Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-03-11
CIRCUIT COURT.

The case of the State of Wisconsin
VS.. w Holbrook and Arthur johnson,
the defendants being charged with
burglary was taken up Tuesday last,
and was concluded on Wednesday.
At late hour that night the jury re-
turned a verdict of guilty. The case
of the State of Wisconsin VS.. Henry
Day was then taken up and occupied
the attention of the court until late
Friday afternoon, when it. was left to
the jurymen to decide rs to his guilt
or innocence. When the jury had re-
tired for deliberation, johnson and Hol-
brook were then brought up to receive
sentence. The judge asked # they had
anything to say as to why sentence
should not be pronounced upon them
and Holbrook spoke for few minutes
in tones scarcely audible. The court
then gave to them some advice before
passing sentence.
Being taken under the roof of Jas.
Madden on the night of Nov. 4th, last,
and given shelter and protection,
they destroyed his friendship and conf
dence in them by burglarizing his
house. There was evidence introduced
to show that this was not Holbrook's
first offense while ,ionnson's previous
record had not been so bad. Both are
young men and the judge gave them
as light a sentence as his conscience
told him the crime warranted, and they
were asked if they could not go to prison,
serve their sentences and then come
back and keep away from bad associ-
ates and become model citizens. He
then pronounced sentence.
Holbrook, who as stated before, had
previous bad reputation, was given
three years at hard labor in the peni-
Tertiary at Waupun, the first day to be
in solitary confinement. johnson,
who was looked upon with more COM
passion, was sentenced to serve one
year.
On Friday, Immediately following
the sentence of johnson and Holbrook,
August Walkowski, of the town of Pike
Lake. received sentence of thirty
days in the county Jail. On the 18th
of last June, Wa,kowski was arrested
for pointing a gun at a neighbor named
Plischka and threatening to fill the
latter full of lead. He was fined ten
dollars and costs in municipal court
and was given plenty of time to pay.
On the contrary he failed to remit and
the matter was taken into circuit court.
TIE crime with which Day was
charged was with having held unnatural
relations with his daughter. In the tax
| ing of testimony on this case one thing
was apparent and that was the dense
ignorance o' the whole Day family.
Dav has twelve children, including the
married daughter who made the COM
plant against him, and together with
their parents they are as tEick-headed
and ignorant as the Hottentots of Africa.
Yet ignorance does not excuse Day for
the crime with which he is charged, il
he is guilty. The jury, after being oat
but a short time, returned a verdict OF
guilty. The penalty for the crime Of
incest is a states prison sentence OF
from one to ten years The Judge "cut
| it up" with defendant and allowed him
a six years contract with the state 70
make shoes. When Daygot his sentence
/ he broke down completely and wept
great alligator tears, which did not help
J matters any.
The Jurors were then excused, subject
TO call, but in all probability they will
not again be summoned. An ad.
/ iournment wGs taken from Saturday
4 Afternoon until some later date not yel
made known.
! The balance Of the cases on the calen-
dar are issues Of court ard law, and 10
All probability the calendar VIII be
cleared up before the judge IS called e
Merrill next month to convene couri
for Lincoln county.