Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-07-14
COURT STATISTICS
Report of Clerk of Common Pleas
Court of Fulton County For Year
Ending June 3Oth, 1916-DivOrces.
Prosecutions, Fines, Costs and
Judgments.

LAWS d. johnson, CLERK OF Courts
for Fulton county has filed the an
nual report of Judicial Statistics of
the county with the Secretary of
State. The following summary will
be of interest to those citizens who
sometimes wonder what the judge and
other officials of the court find to do.
Thirty-nine divorce cases were ad-
Indicated during the year; nine of
these were pending on July 1st, 1915
and thirty-three more were brought
within the year making a total of
forty-two cases, leaving three cases
pending on July 1st, 1916. Eleven of
the forty two cases were brought by
the husband and 81 by wives. Of the
were granted and two refused Of
the cases brought by wives nineteen
were granted, one refused and eight
dismissed. The grounds upon which
divorce was petitioned for were, twen-
ty- seven, "Absence and Neglect"
eight cruelty; three drunkenness"
and four miscellaneous" Of the
children involved, one was given to
the custody of the mother and two
were placed in the custody of other
parties.
Fines in the sum of $385.OO were
assessed and collected. The total
costs taxed in cases for crimes
against persons or property amount
ed to $579.20 and of this amount $419.-
AZ was taxed to defendants in cases.
Fifty-eight civil judgments were
rendered involving the sum of $5175.-
Ak Of QI1O IN
case where money was adjudged due.
SiXty-five final DEGREES were given
during the year.
The total amount Of grand jury
fees certified was $185.55. The amount
of petit jury fees in civil cases was
$371.00 and in criminal cases $4,000.
One indictment was found for as
sault and battery during the year
against one person, this one was con-
victed and sentence Of Imprisonment
imposed.
Four indictments for rape were
found against two persons, one of
these indictments resulted in a con-
viction, two were acquitted and one
quashed or nollied. Sentence of fine
and Imprisonment was imposed upon
one person for this crime.
One indictment for the crime of bur-
glary resulted i'll a conviction and
the sentence of Imprisonment impos-
ed.
There were four cases pending July
1st, 1915, for offenses against Public
Policy, one for violation of the Ii
quor laws and three for other offenses
during the year one Indictment for
perjury, four indictments for viola
ton of liquor laws and seven for
other offenses against the Public
Policy were found making a total of
sixteen cases; of this number three
are still pending and thirteen were
disposed of: Prosecution for perjury
resulted in acquittal; four convic-
tions for violation of Liquor Laws and
one case nollied; six convictions for
other offenses and one case nollied.
Fines were imposed in ten cases
The number of persons committing
offenses when under the influence OF
intoxicating liquors was two.
Four inquests were held by the Cor
oner and Justices of the Peace during
the year. Two suicides, one accident
and one cause unknown or natural
All were males, two native born, one
foreign born and one unknown.
The summary of the Clerks report
shows the total Of all cases pending
in Common Pleas Court, July 1st
1915, to be thirty-six, and in the Court
of Appeals, three. Cases filed il
Common Pleas during the year, one
hundred and twenty-one and in the
Court of Appeals seven. Cases dis
posed of during the year in Common
Pleas Court, one hundred seventeen
and in the Court of Appeals ten. The
number of cases pending in Common
Pleas Court, July 1st, 1916, wa'
forty.
Four persons were naturalized dur
ing the year; one Canadian, one Dane
one English and one Russian.
The foregoing statistics do not in
clude the work of the Juvenile Court
the Mothers pensions nor the volume
of routine work that never finds it
way into tabulated statistics outsid
of the offices of the judge, the clerl
and the prosecutor.