCURE BAIL BOND
Attorney General Insists Sioux City
Politician Held For Participation in
Bank Robbery Shall Be Held in Jail
Until Trisd-county Fair Gambling
Charges Not Sustained.
Special to Times-Republican.

special TO IlmeS-AepuDl1can.
Des Moines Dec. 11.-At full bench
of the supreme court to be held Tues
day, Dec. IA, the writ Of habeas corpus
in the Charles Ford case, appealed
from the Woodbury. county district
court. will be considered. Lieutenant
Governor Harding, Of Sioux City, is
representing Ford in this case and At
torney General Cosson is assisting the
Woodbury. county attorneys office in
fighting the issuance Of the writ. Ford
has four indictments against him
growing out Of the Greenvillet bank
robbery. The states attorneys yester-
day filed their arguments in the SUI
preme court against the issuance Of
the writ. 1t is pointed out that un-
der the constitution and statutes Of
Iowa a defendant Is entitled to bail ex-
cept for capital offenses where the
proof Is evident and the presumption
great. It Is claimed in this case that
the proof is evident and the presump-.
ton Is great and that therefore bail
could not be granted.
Under all the circumstances in this
case" the state attorneys declare in
their printed argument. considering
the fact that all the testimony intro
'duced is testimony which supports and
uphoids and sustains the indictment,
and TO overcome which the appellant
has introduced absolutely nothing,
there can be no sound theory upon
which 1t can be commended that in this
case proof is not evident and presump-
ton great.
1T appears in the abstract of record
and in the statements Of facts that at
the time of the institution of habeas
corpus proceedings the defendant sher-
if was holding the appellant in the
confines of the county jail not only be-.
cause of bench warrant issued under
the murder indictment but upon three
separate and distinct bench warrants.
One under the Indictment for robbery,
one under the indictment for conspir-
acy to rob and one under the indict-s
ment for assault to commit murder.
Under each Of these indictments bail
was fixed by the court but the de-
PENDANT has not furnished it and
should this court at this time permit
the q endant to have bail In the MUIR
der case the sheriff would retain de-
PENDANT in the county Jail under the
other bench warrants"
The executive committee of the state
hoard Of agriculture yesterday decided
that the charges OF gambling on the
Lyons county fair and the Chickasaw
county fair were not sustained and
ruled that these{ two far ASSOCIATIONS
be given their state aid as claimed.
state Auditor Frank 8. Shaw, however,
declared that he will secure an opinion
from the attorney general before pay
ing warrants to these two fair assocta-
tions. F. 3. Fey, OF Rock Rapids, who
has heen prosecuting the cases against
the Lyons 'co3n:y ssas!!:- ,, has stated that
he will enjoin the payment OF the.
Lyons county warrant If the state
authorities order 1t paid.
The state board Of control has pur-.
chased two blocks Of ground containing
two warehouses from the American
Hay Tool Company and the Fort Madi-
son chair factory company for $4,000,
These two concerns are going out of
business inasmuch as contract labor
has been done away with at the state
prisons. The chair factory's contract
for prison labor does not expire until
october, 1917.
state Commissioner Of Labor A. l..
Urick probably will start general in
spection Of fire escapes in all OF the
larger cities of the state soon One OF
the state inspectors is now working
with q city inspector in Des Moines
and new fire escapes are being or.
dered where the present ones do not
cornnIv With the law.