The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-02-09

feasance in Office in that you failed in
your duty to report and pay over GER
tain moneys received by you. for the
benefit of the police fund of the
city of Kenosha.
asked you recently, in the presence
of others, if you knew Of all these vio-
lations of law as to sale Of Intoxicating
liquors, maintenance and operation of
| gambling places and places for prosti-
tuition and you said you knew of it all.
| asked you if you could have stopped
it all forthwith and you said you could
have done SO. | asked you why you
did not stop these violations or cause
You have pleaded guilty to all these
charges and are not compelled to make
further explanation Some of the
transactions and acts reported by the
grand jury upon which you have plead
| ed guilty may possibly appear some
what unimpOrtant standing by them
selves, because the amounts are not
large, and yet they are not unimport-
ant for everyone of them is a felony
under the law.
Many Charges Alleged.
The thing that appeals to me as per-
haps the most serious is your malfeas-
ancer in Office that all these various
transgressions constitute, besides be-
| ing individual offenses in themselves.
That you may have thought you were
conforming to the wishes of portion
of the public, perhaps the spirit of
the community, the other portion of
the public being quiescent, is no ex-
cuse for performance of duty. /
have heard of like administration and
| like conceptions of official duty else
where. 1t does not work out we'll or for
the good of the community and is not
proper performance of official duty.
| have no desire to add to your dis
tress by saying more. This is an un-
happy situation for you and for me and
am confronted by disagreable duty.
AS you said to me and others recent
ly, "this business brings no pleasure
to any Of u.s."
You ought to restore to the police
pension fund the moneys wrongfully
withheld from it by you.
| am taking into consideration the
fact that you have pleaded guilty to
all indictments, some of which have
been quashed, and have put the state to
no trouble or expense for trials.
Upon the first count of Indictment
No. 1850, malfeasance in office, it is
the judgment and sentence of the
court, and of the law, that you, Owen
O'Hare, be punished by confinement at
hard labor in the state prison at Wau-
pun, Wisconsin, for and during the term
and period of 21A years, beginning at
noon this cay, the first day of actual
confinement to be solitary.
Upon the second count of Indictment
No. 1850, malfeasance in offic-, it is the
judgment and sentence of the court,
and of the law, that you Owen O'Hare,
be punished by confinement at hard
labor in the state prison at Waupun,
Wisconsin, for and during the term and
period OF 22 years, beginning at noon
this day, the first day of actual con-
| finement to be solitary. These sent
/ SIlCSS Will run COnCuTrenCly.
-e4 Money Under False Pretenses.
Upon Indictment No. 5O0c, obtaining
money by false pretenses, it is the
judgment and sentence of the court,
and of the law, that you, Owen O'Hare,
be punished by confinement at hard
labor in the state prison at Waupun,
Wisconsin, for and during the term
and period of sixty days, beginning at
noon this day, the first day of actual
confinement to be solitary
ing to procure or incite another to
commit the crime of perjury and un-
lawfully undertaking to obstruct the
due course of public justice, sentence
on the first count is suspended.
Upon the second count of Indictment
No. 512c, it is the judgment and sent
ence of the court, and of the law, that
you, Owen O'Hare, be punished by con-
inement at hard labor in the state
prison at Waupun, Wisconsin, for and
during the term and period of one
year, beginning at noon this day, the
first day of actual confinement to
be solitary.
Upon Indictment No. 546c, malfeas-
ance in office, it is the judgment and
sentence of~the court, and of the law,
that you, Owen O'Hare, be/punished
! by confinement at hard labor in the
state prison at Waupun, Wisconsin,
for and during the term and period
of one year, beginning at noon this
day, the first day of actual confne-
ment to be solitary
Upon the first count of Indictment
No. safe, embezzlement, it is the judg-
ment and sentence of the court, and
of the law, that you, Owen O'Hare, be
punished by confinement at hard labor
in the state prison at Waupun, Wis
consin, for and during the term and
period of one year, beginning at, noon
this day, the first day of actual con-
fnement to be solitary.
One Sentence Suspended.
The second count of this indictment
is the same transaction, charging the
act as larceny as bailee. Upon this
count sentence is suspended.
! Upon the first count of Indictment
No. 549c, embezzlement, it is the judg-
ment and sentence of the court, and