The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1909-10-22
BUSY WEEK FOR
CIRCUIT COURT
Sentences Passed on those
who Pleaded Guilty.
Many DEGREES.
AMBROSE P0ULSON CONVICTED
OF Heinous Crime. Records Show
his Character was Bad. Wife's
Record also Somewhat Shaky.

Following is the business disposed OF
by the circuit court since our last issue:
Sentence was passed on those who
plead guilty on first day Of the term.
Fred Kurtz of South Haven for viola
tion of the local option law, 30 days in .
the county Jail. Kurtz had already spent /
60 days in jail awaiting trial.
Chas. Stevens, formerly of Paw Paw, /
now OF Dowagiac who plead guilty to
the abandonment Of his wife and baby. |
was ordered to file bond in the sum OF
5000 to insure the payment of 500 per
week for the support of his wife and
baby, VINO are now at the home of her
parents in Lawrence
James Wade, tramp was sentenced
to the states prison at Jackson for
term of from two to five years, for horse
stealing Wade Is the man who took a
horse from the streets of Decatur and
gave Frank Stapleton an opportunity to
show the stuff he was made of and make
4 thrilling capture
George McCole Of Dowagiac who was
convicted of burglary at the last term of
court, aud sentence suspended, made
satisfactory report to the court, was
again paroled and ordered to again re-
port in person to the court on the fourth
| Monday in May next.
Harry Spicer, a wayward youth, who
committed a burglary at Mattawan was
sent to the reformatory at Ionia for
term Of nine months
Electus Murry of South Haven was
sentenced to the Detroit house of cor
rection for period of 60 days at hard
labor, and one Il. q Olmstead drew the
Same package for the crime of for
gerry.
Adolph St. George and Henry Cordes
who committed burglary in South
Haven, we're each sentenced to the De-
troit house of correction for a period of
sixty days.
Emil Standt, was guilty of the same
offence, but on account Of bis age, being
but a boy, and the fact that there were
eXtenuating circumstances, was paroled
and ordered to report to tie court in
person on Monday May 4.
The case of the people v3. Ambrose
Poulson occupied the attention of the
court during Monday and Tuesday
Poulson is a resident of Keeer and was
charged with having committed the
crime Of statutory rape on his ID year
old daughter Freda In his direct ex-
animation the respondent admitted hav-
ing been arrested a one time, but main
tanned that he had lived an exemplary
life since then. tie was staggered. how
ever, when the prosecutor introduced
certified copies of numerous convictions
for various crimes. Certified records were
also introduced to show that Mrs Poul-
son had been convicted aud sentenced
to the Warsaw, Ind, Jail for prosttu.
ton. The jury brought 10 a verdict of
guilty at ll:3O p. m., Tuesday.
DEGREES for divorce were granted 10
the following cases: VIM. Wait ". Mar
tha Wait VIM. Inness ". Rose Inness;
bod Tolles vs.. Maud Liobe Toles; Min
nie Baughman VS. Clarence Baughman;
Blanch Lonsberry vs.. Frank Lonsberry;
Nettie Bowman vs.. Lincoln q. Bowman:
/ Minnie Graft VS.. Benz f.. Ora Fl; Jane G.
Dewey vs.. julius G.. Dewey; Lorinda
Taylor vs.. VIM. j Taylor.
Hulda n III. Ramsey was granted a
decree for separate maintenance VS..
Alexander Ramsey; and decree was also
granted in the case of Andrew Brangel-
500 VS.. Chas. Taylor. Bill TO quiet title.
George Lawrence alias Charles
Thompson of Chicago was tried on
charge of stealing a watch from one
Mark Hotckkiss of the 90 K" Theatre
in South Haven. The jury retired about
ii o'clock, Thursday a. IN and returned
at o'clock with verdict of not guilty.
RESOLUTIONS.
In the matter of the death of Hon.
Samuel II. Blackman, To the circuit
court for the county of Van Buren,:
Whereas, Hon. Samuel III. Blackman,
at the ripe old age Of 30 years, the old
est member OF the Van Buren, county
bar, has answered to the flual summons
that sooner or later comes to all man
kind: and
Whereas, Our deceased brother was
not only a pioneer in fact, being one OF
the early settlers in this vicinity, but
also being pioneer in the ranks of the
legal profession in our county, and
Whereas, He was endowed, both by
nature and by education, with that keen
perception and mental capacity so abso
. lutely requisite for the successful prac-
tice OF his chosen profession, and which
soon became so apparent to the people
, that they entrusted him with large re-
sponsibilities, both in private transac-
tions aud in matters of public interest,
and
Ubaraao Rv hio rnu0ad hopaatv hio