Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1919-05-16
Reaches Verdict of Not Guilty
After About Five Hours
DeliberatiOn
TWENTY-FOUR GRANTED
CITIZENSHIP PAPERS
Case Against Dead Man is Dropped
Woman Who Assaulted Husband
is Fined 81 and Costs

+. W. Voigt, of Weyerhaeuser,
charged with arson, was freed by the
jury in circuit court here this week af-
ter trial lasting two days. The jury
brought i'll its verdict at about 8 30
Wednesday evening, after being out
since late in the afternoon. Quite Il
number of Weyerhaeuser people were
in attendance at the trial as witnesses
in this case, which was perhaps the
most interesting of the cases on the cal
endar for this term. Atty. John l..
Baker. of Madison. from the attorney
generals office, assisted Dist. Atty
Falge. as representative of the state
fire marShal'S department.. Fire Mar
shall Charles Good, of Ashland being
also in attendance as one of the lead
ing witnesses for the prosecution. L.
NJ. Thomas represented the defendant.
In the case of the state VS.. Valaria
BOrkOwski. the defendant plead guilty
to the charge of assault on her hus-
band. InaSmuch as the couple is now
living together in amity. the husband,
as the complaining witness asked for
leniency and upon the recommendation
of the district attorney the nominal fine
Of 81 and costs was imposed The fam
ily lives near COnrath.
The case of the state VS. Lynn Robin
son. of Bruce, on Il charge of assault
and theft. was put on the calendar to
clear the record as the defendant died
about three weeks ago in Minnesota.
from influenza.
Another case of marital infelicity was
that of the state VS. Frank SiStOk. of
WeyerhaeuSer charged with assault
and battery. On application of Mrs.
Sistok. the complaining witness. and
with the recommendation Of the dis
triCt attorney. the case was dismissed.
the defendant agreeing to pay the
costs
Wednesday. w. NJ Best. of Hawkins.
was tried on the charge of assault and
battery. The jury found him not
guilty
In the case of the state VS.. Ed Guile.
charged with having made false pre-
lenses to obtain merchandise, Judge
Wickham appointed Glenn II. Williams
to act as attorney for the accused and
appointed DrS. Landmark and O'COn-
nor as a commission to examine into
his sanity.
The last case on the criminal docket
was that of the state VS.. Delor Beau
lieu. of Ingram. accused Of the revolving
crime of incest. the victim being his
daughter The defendant made no at
tempt to deny the crime. entering q
plea of guilty. Sentence has not yet
been passed upon him.
Only very few jury cases have been
acted on The cases of II. &. Klein VS..
Hugo Sill. and John S. Owen Lumber
Co. VS.. Frank I. Stare ct nj were con-
tinued. \ Judgment for the defendant
was found in the case of Ella Lewis VS..
Wilbert Bader. while verdict for the
plaintiff was found in the case of \. II.
Spo0ner VS. Lottie MirtykOwski. prov
ing that the fair sex does not always
win out against the men in the courts
of law
The following were admitted to citi
Zenship: NocOla EvanOff Rudolph
Lundgren. Bruce: Felix's SzleszinSki
Stanislaw Romanowske. Frank Vobor-
nix. Chetell: Walter Noyek. Anthony
Tornowski. John Gorla, Conrath: Ed
ward Johnson. Glen Flora; Andrew
Kuhicz. Hawkins; Fred Carl Nerase,
Frank Hon, Steven Kuchta, Frank
Kiber. Henry Schwerzel. Jan RemS,
Iadysmith John Kobielus. Port Ar
thur Albert Carl Wegner. Sheldon :;
Frank Skowrenslli, liver Iverson. Tony ::
Joseph Makuch. Peter ManSky, Jacob
POchrOn, Thomas Wielinski Weyer-
haeuSer.