Evening Star Newspaper, December 19, 1926, Page 34

<! 84 - LRYS ONANMTY | RULEIS 0PLSED Indiana Judicial Reforms t Proposed to Speed Up [ Law Enforcement.® Br the Associated Press. INDIANAPOLIS, 18.—The unanimc tried and true wou yequisite to criminal conviction in In diana courts if judicial reforms look ing toward speedier law enforcement are adopted in compliance with sug- gestions made yesterday by a com- mittee of the Indiana Bar Association. Conviction or acquit fendants in other than capits upon five-sixths vote of the jury and trial of misdemeanor c by juries of 6 persons instead of 12 are among the reforms Other prerogatives of defendants, many of them finding their origin in : Magna Charta and the earliest Eng- Aish common law, would be sharply abridged, with a view to minimizing opportunity for dilatory tactics in criminal ca Criminal juries would determine facts only and not the law, as in the present civil practice: prose- cutors could prosecute by affidavit even when the grand jury is in ses: sion; indictments would be shorn of their technicalities and legal verbiage: judges would ve discretionary Power over change of venue applica- tions; defendants’ counsel would have their peremptory challenges of poten- tial jurors reduced sharply in number and jurors who have read newspaper accounts of a case would ! mitted to try it, under the committee’s recom- mendations. The report will be submitted in sec- tions to the membership of the asso- ciation. Those sections which are ap proved will be used as a and constitutional a submitted to the Indiana General Ind.. December verdict of 12 men 1 no long e 3 - g s BE e p— session of the mbly when it is OF CHECK CHARGES i Man Held in Connecticut Said to % Have Operated Swindle in Washington By the Associated Prese. STAMFORD. Conn., December 18. S to admit having been in jail and prisons on two continents, Wil- liam B. Davis, alias B. W. Brewer, i president of Brewer & Co., Inc., of % Ney York, alias Willlam B. Ringling, mephew of the circus owner, was ar- rested here Thursday. “Davis” is said to be wanted in At- lantic City, Baltimore, Washington, Philadelphia and other Eastern cities on charges of cashing bad checks, k¢ He is said to admit having been de- ported from ngland in 1919 after a bank swindle, being arrested in To- ronto, New York City and San Fran- cisco, and serving a sentence in the Elmira, N. Y., Reformatory. A collection of checks from banks in various cities, togeth vith a rub- ber-stamp outfit for “c " the checks, was found in his possession ‘when he was arrested. Police records here do mot list any one under any of the names mentioned as wanted by local authorities on any 4 charge, it s stated today at police headquarte VALENTINO AUCTION AIDED BY MOVIE FOLK @pirited Bidding Arouses Active Interest in Sale After Slug- gish Start. By the Associated Press. HOLALYWOOD, Calif,, December 18. —Motion picture land again took an active part in the bidding on the per- sonal effects of Rudolph Valentino as they went on the auetion block here © as a part of the settlement of the film 5 star’s estate. Although 600 perso: were few film folk, crowded the auc- * tion rooms, earlv sales of the day were sluggish and bidding became brisk only when Bebe Daniels, screen § actress and friend of Valentino, ", started buying several pieces of his collection of antique firearms. She bought six of them for a total of more than $1,000. Robert Agnew accom- * panied Miss Daniels at the sale. Jean 3 Hersholt did some bidding, as did Ar- f . thur Freed, producer. Valentino’s motor yacht, which was bid in Tuesday at $2,910, was reoffered yesterday hecause the first huyer Zailed to make a large enough deposit Yesterday it went to E. H. Kings bury of Huntington Beach for $2,100. The picture star'’s. Whitley Heights property, which failed to tempt bid week, will be offered again among whom THE DAILY HOROSCOPE Monday, December 20. = a lucky day, for Venus Tomorrow sho arn is o Romance rish under this rule of the are likely to e! or to begin is read as a fortunate since they who marry mind as well <5, courtship. 1 " wedding da) should see iwith the as the heart Actors and under this not_connecte There is an exceedingly promising sign for musicians. ¢ American e under a most + "encouragii ¥4 The day i pmeetings % Poets § ibenefit sses should benefit in unusual ways spicious one for tual ers persons should with their profession. | THE SUNDAY STAR. WASHINGTON!. D. 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