The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-03-14
Calendar for March Term Of the
Circuit Court Shows More
Than Fifty Cases for Trial
NOTED CASES TO BE TRIED.
The Criminal Calendar Shows Twenty
Five Cases, the Largest in the
History of the Circuit Court
for Kenosha County

cult Court will break all records for
number of cases, as the calendar for
the term which was completed by
Clerk of the Court Frank Waldo this
morning, shows total of hfty.one
cases noticed for trial, and there will
be at least one more case added to the
list before the calendar leaves the
hands of the printer.
In the long list of cases there are
twenty-five criminal cases with the
possibility of one more, eighteen
cases for the jury of a civil nature,
and eight civil cases to be decided by
the court.
The criminal calendar is the one
that is causing the greatest surprise
among the attorneys interested in the
work of the court, as it contains more
than double as many cases as have
ever been noticed for trial at previ-
Gus term of the Circuit Court. From
indications it will take at least one
and possibly two months TO dispose of
the criminal calendar alone, and it
may be the first of May before the
jury cases of a civil nature are called.
The Collier case is the one IN which
the greatest interest is taken, assd 1t
is placed at the foot of the criminal
calendar, but it is possible that it will
be called earlier. The case of the
State VS.. Jacob Gerbovitz, charged
with attempted murder is the first
case. Other important criminal cases
on the calendar are: State VS.. H. E.
Royce, State VS.. John E. Heating,
State VS.. Matt D. Schmitt, State vs..
Frank Machacek, State VS.. Carrie
VanDeusen, State VS.. John Scharding,
State VS.. Georgia Murray, and State
VS.. G. L. Edwards and Mary Cum
mings.
All of these cases save. two were
Federation and the officials of the
Federation will be very much in evil
dence during the COURT term. It IS
expected that number of the crime
inal cases will be disposed of in short
order by the defendants entering a
plea of guilty, some of them having
notified the district attorney that
they would take this course. It is
thought that the cases started by the
Federation will be bitterlys contested
in court and with the Collier case
there will be plenty of work, provided
for the prosecuting officials sduring
the first month of the term.
Some of the criminal cases are of
minor Importance and it. is expected
that these can be tried at8the rate of
two or three day.
The most important cases Sto be
tried before the jury are Ethe. suits
against the Chicago nd Milwaukee
Electric Railway company brought
by Thomas B. Jeffrey andsother prop
erty owners inssthe' west part of the
city, the suit of Lawrence Jensen VS..
Willoughby Wolfe for SANDER, Bert
Pierson VS.. the tCitizens' Telegraph
and Telephone company..for damages
for personal injuries, and. that Of John
Hellreigel as special administrator VS..
the Kenosha Electric Railway COM
pany.
The most important case to be
heard by the court without the aid of
jury is the suit of thet.state on be-
half of residents of sthe village of
Pleasant Prairie against the officials
of the Laf1in Rand Powder company.
The jurors have now all been SUM
moned and the county officials are
preparing for the busiest term in the
history of the comfy