THE CINCINNATI TIMES-STAR
June 29, 1904

NEWS
scans from newspaper collection of
Ruth Adams-Battle

transcribed by Dorothy Wiland


Lewis Will Now Report Fees of All Officers.
Supreme Court Orders Writ of Mandamus Prayed For.

By an entry put on in the Supreme court, Auditor Lewis is compelled to come to the way of thinking held by State Auditor Guilbert, and make report to that official of all fees, of all county offices of Hamilton county.   Auditor Lewis contended that he must report only as to his own office.  Auditor Guilbert held the other view and mandamused the Hamilton county official.  The Circuit court sustained Mr. Lewis, but he lost in the Supreme court.  The entry has now gone on and the degree is effective.

Desperate, as he asserted to please a wife and baby who pleaded to be brought home from the city hospital, Albert Leaman resorted to house breaking Monday and was arrested by Patrolman Shafer.  The plea that he had no money to buy medicine and was crazed with a desire to bring his wife and baby home did not move the judge and Leaman was given six months in the work-house and a fine of $300. This will keep him in the work-house for two years.

“If you don’t stop him, I will Judge,” cried Attorney Robinson in Police court Tuesday, when Thomas Lewis called him names.  Lewis said that Robinson had promised to get his son out of the workhouse for $30 or refund the money.  The money was allegedly paid, and when Robinson was unable to restore the boy the father says Robinson refused to return it.   Robinson says that he made all due efforts to obtain a new trial and did not promise to return the money if he failed.  Judge Lueders became indignant at the tirade in court and declared that hereafter he would never grant a new trial to any attorney.  The case was put on the open docket and Lewis was advised to sue in a Squire’s court if he wished to recover his money.