The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-01-23
CIRCUIT COURT.

The taking of testimony and agn-
ment of attorneys were concludd IN
the Ramar murder case late Saturday
afternoon. The state contended that
the knife thrust that ended 5itka's
life was delivered from benin, over
Nitka S right shoulder into hif breast
as he was being led away. The de-
fendant claimed that he wasbelng as
saulted from all sides by Nitka and
others when he struck out llindly with
the knife in his left hand his right
arm being over his eyes fd protection,
and thus struck Ntka from in front;
that he then dropped jhe knife and
ran. The court submitted to the jury
Q) verdict of murderln the first de-
gree carrying penalty of life i'm
prisonment, (2) manslaughter in the
second degree, the ,enalty for which
Is imprisonment from two to four years
(9 not guilty. rhe jury returned
about 1880 in the evening with the
manslaughter verdict. District Atty.
Healy then urged the maximum pen
atty Of four years and E. l.. Kelley,
defendants attorney pleaded for the
minimum of two years. Judge Lueck
made it three years. The defendant
seemed greatly relieved at the verdict
and penalty.
Judge Lueck left Saturday and Monday
morning Judge Wickham, of Eau
Claire called the calendar.
The first case, the state versus DR..
OFT, was commenced Monday afternoon.
P. H. Martin, of Green Bay and A. L..
Hougen are representing the defend
ant. The complaining witness, a woman
of "a, told her story in detail Monday
and Tuesday. At the end of the states
side of the case the court required the
district attorney to elect which charge
against DR.. OFT he chose to further
prosecute and the charge of adul-
terry was chosen. DR.. OFT on the stand
made a complete denial of the COM
planning witnesses charges. The de-
fendant based his defense on an at
tempt 10 establish that the complainant
is neurasthenic and that in conse-
quence the things which she alleges
happened are imaginary. To this
point the defendant called DR.. Kemp
ster, the famous Milwaukee specialist
in nervous diseases, as we'll as other
physicians. DR.. Kempster said that
he has been observing the complaining
witne ~ asita.shsa SIC Is safsering with
neurasthenia, and is quite likely to
have obsessions, or false beliefs, of oc-
currences such as she relates. Much
of the testimony was revolving in char
acter and Judge Wickham excluded
minors and forbade over-crowding.
The case went to the jury last night
after an evening session. After being
out less than half an hour the jury
brought in verdict of guilty. The
penalty for adultery is imprisonment
III Ulle SUduS pTlSOu ilOb IllOEc lidu bllTSS
years nor less than one year. or fine
not exceeding one thousand dollars nor
less than two hundred dollars.
The case of the Oconto Land VS..
August Wallschlager was taken up
this morning.
The following cases have been dis
posed of out of court: Bank of Depere
VS.. Fitzgerald; Mulholland VS.. Schmidt.
man Sons Co.; Trustee Co. VS.. U. S.
Fid. & Guar. Co.
The following cases have been con.
tinued: City VS.. Schuetze; Hall VS.
Christal; Brunner VS.. Junk; OFT VS.
OFT and Joseph Naumeyer VS.. 500 Line
Ry.
This leaves 10 cases for trial by the
jury, some jury cases having beer
transferred to the court calendar.