The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-01-21
Annual Report Of The Clerk Of the
Circuit Court Shows That Keno
sha is Growing Better.
FEW JURY TRIALS ON RECORD
Twenty-Five Cases Started During the Year
and Ten of the Miscreants Pleaded
Guilty" to the Charges.

hGuOSHd Is growing DeCI6T anu IL
this wave of goodness continues for a
few years more it will no longer be
| necessary for the county to keep up the
formality of a Circuit court for the
trial of criminal cases. Clerk of the
Circuit Court J. B. Maloney this morn
ing sent to Madison his annual report
of the crimes committed in the county
and 1t shows that there were many cases
less than last year and that not sin
gle case of serious criminality was re
ported during the last twelve months.
Only one jury was called to hear
the evidence in criminal action and
the convictions that we're secured were
all on pleas of guilty. Nearly all of
these pleas were entered in the County
court but the circuit judge has the
credit of sentencing two criminals
during the year.
There we're few cases of general in
terest in the criminal court during the
year and in most cases the cause for
arrest we're felonies of a minor order.
OF course the Caster case, on charge
of bribery, heads the list and this was
by far the most important case. Next
in Importance was the trial of Albert
Brown, who was charged with shooting
with intent to kill. Luckily Brown
only managed to clean out the notori.
Gus resort at the "Four Corners and
after being IN jail for several months
he was released with a small fue.
There we're three arrests for burglary
and two for highway robbery. All of
the men arrested on these charges
pleaded guilty and are now serving
time in different penal institutions of
the state. The law has been fully en-
forced in regard to men who abandon
their wives and during the year two
arrests were made on this charge.
Both men were convicted on pleas Of
guilty and are at Green Bay.
The costs to the county for the con-
viction of criminals during the year
has been almost nothing. The fact
that there was no jury trials made if
possible for the work of the district at
torney to be carried on with the very
minor expense of making out the
papers to prepare for the arrangements
in the County and Circuit courts. The
town Of Somers gave its share to the
criminal records on account of various
cases against saloon keepers in the
town but these cases were disposed of
without conviction.
The new year in the court finds but
four cases pending. The statistics Of
crime as compiled follow:
Number of prosecutions at the be-
ginning of the year.
Mum Der of prosecutions begun during
the year,. 10
Total number of cases. ~
Total number of convictions by
jury .................. 0
Convictions on plea of guilty. 10
Cases dismissed by "No11e Prose
quiz ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 8
Sentenced in the Circuit court. 80.
Sentenced in the County court. 49,.
Cases pending at close of the year. /. A
Nearly all fac cases now pending are
cases that have been carried over for
several years and in at least three cases
the defendants are being held pending
their good behavior and the actions
will probably be missed at the coming
term of the Circuit court.