Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1901-10-24
DOINGS IN
CIRCUIT COURT.
Criminal Calendar VIII Have Been
Completed When Present Case is
Decided
GRAHAM CASE UNSETTLED
Jack Daiiey's Case Now On and A
Special venlre of Jurymen was
Required TO Try 1t. Other
Proceedings and Verdicts
Rendered

BY the close Of the present week
but few matters will be left unset
tied that were ready for hearing at
the October term Of circuit court.
Those that remain are continued or
were settled without trial
The jury u the case Of Grattan vs
Williams regarding the disputed
highway matter in town Of Cassville
commenced deliberations on their
verdict at p. m. Wednesday even
ing last and arrived at satisfactory
conclusion before midnight The
decision was really a victory for the
plaintiff as the verdict established
the fact that there was no highway
existing on the disputed grounds and
also awarded plaintiff damages to
amount of SO.
State VS. Gilbert Mink, bastafdy,
settled and action dismissed.
cRANAGE CONVICTED.
The most important case taken up
was the trial Of Jack Cranage on
charge Of rape, robbery aud larceny,
committed at the home of Mrs. Zina
Belscamper, gu the night of June
9Th last 1t occupied the attention
Of the court and jury until Friday
afternoon when the verdict was hand
ed down finding defendant guilty of
assault with intent to rape. The
penalty prescribed by law for this
demeanor is Imprisonment at Wau-
pun for a period Of from one to ten
years. Sentence has not vet been
pronounced. Dist. Atty. Brown at
tended to the prosecution while Geo.
b. Clementson looked after interests
of the defendant. Ii is the general
opinion that the punishment melted
out to Cranage should have been of
greater severity and the verdict is
not pleasing to the law-abiding citi-
zens OF Lancaster who are SO well
acquainted with the defendant and
his past record.
The iurymen not sitting on the
Grange case were excused to return
home Friday, to return Monday, aud
at the close of this trial recess was
taken by the until 1850 p. m. Mon
day.
wARNE GETS OFF EASILY
The first matter taken up Monday
afternoon was the action brought by
the state VS.. VIM. I. Warne of Liv-
ingston on charge of assault with in
tent to do great bodily harm upon
Jonn Yeinek. The case is of recent
occurrence and was the outcome of a
gambling game at Livingston in which
the two young men named above were
participants, quarrel arising over
the disposition OF a Jack pot" Ye-
linek received some knife wounds at
hands of his assailant that bordered
on the danger point but he miracu-
lousy escaped serious injury. SYM
pathy for the defendant on account Of
his being married man with a wife
and four small children in dependent
circumstances was aroused and be
was let off with light punishment, the
jury after short deliberation return
ing a verdict Tuesday after dinner of
assault aud battery. The penalty
will be fine with county Jail SEN
tence on failure TO pay.
OTHER PROCEEDINGS.
Between heats the court found time
to listen to the trials and tribulations
OF some of the applicants for divorce
who desired writs of single blessed
ness. Among those who had their
wishes gratified were Ellie Trotwine
vs. Andrew Trotwine and Sarah Beam
rs Thos. Beam.
Jacob Witzig VS. Frank Mitlig, ct
al. Order of sale signed.
The Boscobel horse thieves, Ed.
Rice and Albert Miller. who came be-
fore the court on Tuesday previous
and plead MT guilty to the charge
preferred against them and were Civ
en- the services of Atty. Geo. b. Glenn
entson at their own request, conclud-
ell upon advice Of their. counsel 10
withdraw their plea and submit one
OF guilty Friday morning. They
were accordingly brought into court
ana allowed to make this change.
whereupon sentence was given them
Of two wears each ut Waupun. Sheriff
Dickinson conveyed the prisoners 10
faarftAutfarv Sor7r1a
The money demand Of ". F. Wood
house Of Bloomington " Michael
Mutually Of the same town was heard
by jury and d verdict rendered for
defendant.
state Of Wisconsin y y. J. Dun
car -naTged with adultery. was c9n-
Ilnued on solicitation 81 defendant