The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-11-30
Report of Court for the Years Shows
That Vast. Amount of Business Was
Transacted and That With Expenses
Paid County and City Have PROFIT.

/ 4hotItutlOH III TIE equity duu uOIWlGu-
standing the fact that it has done a
great good in the elimination of the
ubiquitous justice system in the county
and in the reduction of many of the
costs Of the circuit court, it has also
earned an actual profit for the county
in dollars and cents.
The court is one of the youngest
institutions of the kind in Wisconsin
and it has already gained a reputation
Eof being one of the most paying courts
and one Of the best courts for the adj
ministration of justice.
Before entering into the financial
statement in regard to the court which
is most interesting statement is made
of the work that has been done by the
court during the year dating from Oct.
/, 1910 to Oct ], 1911. This shows that
during the year there were a total OF
| 1887 eases started in the court.
The docket at the present time shows
only few civil cases pending. In
the year jurors have been called for
service in the court for less than a
single day and the costs Of maintain
ing the court have been exceedingly
small The results have been interest
ing. During the year Judge Randall
has sentenced to the state prison at
Waupun twenty-three people. Nearly
all of these people wereN sentenced on
pleas of guilty and sentence was inpos-
| ed upon them within a few lays after
their arrest In this manner the court
eliminated large costs to the county
through the boarding of prisoners while
they were waiting for trial and at the
same time brought relief to the men
imprisoned by q speedy determination
lbf the charges against them, Three
prisoners were sent to the state re-
formatory at Green Bay, four to the
industrial school for boys at Waukesha
and many juvenile prisoners brought
before the court were allowed to go on
their own parole and none of them
] have been returned to the court.
1t is interesting to note that during
! the time covered by the report not a
/ prisoner was sentenced to the state
prison in the circuit court, this show
| ing the large saving that the municipal
court has made to the county in the
way of court costs. The city has
profted more than the county by the
operation Of the court and the actual
cash turned over to the city from the
court during the year is $1,776.90 and
in addition to this the city had costs
charged against it which would have to
be paid by the city under the old JUS
tice system amounting to 1858. In
order to properly figure the profit OF
! the city this amount must be added to
| the actual cash turned over. The actual
cash turned over to the county was
5439 in excess of all expenditures and
i'll addition to this the county had costs
in the court amounting to $1,120.4S,
Fmaking the total $1,559.48. Of this
amount the county paid back to the
city in officers fees earned from the
county s739.S2, leaving net profit to
the county of $S19.66.
The report in detail shows the fol
lowing statistics:
Number Of city cases. 49S
Fines assessed ...............$ $500
Fees earned ................. 83l.36
| Court costs taxed ............ 500 .03
Disbursements in these cases. 130.43
Vet total collected for city. So, 24s.96
The total cost of maintenance Of the
curt was $4,415.90 aud of this amount
ne-third is to be paid by the city and
he remainder by the county. 1t should
be said that a portion Of the cost of
maintenance this year is made up Of
money. spent for permanent improve
aents aud the purchase of furniture for
,se in the various Offices and the court
room.
In the Justice criminal section Of the
court there were total of al cases,
this including preliminary hearings.
The fines collected in these eases
amounted to $3.50, the officer S fees
| $5S3.61 and the court costs $1,19S.99,
naking d grand total of s4,36S,6o.
/ There were 1876 cases in the justice
icivil doc'tets, the court costs collected
and tax d amounting to s4f1.54. There
were twelve hearings in the juvenile
branch and no fines or costs We're col
leeted in connection with these.
/ There were % cases in the circuit
civil branch and the court costs col
lected and taxed in these eases amount
| "a to $3.50 III the circuit criminal
oraneli there were siStF-four eases the
ancs amounting 10 1873 and the costs
ss6.os.
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