Law Student Will Try Cases As Lawrence Justice of Peace
The justice of the peace can direct that illegal gambling devices be seized by the sheriff. He can try vagrants, fine them from $100 to $500 and sentence them to terms of 30 days to six months.
Ed Prelock, Abbotsford, Wisc., law student, was elected Lawrence justice of the peace recently. He will take office in January. Running unopposed on a democratic ticket, Prelock polled 2,813 votes.
The office gives Prelock the power to punish misdemeanors with fines of up to $500. He can disperse mobs (unlawful gatherings of three or more persons) and fine them up to $100.
AS JUSTICE of the peace, he has many other duties. He can witness deeds and has original jurisdiction over bastardy proceedings.
KU couples planning elopement will find a justice of the peace as near as Green Hall.
By Rose Ellen Osborne
Prelock has jurisdiction over fish and game laws and, according to Kansas statutes, can fine any persons who shall drive, ship or transport into the state cows with Texas fever.
PRELOCK feels the office offers him an opportunity to gain experience and to earn his way through law school.
Students who fail to pay their rent or overextend their charge accounts might find themselves appearing before Prelock.
There is no salary connected with the office. Prelock's income will come from court costs.
"I'll get to know the lawyers in town and the statutes." Prelock said. "You never really look the law up until you need to use it."
Star Head Hears Lecture
The Roy Roberts distinguished professorships were established by Mr. Roberts, president of the Kansas City Star, to encourage work by teachers in the humanities and science and mathematics.
Mr. Roberts gave $200,000 to the University in 1958 for the establishment of the grant. He and Mrs. Roberts attended Prof. Harris' lecture Friday night and received an ovation from the crowd.
Errol Harris, KU professor of philosophy who presented the Humanities Lecture last Friday, holds the first of these professorships.
Application Deadline For NSA Tests Set
The deadline for applying to take the professional qualification test of the Defense Department's National Security Agency is Friday.
The test will be given on Dec. 8. Interested students should contact Clifford Ketzel, associate professor of political science, or the College Office.
'Silent Lodger' Really Silent
LONDON — (UPI) — "He has been kind of a silent lodger," the judge commented in granting Mrs. Kathleen Sherlock a separation from her husband, Alfred.
Alfred admitted he had spoken only twice to his wife in the last 898 days.
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CONCERNING his "matrimonial"
responsibilities, Prelock said that
"Being a bachelor Ive had no
experience professionally or socially."
He said a couple needs only to get a license and a health certificate and to observe the three-day waiting period for him to perform the wedding ceremony.
"The justice of the peace is becoming less useful as police and county courts take over the office's duties," the 27-year-old law student said.
In Lawrence traffic violations tried by the justice of the peace in smaller communities now come under the jurisdiction of the police court.
PRELOCK said garnishment cases—summoning debtors for creditors—would make up most of his official duties. The paycheck of a working man with dependents can be garnished ten per cent and a savings account for the entire debt.
Prelock graduated from KU in 1958 with a B.A. in psychology. He was a former varsity football player and All Student Council representative, and he is now president of his second year law class.
He said that handling two or three actions a week will undoubtedly cut into study time, but that the experience gained from the office will more than justify the time spent.
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