The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-12-06
JACKSON SENTENCED
FOR SIX MONTHS
Convicted Of Stealing Chickens and
Also Of DisorderIy Conduet-ls
Now Boarding With Sheriff.
TED WENDT is FINED $4,000
Pays Fine and Is Free-Was Disposed
to Assist State and Seemed to
Have Repented.

The district court adjourned on Fri.
day evening for week. On Friday
morning it will reconvene to try the
case of krohnke versus Hennings and
others. The case was set for trial on
last Friday morning, but to the sur
prise of everybody, the defendants
came in and asked for continuance
until the next term of court and urged
as reason for the continuance that
one OF their witnesses, a relative Of
the defendants, whose home is in Col
orado, had suddenly decided to go to
California and was out of the reach of
any message that could be sent to him.
In addition, it was claimed the wife of
one of the defendants was seriously i'll
and that the husband would not leave
her bedside to come to court. After
considerable discussion the court re-
fused to continue the case over until
the next term, but adjourned for one
week in order to try the case. The
next Friday.
A motion for new trial in the case
Of Louisa Miller against John Weiss
was argued and submitted to the court,
to be decided on his return this week.
James healey, who some time ago
was appointed guardian of the estate
OF his wife, and who has failed to
make any report to the court as to the
manner in which he is discharging his
trust, was clLed to appear to show
cause why he should not be removed
A claim was allowed against the estate
about a year ago, which was ordered
to be paid, the order having been ig
pored After a hearing, the court
notified Mr.. Healey that if the claim
is not paid before Friday Of this week
that he would be removed as guardian
The sensational part of the proceed
|ings was the sentence of the poultry
thieves. Mr. Jackson came into court
to the judge when asked if he had
anything to say why sentence should
not be pronounced, said he had not
The court in pronounCing sentence
against him, said that his age and in
Itelligence were such that there was nc
excuse whatever for his violating the
law: that probably his trouble came
largely from his habits of intemper
ance and that in consideration of the
fact that he had not engaged in the
larceny of poultry for commercial
purposes, he would not visit the full
penalty of the law upon him, which
ljgave him the discretion of sentencing
1.-THE defendant to the penitentiary fol
two years or any snUrter period. II
also gave him the discretion of giving
the defendant Jail sentence or fine
THE judgment of the court was that
the defendant should pay fine OF
!, $500. in default of payment of which
he should be confined in the Jail fol
period of five months, and fixed the
bond of appeal to the supreme court
at $1,000 1t is hardly to be expected
that Jackson will pay the fine and he
will therefore lie in the county jail
for a period of five months. He was
also sentenced on the verdict of the
!. jury finding him guilty of violating a
city ordinance and was lined 500 and
is to be confined in the Jail of the
county for period of thirty days, in
case the fine is not paid.
In the case of the state of Iowa
against Theodore Wendt, the defend
ant plead guilty to the charge OF steal
ing poultry. The court was inclined
TO be more lenient than in the case OF
Jackson, because Mr.. Wendt seemed
to have repented 0. his infraction OF
the law and confessed in the start tC
having been implicated in the crime
He not only did this, but he seemed
diSpOSed to assist the state OF Iowa In
bringing the other viOlators to justice
In consideration of his behavior since
his arrest, the court fined him $500
which amount we understand was
promptly paid, and the defendant dis
charged.
). w think the court exercised wise
judicial discretion in disposing OF
these cases in the manner he did, and
lit is to be hoped the example will have