The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-07-15
No. 474, 81 Published June % 1909
CHAPTER SAL, LAWS OF 1909.

No 474, 81 Published June % 1909.
CHAPTHR SAL, LAWS OF 1909.
AN ACT to create sections 4734a to 4734l,
inclusive, providing for probation Of per-
sons convicted Of telonies and misde-
meanors, and offCnses under municipal
ordinances.
The people Of the State of Wisconsin, rep
resented In Senate and Assembly, do enact
as follows:
Section I. There are added to the stat
utes twelve new sections to read Section
4734a. In sill prosecutions for crime, ex-
cept as hereinafter provided. where the de-
fendRnt has been convicted either upon a
trial or upon his plea, where the court has
power to sentence such defendant to the
Wisconsin State Prison or to the Wisconsin
State Retormatory, any workhouse, house
Of correction or other correctional institu-
ton In cases in which the minimum pen
atty is one year or more, and it appears
that the defendant has never before been
convicted Of a felony or misdemeanor, either
In this state or elsewhere Ca conviction Of
children between the ages of eight and six
teen years Of mlSdemeanor and commit
ment 20 any institution for Juvenile delin-
quents therefor, or as Migrants or FOR In
corrig blltty or Vicious conduct, shall not be
considered conviction under this statute),
and where IL appears to the sati6faetiou Of
the court that the character Of the defend
ant and the circumstances Of the case are
such that he Is not likely to again engage
in an offensive course of conduct aud where
1t appears that the public good does not
demand or require that the defendant shall
suffer the penalty provided By law, said
court may suspend the sentence or stay the
execution thereof and place the defendant
on probation Ia the manner hereinafter pro-
vided, giving his reasons therefor, which
shall be made part OF the record. Moth
Ing in this act contained shall In any man
ner affect the laws providing the method OF
dealing with delinquent Juveniles
Section 4734h. No person convicted of
crime, the maximum penalty for which
&c Vtrnr FfcVt fcN q
have the benefit OF this act.
Section 4734c Whenever the defendant
has been placed on probation under this
act the effect Of such order OF probation
shall be to place said defendant Under the
control and management OF the state board
Of control OF Wisconsin reformatory, charit-
able and penal Institutions. and be shall be
subject to the same rules and regulation
rs apply to persons paroled from said ln-
stitutions after a period of Imprisonment
therein.
Section 4TS4d, 1t shall be the duty OF
the state board Of control to furnish the
clerk or every court of record In this state
exercising criminal Jurisdiction with blank
forms setting forth all requirements and
conditions used by them in the parole OF
persons form the state institutions, but
amended &c as to be applicable to cases OF
probation hereunder.
Section 4784e. Whenever it Is the judg-
ment OF the court that the defendant be
placed upon probation and under the super
FAsAoA " inc state OOaFQ or contrOl, IL snail
be the immediate duty Of the clerk OF said
court to make full copy Of the record of
the court with the order for the suspension
OF sentence. or the stay Of the execution
Thereon. and II sentence was suspended to
certify said record to the wisconsin state
board Of control, at Madison, Wisconsin,
otherwise to the warden Of the Wisconsin
state prison, or the superintendent Of the
Wisconsin state refOrmatory, or person In
charge Of Ruch other institution to which
said court would have cCEanaLtked tho a.