Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-06-21
CIRCUIT COURT Mill IN
TWO DAYS OF Grind
Judge ClementsOn Held Short
Session Last Week.
r.. T.. CONLIN WINS CASE.
Cuba City Contractor Awarded Amount
Asked FOr-WuscOda Saloon
And Other Cases.
R. F. CONLIN WINS CASE

Judge Geo. CIementson held court
IN Thursday afternoon and Friday
morning of last week and rendered de-
isiOns in several cases.
They Violated the Closing Law.
In the case OF Kratochwill brothers,
he MuscOda salOonkeepers who had
heir license revoked last month for
allure to observe the village closing
rdinance, the court overruled the ap-
cal taken by the salOonkeepers
trough their attorney, H. E. Kemp Of
;OscObel. The saloon license was re-
oked on May 20 for violation, said
nave occurred on March % last.
he KratochwiIls claim that they eject
! a disturber named S. H. Harvey on
lat date just about closing time. That
arvey made threats when he left the
lace, and a few minutes later when
)meOne knocked they went to the
Dor thinking it was Mr.. Harvey call
Ig again. Instead it was the village
.arshaI. A few days later one of the
ratOchwiIl boys was fined $50 in the
uscOda courts for fighting, but ap
called and this will come up at the
ctOber term. Later the other charge
{ keeping open after hours was
Fought and the village board revok-
I the license.
Mr.. Kemp set up the claim that the
Ilage ordinances drafted in 1894 had
zen burned and that no proof of a
OSing law was on hand except a
,mphIet purpOrting to be a copy of
laws, and the sworn statement of
citizen who had had a hand in the
afting Of the ordinances, that the
implicit was actually and in fact a
py Of the original ordinances. Mr..
mp also claimed that his client had
been open after hours anyhow
d had not violated the law was such
me in existence. His contention re-
nded one of the Dutchman who said
would kill the man who threatened
kill his dog and wound up by say
that he didn't have any dog no
y"
MuSeOda Village Board Upheld.
he action of the village board in
oking the license, was upheld by
court who Opined that the PAM
ct purpOrting to be a copy of the
inances was in fact a real copy
that the board was in this case
hin its powers in closing the sa-
d.
Left Money to Charity.
The matter of the will of Lawrence
lneerbach, a La Fayette county
mer who died leaving various be-
asts, among them a gift to the
5hoIic church of Hazel Green, and
residue of his estate to his eXecu-
ID. J. Gardner of PlattevilIe, with
tructions that the latter use the
ney for charity, came before the
lrt on a contention that the last
use was too indefinite to come un-
the law governing such cases.
court took the matter under adj
ement j. w. Murphy and J. G.
fdner appeared for the executor,
g. X. Cary of Darlington for re-
indent.
Divorce and AlimOny.
Irs. Elizabeth Smith of Cassville,
ed for a divorce from her husband,
mes Smith, alleging that the latter
failed to conduct himself in a
-bandly manner The Smiths were
cried in May Of 1915, and both are
ut 81 years of age. Each had been
FRIED before, Mrs. Smiths name
ing been Strickland. Mrs. Smith
med that her spouse had given her
much trouble that she suffered a
vOus breakdown and that when
occurred he failed to take any
4rest in her welfare. Both part
appeared in court. A bone of con-
ion arose over the alimOny, Mrs.
tin claiming that Smith had agreed
Jay her the sum of $500 beside the
snse of the action. Judge Clement
allowed Mrs. Smith the sum of $50
her legal expense and directed that
en- be taken on Smiths property
iecure the 5000 to be paid by him
Irs. Smith as alimony.
Two Released On Parole.
erie Dale and Walter Wilson of
tfort, the two men held on
-ge of robbing the Klofanda drug
in that village, pleaded guilty
were sentenced. Dale, being a
or, was placed on parole for two
S with the order that he was to
no intoxicating liquors during
time. Wilson drew a one-year
lle with the same restriction The
Board of Control will have
ge of both cases.
rought Back From Minneapolis.
lie case of the State of Wiscon-
vs John Rudersdorf came up for
lsition Rudersdorf left his fam
d Northern Wisconsin about two
ago abandoning his wife Kate
G. littIn childran aped from