The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-01-10
Board of Supervisors.

The Board of Supervisors convened on
Wednesday, January 2nd. The prosecuting
attorney filed his report showing 135 prose
cutions in the course of the year, an increase
of eleven over the previous year. The Grim
inal causes were divided as follows: Adultery
/, nOl pr0s'd. Assault with intent to kill
and murder, 1, not. prOs'd. Assault with in
tent to rob 2, l not. pros'd., convicted, fined
$40 and imprisoned % days. Assaults and
assaults and batteries PC. l not. pr0sd. L
sentence suspended, l settled, 6 discharged
and 16 convicted. Bigamy 2, information
quashed, l convicted and sent to States
prison 1S months. Arson /, discharged.
Buggery /, pending. Bastardy 3, l dis
charged, pending, convicted. Disturbing
religious meetings 4, all convicted. Disor-
derby /, sent to jail 40 days Forgery 1, dis
charged. Assault with intent TO rape, pending.
Drunkenness Al, 80 convicted discharged, a
suspended sentence. Incest 1, discharged.
Larceny IL, 2 sent to States prison Is
months, sentenced to States prison 81
years, sent to Reform School, l sent to
House Of Correction six months, escaped,
pending, 3 discharged, convicted and
fined or jailed. Letting bull run at large /,
convicted. Surety of the peace, l, convicted
and bond given. Violation of liquor law
20, 8 discharged, acquitted, III convicted.
Malicious injury to building l, convicted.
Assault upon female l, discharged on Hdbeds
| Corpus. Inquests 3.
Judge Hilton submitted the following re-
port:
To ne Honorable BocSd Of supervisors Of Fan
BRFsR county:
The undersigned, pursuant to law hereby reports
the proceedings had in the matter of INDECENT and
pauper insane admitted into the Michigan Asylum
for the Insane at kalamazoo upon the order Of said
court at the expense OF said county, and the time
said orders were made: l. George A. Fish, Oct. 10,
1883; 2, Anna Myers, Oct. 10Th, 1888; Sd Harriet
Wells, Nov. 9th, 1888; 4th, Theresa Peterson. Nov.
10Th, 1888; 5th, Ann Callahan, Dec. aSth 1888. In
addition TO the above, three dependent and neglected
| children, William b. Frazier, Newton Frazier, and
Edith Thomas, have been by my order, on the 2Sti
day OF November sent TO the State Public School a,
Coldwater. The papers and files in each case are
hereby transmitted for the inspection Of your hon
orable body, and made part Of this report
| In connection with this report ! earnestly call
your attention TO the situation in this county OF our
| INDECENT insane, found TO be such by the Probate
Court, and for whom there seems to be no accom-
modations whatever. 1t has been with the greatest
difhculty that those found to be IN INDECENT circum-
| stances and insane, have been admitted TO the
asylum during the last year, owing to the crowded
state of that institution, until the medical gu
perintendent refusing to take more patients, hnd
tho county burdened with some five or six whose
friends and relatives are wholly unable to care for
them and no place whatever where by law they can
be detained, awaiting vacancies in the asylum.
most respectfully invite you take this matter under
consideration and provide some means for the care
of these unfortunates until such facilities are
providedn the asylum at their disposal.
| al OF which is respectfully submitted
| O. n. HILTON, Probate Judge.
The committee on highways and bridges
reported adversely to the petition of citizens
for laying state road in the township OF
Paw Paw and Waverly, which report was
adopted. The following report of the COM
mttee to whom was referred the foregoing
report of the Judge of Probate was adopted
We find by consulting with Judge Hilton that al
the present time there are ten or twelve INDECENT in
sane in this county whom il is impossible TO get adj
mitted 10 the state asylum and whereas 1t is in de-
fiance of law and crime against humanity to con-
fine these unfortunates in the jail, we recommend
that suitable building be procured in or near the
village of Paw Paw suitably fitted up and furnished
for the accommodation of said insane, and compe-
tent attendants employed to for the same, deem
rem county than to maintain said insane at the state
asylum, and we therefore recommend G. W. Young
and Samuel Holmes to be proper persons TO carry
into effect the provisions of this report.
j.. D. HARRIS,
A. ID. ESos, Com.
&. W. YOUNG,
The committee to settle with county treas
urer submitted the following report which
was adopted
To the Honorable Board o. supervisors Of Ia,
Bureat ountV:
Your committee appointed TO settle with Clerk and
Treasurer, beg leave to submit tho following report
l. CLERK.
Eatry fees received slSs o. o.
Jurors t6 OK
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