Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-02-07
pDper and legal charges and should


pronerand legal charges and should
/ be, allowed.
| The fees of the witnesses subpoen-
aeu Tor the defendant are also proper
lane legal charges, against the comfy
provided the defendant. John Pushes
made aad filed the proper afidavit
That he had no means with .Whien 10
procure The attendance of his witness
es, otherwise not and should be dis
allowed. -
The fees of Sheriff Murphy. seem
be Tor services performed within the
/ county and if this. is true then with
the exception OF the items to cover
ais actual and necessary disburse.
ments, such fees should be disal-
lowed.
No. 81. Report of ]. w. Pinch.
! Jus'oice of the Peace, Town OF Flara-
beau.
| This report is not in proper form.
am however. familiar with the en-
tire matter. The defendant George
richards was arrested On the charge
| OF Sodomy, had preliminary examina-
uon before Justice Pinch, at which
examination two half-breed women
testified. The names of these WON
en- are Maggie LaBarge Uie complain
/
| PENDANT was arrested by Constable
j. Jensen. The defendant was bound
over to await the circuit court at
which time he pleaded guilty and was
sentenced to Waupun for the term Of
one year.
| The fees of the witnesses constable
| and justices are the proper and legal
| fees.
No. IS. Report of Justice of the
| Peace John P. Goodwin of the Town of
Flambeau.
The Justice seems TO become s'Ht-
tie mixed" in trying to make out this
report 1t should in fact be Two re-
ports. The first should be report az
al inquest on the dead body Of one
Henry TarrscI found dead and buried
| in a swamp some ten miles from Lac
du Flambeau village This was the
body OF the man murdered by Peter
Corn. The remains were eNluf1ei,
brought to Lac du Flamheaul village
by the justice and witnesses and 9th.
er officers where the inquest was fin
ally held. a~.s 4@ G So at&
The second report e should have
been for the arrest and examination
of Peter Corn for such murder. When
Corn was arrested there were"in the
opinion of the officers of this county
good and sufficient reasons why Corn
should not be brought to and confined
in the Villas County Jail among the
other Indians. He was accordingly
confined in the Oneida County jail be-
tween the times of the adjourned
days of the examination and finally
after the inquest and examination he
was released by the Villas County Of
ficials and rearrested by the Iron
Ho,,, -.-kIS o;.x1, ~
her term of circuiC court ii Iron Coun-
ty, convicted of murder in the first
decree after a trial lasting six days
and sentenced to ninety-nine years.
imprisonment in the state prison at
Waupun where he now is.
I as district attorney attended the
examination and inquest. l know of
nv own personal knowledge that the
witnesses were subpoenaed, examined
and their testimony reduced to writ
ing by Miss Sara Hamilton, stenograph-
err and that Miss Hamilton made an
original and three copies on the type
writer
The fees Of the witnesses, interpre-
Ter, officers, stenographer and justice
are tae fees of such persons in both
the inquest and examination. The
fees of the Jurors are for the inquest
only.
Tle amounts are correct and prop
or and legal charges against the cOun-
ty
No So Report of John P. Good
win. Justice OF the Peace of the Town
of Flambeau,
This is the report of an inquest
The fees of the jurors and DIR. J. w.
Pinch are proper and legal charges
against che county. ..-.
The fees of Constable Ben Jensen
are also proper and legal charges
against the county. . ......
The fees of Justice Goodwin are not
proper nor legal charges against the
county excepting that item Of $500
for one day holding the inquest and
in addition to this whatever mileage
he travelled at the rate of 10c per
mile. This was undoubtedly the same
mileage as the jury, 10 miles. The
justice is entitled to a fee of $500
and IS to the balance it should be dis
allowed. =, FFi4
No 70. Report of John P. Good
win, Justice of the Peace of the Town
of Flambeau.
The fees of the jurors in this report
are proper charges against the coun-
ty The fees of Constable B. H. Bail
ey are also proper charges and should
be allowed.
The fees of Justice Goodwin are
not correct. He seems to be still
mixed. He is entitled to $500 day
and 10c a mile for the miles actually
Travelled. This figures out as two
days holding inquest $500 and 4 miles
travel 40c. The correct fees being
$S40.
AS to the fees of DR.. J. W. Pinch.
Section 1870 statutes of 1898 provides
that the justice may subpoena and
require che attendance of one or more
physicians who shall make an exam
nation and report, etc. And that in
lieu of witness fees such physicians
shall receive such compensation as the
county board deem reasonable, in no
case to be less than $500. The doc
tor should receive payment depend
ing on the nature of the case, the
thoroughness of the autopsy, etc.
AS to the fee for his assistant that