Indiana Bar Proposes Broad Changes to Criminal Procedure
A Indiana State Bar Association panel recommends sweeping reforms to criminal law procedure aimed at expediting justice and reducing safeguards. Proposals include three constitutional amendments altering jury verdicts in felonies and misdemeanors, shifting law interpretation from juries to judges, and granting the legislature power to set bar admission qualifications.
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Indiana
Indiana State Bar Association
Association
Board of Managers
State Bar Association
J. J. Robinson
Indiana University School of Law
Bloomington
Indiana State Bar Association Journal
Bar Association
Bus Route Change Ends One Linton to Bicknell Trip
Blue Bird Jr. Bug Co owner Mr Argenta announces starting tomorrow one of three Linton Bicknell Vincennes bus runs is discontinued. The Vincennes 7 a.m. trip will stop at Bicknell and not go to Linton, and no noon Linton departure will run. The remaining two round trips will operate as scheduled.
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Argenta
Blue Bird Jr. Bug Company
Vincennes
Bicknell
Linton
Wild cow rampage in Sofia wounds, kills four on Christmas Day
Four people died and thirty were injured when a wild cow charged through Sofia streets on Christmas Day. Mounted police attempted capture as the animal killed a horse and injured several officers before a volley of shots ended the rampage.
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Sofia
Vincennes Judge Emison Resigns to Practice Law
Vincennes Ind Dec 238 Judge John Rabb Emison resigns as superintendent of the First Presbyterian Sunday school after about a year to move to Indianapolis and enter private law practice.
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Vincennes
Ind
John Rabb Emison
First Presbyterian
Emison
Indianapolis
Whitewash brush covers evidences of scandal
Marion county grand jury found no indictments after a three month probe into alleged corruption among Indiana public officials. The report suggested the new grand jury begin January 3 to continue the inquiry and to hear witnesses for further evidence.
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T. H. Adams
Marion County, Grand Jury
Marion County
Indianapolis
Thomas
Adams
Vincennes
Indiana
Marion County Grand Jury
James A. Collins
Indictments Against Tucker Couple Dismissed in New Jersey
In New Jersey the indictments against Mr and Mrs Burton S Tucker over alleged false ages to obtain a marriage license were dismissed. Olive Tell the actress wed Henry Hobart a film producer in New York. Richard O Niel the youngest Medal of Honor recipient urged Congress to extend patent time limits for veterans.
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Burton S. Tucker
New Jersey
Olive Tell
Henry Hobart
New York
Richard O'Niel
Congress
Grand jury urges further inquiry after handicapped investigation
The report says no testimony or documentary evidence has been fully produced to the grand jury. Difficulty locating witnesses and some leaving the state hindered the inquiry. The grand jury plans to hear more important witnesses before a final report, and Prosecutor Remy vows to follow the jury's suggestion to continue the investigation.
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Grand Jury
William H. Remy
Nicaragua Rebels Win as Liberal Forces Defeat Conservatives
United States reports censorship in Nicaragua amid decisive battle at Las Palmas. Liberal forces under Sacasa win control of the east coast. Conservatives retreat as American troops land only to protect foreign lives and establish neutral zones.
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United States
Nicaragua
Washington
Sacasa Liberal
Mexico City
Pfices
Liberal
Ment
Sacasa
Las Parlas
State Department
Mexico
Diaz
Adolfo Diaz
One Taylor University Student Killed in Indiana Crash
One student from Taylor University Upland Ind died and four others from Waterloo Spencer Iowa were injured in a crash near La Porte Ind. Laverne Bachtel 19 of Waterloo died Edward Anderson 22 of Waterloo was near death Morris Jones and Hazel Chamberlain of Spencer Iowa and Kenneth Hoover of Waterloo were injured Gertrude Jackson of Spencer was unhurt The students were returning to school after Christmas break. the car struck a culvert and wrecked into a wire fence.
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United Press Dispatch
LA Porte
Ind
Taylor University
Upland
Laverne Bachtel
Waterloo
Iowa
Edward Anderson
Morris Jones
Hazel Chamberlain
Spencer
Kenneth Hoover
Gertrude Jackson
Senate balks at Woods for commerce post and other entries
The senate expected to balk at confirming Cyrus C Woods of Pennsylvania as interstate commerce commissioner. Rear Admiral R H Leigh was named chief of navigation. Rev Charles H Heustis of Toronto was appointed secretary of the Lords Day Alliance. Oswald Mosley, wealthy Socialist, was elected to a seat in the British house of commons.
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Senate
S Coolidge
Cyrus C. Woods
Pennsylvania
R. H. Leigh
Museau of
Navigation
Charles H. Heustis
Toronto
Lord’s Day Alliance
Oswald Mosely
House of Commons
Poison liquor deaths amid city toll rise in New York
The holiday liquor toll climbs to 28 with five more deaths in city institutions. Over 100 people in hospitals suffer from Christmas drinking or poison from denatured alcohol and hootch. Medical examiner officials blame government denaturing agents and cheap liquor for many fatalities.
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New York City
New York
Harlem
Bellevue
Kings County
Poison in Alcohol Death Toll Assertion by Officials
Government actions to poison alcohol are challenged by Dr. Norris who claims the state bears moral responsibility for deaths. Deputy medical examiners join the charge and toxicologist Dr Gettler confirms ethyl alcohol as the cause in most of 16 liquor victim deaths.
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Manhattan
Alexander O. Gettler
Regrent Peny
Charles Norris
Nor
Dee
Norris
Gettler
Mayor vetoes 20 minute downtown parking rule
Indianapolis December 28 a new parking ordinance setting a 20 minute limit in downtown sections and requiring parallel parking was vetoed by Mayor John L. Duvall He recommended angle parking and extending the limit to one hour when returning the bill to the council.
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Indianapolis
John L. Duvall
Italian Husband Naturalization Does Not Regrant Citizenship
Carmelia Cafarelli of Cleveland married Italian attorney Andrei Chiostugi and lost her American citizenship. Although he became naturalized, she was not restored as a citizen, and Italy did not recognize her as a subject. She faced trouble re entering the United States after a trip abroad.
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Carmelia Cafarelli
Cleveland, C
Andrei Chiostugi
America
Cumberland River Flood Reaches Ten Record Heights in Tennessee
Relief efforts began as torrential rains swelled the Cumberland and Ohio rivers. In Memphis more than fifteen thousand were displaced while eleven deaths were confirmed, with damages exceeding two million dollars. Flooding affected Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, and Mississippi. The Ohio River remained above flood stage as melting ice and snow pushed levels higher.
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United Press Dispatch
Memphis
Tenn
South
Tennessee
Cumberland River
Aircel
Arkansas
Kentucky
Alabama
Mississippi
Evansville
Ind
Ohio River
Separation trial set for Browning case in Carmel
The separation trial of Edward W. Browning against his wife Peaches Browning will begin January 24 in Carmel New York. The Carmel board of supervisors has added 20000 in fire insurance for the courthouse and taken out a 100000 indemnity policy protecting it from liability for injuries on county property. Six extra telegraph operators will work in the basement and New York Telephone has added trunk lines to the village. Hotels and rooming houses report high reservations.
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Carmel
N. Y
Edward W. Browning
Tragedy in South Bend as 87 year old mother kills daughter
United Press Dispatch reports in South Bend Indiana that Mrs Thomas Martin age 87 shot and killed her two year old daughter then shot herself at home yesterday. Her 16 year old daughter Mary found the two bodies together in the bathtub. Illness was blamed for the tragedy.
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South Bend
Ind
Thomas Martin
Mary
Unknown Woman Dies After Jump From Train Near Chicago
An unidentified woman believed to be traveling from Chicago to Clinton Indiana was killed when she fell or jumped from a Chicago and Eastern Illinois passenger train near Chicago. She carried baby clothes but no ID was found on her body.
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Chicago
Clinton
Ind
Chicago and
Here
Air gun accident harms boy in Terre Haute
A Christmas gift air gun may injure 12 year old John Woll after a chum, Harold Boswell, accidentally shot him while Boswell examined the presents.
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United Press Dispatch
Terre Haute
Ind
John Woll
Harold Boswell
John
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