Saloonists Fined $10 Each

Twenty-two Came before Judge Kinne

All Plead Guilty

Judge Let Them Off Easy but Promised Full Penalty for Further Violations

The October term of court opened Monday morning, Judge Kinne presiding, with a heavy calendar and a large attendance of attorneys and interested litigants. In the call of the calendar a large number of cases were announced as being ready for trial and indications are for a very busy term.

The criminal cases were the first thing taken care of and in only two instances were the defendants ready to have their cases disposed of. These were the cases of Fred Dupper, indecent exposure, and Charles Krugger [sic], drunkard and tippler, both of whom pleaded guilty. In the former case the judge suspended sentence and Kruger was remanded for sentence. The other criminal cases and their pleas were the people against Peter Powers, not guilty; James Edwards, not guilty; Edward Morey, not guilty, Arthur Brown assigned as attorney by request; Fred Von Kaul, not guilty; Roy W. Hall, not guilty; Alexander Kniseley, not guilty, continued to next term; George Leonard, not guilty. A number of these cases will be tried this week.

Interest centered largely in the cases against the 22 saloon keepers arrested on a charge of keeping open on Labor Day. The defendants were not in court in the morning, but Judge Kinne set 2:30 that afternoon as the hour when he would hear their pleas and at that hour Fred Brown, Wm. C. Binder, Jeremiah Collins, Add Collum, Wm. Corson, Lawrence J. Damm, Stephen Earl, Frey Bros.. Frey & Zachmann, Philip Gauss, Wm. Goetz, Emil Golz, Gwinner & Paul, Richard Kearns jr., Gottlob Knapp, John Maulbetsch, Asa B. Nash, Joseph Parker, P. Fred Reimold, John Schaible, Chris. Spaeth and J. G. Fred Schmid came into court and by their attorneys pleaded guilty to the charge. Messrs. Lawrence, Norris, Kearney and Cavanaugh appeared for the defendants and argued that their clients were all good citizens, law-abiding and in the habit of paying their debts and that the defendants understood that they would not be molested if they kept open on Labor Day. Prosecutor Duffy stated that if the saloonkeepers had been told that they would not be molested that it was by irresponsible and unauthorized parties.

Judge Kinne, in imposing sentence, said it was not for him to say or consider the justness of the law, but to enforce and apply it and if the courts did not enforce the law it was a dead letter. That these men came into court and pleaded guilty to a violation of the law and it was his duty to apply the penalty. But he did not think the cause of justice or temperance would be furthered by the exacting from the defendants every dollar that they were able to pay, but only so much as would remind them that the law must be obeyed and act as a deterrent. In view of what had been said by the counsel and consideration of all the circumstances he would impose a fine of $10 and costs, but warned them that such a violation of the law must not occur again while he was on the bench and premised them that if it did he would impose the full penalty of the law, including fine and imprisonment.

James Edwards, charged with stealing from a car at Ypsilanti, changed his plea of not guilty to guilty and was sentenced to Jackson for a period not exceeding twelve months nor less than six months, in accordance with the new indeterminate sentencing law.

Charles Kruger, who pleaded guilty to a third offense of being a drunkard and tippler, was released on suspended sentence.