Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-10-05
Circuit Court Cases Heard.

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Dodgeville Chronicle, Sept. 80: The
following cases were continued to the
March term of court by consent of the
interested parties:
State of Wisconsin VS.. Annie Will
liams. Keeping house of ill fame.
E. l. du Pont de Nemours Mining
Co., corporation VS.. Kennedy Mining
Co., corporation. Money demand
George w. Hall VS.. Charles F. Phil
lips.
Myrtle Art VS.. John Billings.
Richard Rowe ct al VS.. Illinois Cen
trail Railroad Company. Damage suit.
John Davis VS.. Plymouth Cheese
Company, corporation.
Thomas H. Burns vs. Peter H. Smith.
Elizabeth M Adams VS.. John Henry
Adams.
The following cases were settled by
parties out of court:
State of Wisconsin VS.. James Eve
land. Bastardy.
State of Wisconsin VS.. Herman
Peterson. Bastardy.
L. R. Penhallegon VS.. c. & N. W.
R'y Co. Mr.. Penhallegon shipped an
automobile from South Dakota to
Dodgeville and upon it's arrival here he
was charged a double rate which he
refused to pay claiming to have a con-
tract for the charges. The settlement
was in favor of the plaintiff.
Fred Jungbluth VS.. the Mineral
Point and Northern Railroad Company.
This was damage suit for injuries
and the settlement was satisfactory to
both parties we understand.
! The case of the state of Wisconsin VS..
Joseph Kasmirczak was dismissed by
the district attorney.
In the case of the State of Wisconsin
VS. Richard Jones the defendant was
given the minimum fine allowed by
law, together with the costs in the
action, for failure to file election ex-
penses with the proper officer. Mr.
Jones was a candidate to the late pri-
mary election for county treasurer and
on account of the losing of his account
book he was not prepared to make the
required statement, and the suit re-
suited.
The first case to be tried by a jury
was that of the State of Wisconsin VS..
William and Joseph Mitchell, charged
with assault with intent to do great
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/ 1870 o'clock Tuesday afternoon and
after number of witnesses had been
sworn and testified the jury retired and
in a few minutes returned with a YER
dict of not guilty. 1t seemed from the
evidence produced that ali the parties
had been in Mineral Point on Christ
mas eve last and had partaken of more
of the flowing bowl than was good for
them and on the return trip to their
homes the complaining witness, VIM.
H. Mitchell, an uncle of the defendants,
was in some way injured about the
hips and the suit was the result.
Bert Thrasher and Gainor Colds
worthy appeared before the Court and
pied guilty to the charge of burglary.
This being the first offence of the young
men the Court was lenient and gave
them one year each at the Green Bay
State Reformatory, but later placed
them GU probation for two years.
The case of the State VS.. Hans Peter
son was held Wednesday afternoon.
The case came from the town of Brig
ham and the charge was incest. A
number of witnesses were sworn after
which the court directed the jury TO
bring in verdict for the defendant
At the time of going to press the
case of the State of Wiconsin VS..
Samuel J. Poad charged with assault
with intent to kill is being heard. A
large number of witnesses from Mifiin
are present and the case will be the
most interesting of the session.