The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-11-02
District Attorney Files Mo
tons With the Court on
Tuesday Afternoon.
GOT NO INJUNCTION
Examination of Sentences In
dicates Orders of Court Have
Not Been Carried Out.

Formal motions asking that execu-
lions be issued against the property of
Nathan Gordon, Harry Gordon, Edward
Minkowski, Ben Loef, Jack :Kuzmas,
Joe Filko and Julius Klouss, for the
collections of fines imposed upon them
following convictions for violations of
the liquor law, were filed in the cir
cult court late Tuesday afternoon by
district Attorney Frank S. Symmonds.
In presenting the formal motions for
executions to the court, the district
attorney said that he had acted on a
request from the governor of the state.
He made no further statement of facts
in the matter. Judge Belden received
the motions for execution without COM
ment and they were filed in the rec
ords of the various cases. No action
was taken in regard to the motions
and Judge Belden today declined to
discuss any probable action which
might be taken in the matter. 1t was
said, however, that it was not expected
that any formal order would issue out
of the court today relating to the exc
cutions.
Speculation as to Outcome.
There was considerable comment
about the court today as to the posi-
BILE result of the issuance of execu-
tions for the collection of these fines.
1t was suggested that it might be very
difficult for the sheriff to find any
property to levy on in most of the
cases. There was the suggestion that
when the defendants in the action de-
cided to clay out" the fines in the
house of correction that they were un-
doubtedly advised by the attorneys who
defended them as to the right of a
court to issue an execution for the
collection of fines. s.
Some examination has been made of
the assessment rolls of the city and
these would indicate a difficulty in
finding real estate to collect any of the
fines imposed by the court. No state
ment has come from the men in prison
as to their attitude toward payment
of fines. Several of the men who were
caught in the grand jury net have paid
The INES 10 Lne court.
When sentence was imposed upon
the men, including the imposition of
fines and Imprisonment, the order of
the court in practically all of the cases
carried with it an order to the officials
Of the county to take action to secure
injunctions against places and to take
such other proper action as might be
necessary to carry out the sentence of
the court. A search of the records of
the circuit court fails to reveal that
any of these injunctions have been
sought and it is known that many of
the places which had been used for
purposes of violation of the law are
not enjoined at this time. The records
do not indicate further violations of
the laws in these places, but the police
have been called to one or two of the
places on several occasions. Attorneys
were in doubt as to the right of the
court to demand such blanket injunc-
tions but no effort has been made to
test the law in this regard.
1t is generally believed that the ac-
ton Of the governor in seeking execu-
tions for the collections of fines which
would go into the state school fund is
preparatory to his decision as to exec
utive c1emency in these cases. 1t is
not anticipated that he will take any
action until after the question of the
issuance of executions has been dis
nosad of