The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-01-05

the past year. This report has lust
been completed and sent to -Attor.
ney General Smith at st. Paul. In
district court during 1911 there were
two cases of assault in the first
degree brought UP, with one convic.
ton and one case pending. One
pleaded guilty to the charge Of as.
sault in the third degree. There
We're two cases of assault in the
second degree and an equal number
of convictions. OF these two, one
pleaded guilty to assault in the third
degree in district court but he was
convicted in the second degree.
There were two cases of arson In
the second degree and one conyic-
ton, while the other pleaded guilty
to the third degree, and as the
jury disagreed, the case is still
pending. ...'.
Cases OF Burglary. ,',,.::a
OF the cases of burglary in the
third degree, there were four con.
victions, one being sent to the re-
formatory and three being sent to
the state prison for seven years
or under. Two persons were convict
ed and sent to the state prison for
grand larceny in the first degree
and two persons were sent to the
reformatory, four to the state pris-
on, one to the county. Jail and one
person fined for grand larceny IN
of eight found guilty of this charge.
Three persons were convicted OF
forgery in the second degree and
one case is pending. One was sent
to the state prison for an indeter-
inmate time and. two for seven years
and under There was but one case
Of forgery in the third degree, and
this one was convicted and sent to
state prison for an indeterminate
period of time.
The single case of adultery was
nolled because there was no indict-
ment returned, while there were two
cases of bastardy with one convic-
ton and one case pending. The
one convicted paid a fine of $500 to
the mother.
Two cases of keeping house OF
illfame were tried before the court
while only one person was acquit-
ted the other was not prosecuted.
Another case that was nolled be-
cause no indictment was returned,
was one of violation of the liquor
laws. But one case of person
criminally receiving stolen property
was tried, for which the accused
was sent to the county Jail. These
were all district court cases and the
totals ran as follows: Total cases,
80; convictions, "a: reformatory sen.
fences, g.; acquittal, 1; nolle prose
qui, 3; pending, 4; state prison In
determinate terms, 3; state prison,
seven years and under, IL; county
Jail sentences, q; fines, 2.
Cases in Municipal Court.
The cases tried in municipal and
justice courts showed that about
five times as many cases had been
tried, with about six times as many
convictions. There were fourteen
cases and twelve convictions with
one acquittal and one dismissal, of
assault in the third degree. OF these.
four were sent to the county Jail
and eight paid fines. One person
was charged with robbery in the
first degree but was dismissed, after
a preliminary examination in justice
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the three cases of persons charged
with grand larceny in the second
degree OF petit larceny cases there
were twenty-eight, with twenty-five
One was acquitted, two
were dismissed, three are on parole,
with sentence pending, five were
sent to the county Jail, fourteen
paid fines, and three were sent to
the state training school, or with
sentence suspended or paroled.
Violation of Food Laws.
There were nine cases of viola
ton of the food laws. All were
convicted and all paid fines. There
were sixteen violations of the game
and fish laws, the county attorney
securing eight convictions and eight
cases are pending. Those convicted
paid fines.
One person was tried, found |
guilty and sent to the county Jail
for using language tending to pro
yoke the breach of peace. Two per-