The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1923-01-11
John Helvig, c. J. Peterson,
Mary Caviezel and E. A.
Sundberg Punished; Four
More to be Tried.

Four of the eight defendants in Grim.
inal actions arising from alleged VIOLA
lions OF the prohibition laws. pleaded
guilty and were sentenced by Judge
w. \. Skinner If Watertcwn, who
opened the %January term of circuit
cour here Tuesday. The other four
were represented by attorneys and
will be tried next Tuesday at ten
o'clock a. m.
John Helvig Of Lake Hendricks
township, was the first 10 plead guilty.
lie was charged with unlawfully stor-
ing and keeping a large quantity of in
toXlcatlng liquor. AT the time the of.
fcers searched his premises they
found the liquor hidden in a hole in
the basement carefully covered with
Ola newspapers. The defendants
brother, who resides over the line in
Minnesota was suspected of being en-.
gagged in the traffic also but he es-
capped and up to date has not been an
pretended. Helvig had been before
Judge Skinner once before in Hamlin
county on a similar charge for sellins,
liquor at Lake Poinsett on the Fourth
or July. He was sentenced to thirty
days in Jail and to pay a fine of $3.50.
One of the most interesting cases
was that of c.. j. Peterson of Oak Lake
township, formerly Of Watertown, who
plead guilty to the charge Of unlaw.
fully selling intoxicating liquor. Being
unable to furnish bond at the time of
his arrest he has been confined I'm iail.
a period OF AZ days. He is married and
has two children. His family has been
cared for at the county poor farm. 1t
developed curing he hearing that Pet
erson had been before the court ON a
previous instance, at Watertown.
where he was charged with violation
Of the liquor laws and with a statutory
offense arising out OF his Capitalization
with a woman to whom he was not
married. They were married in the
jail at Watertown and the latter case
was dropped. The information did
not charge a second offense so the
judge sentenced him to spend thirty
days in Jail and pay a fine of $3.50 or
an additional day in Jail for every So of
the fine.
r.. A. S%undberg, charged with the
manufacture of intoxicating LIQUOR.
plead guilty and was sentenced TO
thirty days in Jail and to pay a fine
OF $3.50, the sentence was suspended
on condition that he pay $50 of the
fine before July /. Mary Caviezel, re-
siding six miles north of Volga. plead
guilty to a charge OF manufacturing
liquor and was given the minimum
sentence which was suspended on
condition that SIS Of the fine and costs
be paid in cash and the balance of the
fine to remain as a civil judgment
against her.
The cases against Aubry Baker, Geo.
Bishpan, j.. II. Trudell and +. +. Pow.
derby will be heard next Tuesday. The
case OF Carrot Van Der Pers, charged
with unlawfully killing a dog, was dis
missed on account Of lack of evidence
to convict. In his statement of the
case, States Attorney E,aA. Berke,
stated that the case involved a very
small dog, only II inches long and
6 inches high, of the approximate
value of $50.
The trial Of civil cases on the cal
endar began yesterday morning when
the case of j. w. Catlett VS.. Mrs. Lizzie
SvenneS was called and this case is
still being argued before the court at
the present time. The ~plaintiff is suing
on a guaranty for the payment of an
old debt for a quantity Of lumber. Hall
and Purdy are attorneys for the plain
tiff, Mr.. Catlett, and Olaf Eidem is at
torney for Mrs. Svennes.