The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-08-12
ForTHE TRIBUNE.


comes out, as usual, in defense of our
County Board of Supervisors, in weak
and ungeatlemanly manner, with tor
rent of low Billingsgate slang. To come
from member of the Bar Of Manitow oc
County, and public officer sworn to pro-
tect the rights of the people of this Coun-
ty, is very unbecoming language for such
a man to use | shall treat such language
with silent contempt, but not the point
ed if the term Of court was, and it is a
matterof some little consolation that those
same friends of your Franklin pets that
were put on the jury list by some one
besides the Franklin Town Board, are
not to be allowed to sit as jurors at the
next term Of court, through the efforts of
some one besides you, Mr. Treat Mr.
T. publishes the order of the Judge
discharging the jury, which goes on to
state that 1t was on account of informal
tiles in the return of the Town Board of
Franklin. and other informa.ities that no
proper jury was drawn, and tries to make
it appear that it was solely because of the
! informalities of the Town of Franklin,
that the jury was discharged; and yet
goes on to say that the Judge order ed
the next jury to be drawn from the jurors
without regard to the Town of Franklin.
Such short sightedness may satisfy hired
knave or short sighted fool, but will not
go down with honest men Of sense and
penetration. Now, Mr. T., [ will ask
you to explain to your readers what those
other informalities were, if any, and how
| they originated, as it is the wish Of the
public to know the whole reason of SO
| much needless expense to the County,
which they have right to demand from
| your hands. But why did not Mr. Treat
| tell the readers of the Pilot what share
of the responsibility the Judge laid tc
his charge, and why did he not further
| tell lis readers how he labored to screen
the County Board from all blame in this
| by their wilful tampering with the jury
and needlessly putting the County to SO
much expense? He may inform US as
to that, and he may not; but am OF
the opinion that if there had been no
, public patronage in the hand of the Board
no suck of public pap in prospect-our
District Attorney, whose duty it ought to
be to guard every interest Of this public,
would not have been found trying to
defend the proceedings of our County
Board, who, by their Ignorance, negligence
or criminality, or perhaps all combined,
have closed the doors of our Circuit Court
to our people for year and a half. In
the affidavit below is the cause of the
discharge of the Jury of the last term of
court:
MANITowoc COUNTY. IS. Peter Sto-
ker, being duly sworn, says that he re-
sides in the town of Franklin, in said
County. and is the duly elected and quail
flied chairman of the Board of Supervis-
ors of said town of Franklin, and was
such Chairman during the month OF
April last, past That in said month of
| April the said Board of Supervisors made
list Of Is persons duly qualified to serve
! as Grand and Petit Jurors, and forward
ed the same b. mail to the Clerk Of the
Board Of Supervisors of said County !;
| that said list contained the following
names to wit William Playtair, Patrick
Mulhall, Thomas Goggin, Herman Coyle,
A. B. Peterson, Gotttried Fetzer, John
! Sanfield, Friedrich Mailman, Andrew
| Cewiick, George Needle, Robert Cum
mings, Lawrence Nolan, George Wickert
That this dcponent is informed and be-
ieves that all of the foregoing names
excepting the names of Thomas
Goggins and Robert Cummings
mings were by some person or person.
stricken from said hist, and the names of
| John Hogan, Alexander Sullivan, Michael
keenan,, and William Gary, put in the
stead of the said names so stricken out.
| That said names SO added were added
! without the consent and knowledge of
any or either of said Board OF Supervis-
ors as deponent is informed and believes
! and further deponent saith not.
p. T. SToKER
Sworn to before me, June Gath, 1869.
Don A. SHOVE,
Court Commissioner,
Manitowoc Co., Wis.
| MANITowoc COUNTY,
Circuit Court.
|. Joseph Francl, Clerk
of said Court, do hereby certify that
have compared the foregoing copy will
the original affidavit of p l. Stoker
Chairman of the Town of Franklin, tha
it is correct transcript thereicom and cl
the whole hereof, as the same remains OF