The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-08-14
COUNCIL. DEMANDS
JAIL SENTENCES
Civic Council Goes on Rec
ord Against Drunken
Auto Drivers.
GALL JAIL A PANACEA
Demand Warrants Be Sworn
Out in Name of State to AL
low Judge to Sentence.

A concerted effort to keep the driver
under the influence of intoxicating
LIQUOR off Of the streets of the city
was launched on Monday evening when
the Kenosha Civic Council unanimous
Nv went on record demanding a maxi
mum Jail sentence for every motorist
brought in on a charge of driving
while drunk. The quention has been
hanging fire for some time among sew
eral organizations in the city but the
action Of the Civic Council marks the
first step in the campaign to keep the
streets and highways of the city ana
county safe from the intoxicated
driver.
4 George s. Whyte, who also stirred
/, up favorable sentiment at recent
meeting Of the Rotary club, presented
the resolution before the council at
: lbs Monday nights meeting. Unani-
aaous adoption followed. The petition
reads as follows:
Resolution.
WHEREAS, The operation of an au-
tomobile by any person under the In
fuence of liquor is serious menace
to life and property, and
/. WHEREAS, We believe that the SEN
tence to pay fine is not sufficient
punishment for this grave offense-
Therefore,
BE 1T RESOLVED, That it is the
sense Of this meeting that any person
found guilty of driving an automobile
while under the influence of liquor be
punished to the full extent of the law,
and
81 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That
we strongly recommend that all per-
sons arrested for driving an automo-
bile while intoxicated be prosecuted
under the State Law which provides
for the imposing of a sentence to i'm
prisonment, and
BE 1T FURTHER RESOLVED-That
it is the sense Of this meeting that
any person convicted of violating this
law be sentenced to the maximum
Jail penalty, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That
copy of this Resolution be spread
upon the records of the Kenosha Civic
Council and that copy thereof be
sent to the Chairman of the City
Council, to the City Manager, to the
Chief of Police, to the City Attorney,
to the District Attorney, and to the
Judge of the Municipal Court.
City WCald Lose Fines.
It was pointed out that heretofore
the judge of the municipal court has
been empowered only to assess a fine
in the case of anyone brought before
the court on a charge of driving while
intoxicated There is a city ordinance
as we'll as a state ordinance govern
inc the case. In the former only a
fine is stipulated as the penalty and
Jail sentences are imposed only when
fine remain unpaid. Under the state
ordinance jail sentences are imposed
by tie Judge. 1t is simply matter
Of swearing out the warrant in the
warrant in the name Of the city or
state, pointed out City Manager 0s-
born in the discussion that followed
the adoption of the resolution. In the
one case, he said, the fines revert to
the city and in the other they go to
the state. Kenosha is perfectly will
ing, he said, to forego the fine money
if that action would rid the streets
Of the menace of the drunken driver.
Ii is expected that definite 8ction
bearing fruit as a result of the reso-
luton will be forthcoming as soon as
the petitions are presented to the
various authorities.