Iowa
Old Press
Daily Herald
Clinton, Clinton County, Iowa
June 24, 1887
JACKSON COUNTY COURT
District Court will close in Jackson County tonight, owing to the
fact that Judge Brannan must go to his home in Muscatine. The
term there has been a fruitful one, especially in the light of
the findings against the liquor law breakers. In three appeal
cases a verdict of guilty has been given, and Thursday the Grand
Jury returned four indictments against saloon keepers. There is
also action to reinstate liquor cases stricken from the docket by
Judge Hayes. A prominent court official says with a month more of
District Court in Maquoketa, that every saloon in Jackson County
would be closed. Law lovers don’t expect especial favors
from Judge Brannan, but they are usually satisfied with his
rulings.
[transcribed by K.W., July 2009]