Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-02-23

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Calkins adultery case has been COM
promised and that the parties will
plead guilty on Wednesday morning
with the following sentence attached
Mrs. Calkins to pay fine of $500 and
be imprisoned one month in the coun-
ty Jail. Scott to be imprisoned IS
months in the penitentiary, at Wau-
pun.
The first case to be presented in the
February session of circuit court
which opened Monday was that of the
state VS. l.. M. Dixon, the charge be-
ing malfeasance in Office.
Dist. Atty Clementson said that
he wished to make statement in re-
gard TO the nature of the case. He
stated that the matter was brought to
his attention by AttYs. Blaine, &
Kuenzli, of Boscubel, who said that
complaint had been made to them by
Muscoda citizens that l.. NJ. Dixon,
one of the publishers of the Grant Co.
Democrat, had taken contracts for
village printing while holding the
Office of trustee. Proceedings we're
then instituted and on appearance be-
fore justice Mr.. Dixon was bound
over to appear before the February
term of circuit court. Atty. Clement
son stated that while he believed the
Muscoda publisher to be technically
guilty, he did not believe that in
taking the contracts he did SO with
any criminal intent nor did he be-
lleve that the printing was done at
any great profit to the publisher.
Petty but at the same time technical
violations of the law may be found
on every hand, in many cases being
unavoidable.
Atty. Howe for the defendants
stated that if the district attorney
prosecuted this case he was in duty
bound to prosecute hundreds of similar
cases in the county. He said that in
vestigation had shown that there had
been in Muscoda alone over 100 cases
of such "malfeasance' in Office.
Atty. Blaine, upon being called
upon. said that he knew very little
about the case as the matter had been
brought before his law partner dur
ing his absence, by Muscoda citizens.
Having no authority they turned the
matter over to the district attorney.
The court took the case under ad-
visement.
Yesterday afternoon the casa was
dismissed by the District Attorney
acting on the following advice of the
court: upon the written statement
of facts submitted by the district at
torney and upon the oral statements
of Mr.. Howe and Mr.. Blaine am
convinced that no good to the public
would result from prosecuting this
case and that the county should not
be put to the expense of doing so, I
advise the district attorney to dismiss
the case. /"
The calendar for the February term
of court was unusually small as it
first stood and by Friday evening
there was very little left of it.
The following Grin. inal cases were
dismissed
State VS. John Haberman. selling
liquor on Sunday state VS. Jos. Marish,
wife abandonment; state VS. John
Glass, state VS. Rose Wortley, state vs.
Elizabeth Wortley, all manslaughter.
The case of the state VS. Joseph
Schroeder was nolIe pressed.
Among the civil cases listed
the following settlements were made :
Wasem VS. Mcdonald ct al, dismissed;
Stark vs. Adkins, settled; Ogelsby
Coal Co. VS. M. S. Sickle ct AL settled ;
Morrison VS. Corduroy ct al, settled.
The cases of Carol VS. Schulz, Starr
VS. Hernon and Ward VS. Merwin are
uncertain.
Bert Quigley. of Cassville, who
was arrested some time ago charged
with theft from person was released
on his reconizance.
Joseph Elliott, the Blue River
"blind pigger" pleaded guilty yester
day afternoon and paid his fine
amounting to 500 and costs the total
being $135 90.
George L. Cooley, also concerned
in liquor case, pleaded guilty to the
charge of procuring intoxicants for
person on the black list of this city
Re was fined FIVE dollars and costs.
In his case the costs brought the five
dollars fine up to total of $37. As.
The one case remaining on the
criminal calendar il the State vs.
Leonard Scott e Dorilla Calkins,
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