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A CROWDED COt'HT DOCKET.atm aar ■ —•Civil, Crlmlaal and Protoafa Ct*i*»Which Nnmbfr Several Hundred.Special to The Iruhtnepoh* New*.Crown Point. Ind., November 10.—The November term of the Lake Circuit Court will convene* in this city nest Monday for « five weeks' session The courtcalendar contains eighty-five Btftte cft»e*. {§£ 117 probate caaee. anil 220 civil cases, • total of 663. Among the civil eulta la the Leonard will oitae, on chan ye of venue from Porter county. In which dissatisfied heir* are trying to overthrow thebequests of the late Jamwi Leonard, wholeft ftn estate valued nt iaw.000. The con-will case of Tlllotaon et ai. va. KB Kenyon, will uieo be called. Mr*. W Kesyoo reside* • at liuaaell, Kaa., her f husband being sheriff of Kussell county.Special Interest center* in the Statecaeca. In which aome of the foremost dt-isena will be arraigned on grand Jury indictments. Among them is Bylvanus P. VanWlnkle. Justice of the peace of thtaIf elty, again»t whom it Is alleged that heagreed to diamlas a caae for $26. andafter the money waa received the caae waa continued on the docket. Mr. Van-Wlnkie has been Justice of the peace for nearly thirty years. There are also charges against Justices of the Peace P. J. Kelly, of Hobart, and H. B. Crawford, of Hammond, alleging withholding ,of public funds, Mareu* M Towle, ex-mayor of Hammond, la accused of renting houses for improper purposes; Constable Matthta*. of Koas, is accused of emhessltng public funds, ^and there are charge* against Mother public officials for minor offenses.There is also a charge against the Hon. Thaddeus B. Fsnohar, for blowing up a bridge at Cedar Luke with dynamite, which he claims waa built without authority on his land by Trustee Houk. but which Ifouk persists la a public highway. Mr. Puncher represented this distinct in the Legislature In 1876-62. U. P.Swarts and will J. Kngham, editors and publisher* of the Whiting Sun. are accused of criminal libel preferred byFrank N. Oavltt, of Whiting, the newspaper accusing him of being tho author of the new garnishee law and with othermatters detested by Whiting cftisena. Mr, Swarts Is postmaster of Whiting, and Mr. Oavltt was formerly prosecuting attorney.
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Indianapolis News
Indianapolis, Indiana, US
Wed, Nov 10, 1897
Page 8
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Lake C.
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