South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-03-06
QUILHOT COUNSEL
MAY VISIT JAIL
Case Brought Up in Court and
Sheriff Bailey Allows Them
to See Client TOday-Argu-
mentS to Be Made Monday.

In obedience to a summons from the
nircuit court. following a petition for
writ or mandan1us filed by counsel
Tor John IL. Quilhot. Sheriff Bailey
appeared before the court Friday aft
ernoon at o'clock TO show cause why
counsel for Quilhot should not be
permitted TO confer with their client
In the Jail whenever they should wish
10 do So Arguments in the case were
set for Monday afternoon at $3.50
o'clock, with the agreement, made
outside the record. that said counsel
might visit their client at any time
during Saturday.
In their petition the plaintiffs, Weld
Ter. Parker q Pettengili, alleged that
they had been barred from the pres
ence of their client except on the reg
ular visitors days which fall on We'd
nesday OF each week. Bailey was rep
resented in court by Samuel Parker
Of the firm of Anderson, Parker, era
bill & Crumpacker. A representative
gathering OF lawyers We're present TO
hear the arguments.
Nice Question Involved.
Samuel Parker suggested to the
court that inasmuch as the court was
weary after a hard days work IL
might be well TO continue the hearing
until Monday. He said that there was
a nice question to be threshed out and
he would be pleased to have more
time TO consider it inasmuch as he
had been retained but a short time
previous to the time set for the hear
ing. He announced TO Pettengill that
the sheriff would be willing 10 permit
any one Of Quilhots lawyers, or all
three of them, 70 visit QuilhOt when
ever they should choose to visit him on
Saturday.
Pettengill replied that all they want
ed was TO be permitted TO visit their
client and that If they were TO be
given this permission that there was
nothing TO try before the court. To
this the court said that as the action
involved a matter OF rights il would
have TO be tried out unless il were
compromised.
PettengiI then asked that he and
his associates be permitted TO visit
QuilhOt before Saturday inasmuch as
they had not seen him for as hObrs
Counsel for Bailey would not consider
such n proposition. Pettengill then
insisted that the arguments be taken
up at once and Parker agreed TO this
saying that he was ready to proceed
if counsel fer the defense insisted.
Case Is Continued.
Judge Funk however decided that
the emergency was not so great but
that the case could go over until Mon
day afternoon and so he ordered that
this be done. 1t was agreed that the
Arrangement whereby counsel for
Quilhot was 10 be permitted 20 visit
him on Saturday would not prejudice
the case for the defense.
The petition for a writ Of man
damus was filed late Friday forenoon.
1t was alleged by the relatOr that 1t
was necessary that counsel for Quilhot
be permitted to consult with him for
the purpose Of planning for new
trial or for an appeal in the case by
which he is now in Jail. If this could
not be arranged il was alleged that
there was a necessity to have a con-
ference for the purpose Of arranging
for the payment OF his fine by QuilhOt
It was alleged further that Petten-
gill and Orie Parker had called at the
Jail on Thursday afternoon at o'clock
and had been refused admittapce
when they asked 10 see and consult
with their client. The turnkey, il was
alleged. had informed them that they
could not enter the jail except on
Wednesdays which was the regular
visitors cay.