prosecuting witnesses, who urge that said defendant has now been sufficiently punished. To remain in force during defendant's good behavior.

JOHN W. SCHAEFFER. Polk county. December 30, 1895. Sentenced at the November, 1893, term of the district court to imprisonment in the state penitentiary for a period of six months, for the crime of unlawfully disinterring a dead body. Commuted to imprisonment in the jail of Polk county for a period of six months, and to the payment of a fine of $500; Also ordered in the event that said John W. Schaeffer shall on or before the first day of February, 1896, pay in full said fine of $500, that said sentence as commuted shall be suspended so far as the order of imprisonment is concerned during such time as he shall hereafter demean himself in every respect as an orderly and law abiding citizen. Granted because in my opinion the payment of $500 will be sufficient punishment for said crime.

CORNELIUS TOOM AND HENRY VAN DER WERF. Marion county. December 31, 1895. Committed to the state penitentiary at Fort Madison, August 23, 1885, for a period of thirty-five years, for the crimes of arson, burglary and assault with intent to commit murder. Commuted to imprisonment for twenty years. Granted upon the recommendation of a large number of the prominent citizens of Marion county, including the attorney who assisted in the prosecution of said defendents, and because it is my opinion that at the expiration of a twenty years' sentence said defendants will have been sufficiently punished for said cffenses. Conditioned upon the defendants refraining from the use of intoxicating liquors as a beverage and upon their future good behavior.

PETER VAN DER WERF. Marion county. December 31, 1895. Committed to the state penitentiary at Fort Madison August 23, 1885 (on January 31, 1889, transferred to the penitentiary at Anamosa), for a period of thirty-five years, for the crimes of arson, burglary and assault with intent to commit murder. Commuted to imprisonment for twenty years. Granted upon the same recommendations, for the same reasons, and on the same conditions as those designated in the preceding case of Cornelius Toom and Henry Van Der Werf.

REMISSION OF FINES.

JOSHUA BURKE. Davis county. May 4, 1894. Remitted fine of $100, imposed at October, 1892, term of district court for the offense of peddling without a license. It is made to appear that defendant was prosecuted for the sole purpose of testing the validity of said law; his employers, being the interested parties, appealed said case to the supreme court, where it was affirmed. They thereupon procured licenses for all of their agents, and will be compelled to pay the fine in question if its collection is enforced. Granted upon the recommendation of the trial judge and prosecuting attorney.

PRENTISS RANSON. Hardin county. May 23, 1894. Remitted $200 of the amount of a fine of $300, imposed at the April, 1889, term of the district court, for the offense of maintaining a nuisance. Granted upon the recommendation of the trial judge and prosecuting attorney, and because it is made to appear that an agreement was had between the officers of the court and said defendant at the time of sentence, to the effect that upon the payment of $100 of said fine and the costs of the case, the collection of the balance of said fine should not be enforced during such time as he should thereafter refrain from any further violation of said law. Defendant has complied with the provisions of said agreement, and this remission is granted in order to release his property from the lien occasioned by said judgment.

R. G. BRENNEMAN. Wayne county. June 16, 1894. Remitted fine of $25 and the costs of the case taxed at $28.78, imposed at the May, 1890, term of the district court, for the offense of maintaining a nuisance. Granted upon the recommendation of a large number of prominent citizens of Wayne county, including the county attorney who prosecuted said case, and because it is made to appear that one A. H. Keller, who became surety on an appeal bond when the defendant

appealed to said district court from the judgment of a lower court, has since died, and said Brenneman, now being unable to pay said fine and costs, they must be paid, if collected, by the family of said Keller, who are now in straitened circumstances and wholly unable to pay said fine and costs. The sole purpose of this order is to release the family of said Keller from the lien occasioned by said judgment.

MIKE MONNER. Plymouth county. July 9, 1894. Remitted fine of $50, and costs of the case taxed at $90.95, imposed at the October, 1886, term of the district court, for the offense of keeping a nuisance, also fine of $50, and costs of the case taxed at $50.42, imposed at the March, 1887, term of the district court, for the offense of keeping a nuisance. Granted upon the request of a large number of prominent citizens of Plymouth county, and because it is made to appear that defendant is now deceased, and that his widow will be reduced to very straitened circumstances if she is compelled to pay said fines and costs.

WILLIAM QUINN. Allamakee county. July 12, 1894. Remitted fines amounting to $900, imposed on April 14, 1894, by the justice's court of C. S. Stillwell, justice of the peace in and for Makee township, Allamakee county, for offenses of violating the prohibitory liquor law. Remitted upon the recommendation of a large number of prominent citizens of Allamakee county, who state that in default of the payment of said fines defendant has been confined for a period of three months in the jail of Allamakee county. To remain in force during such time as said Quinn shall refrain from any further violation of said laws.

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CHARLES FENNER. Cass county. August 29, 1894. Remitted fine of $400, imposed at August, 1893, term of the district court for offense of keeping a nuisance. Defendant is now over seventy-eight years of age and in very feeble health; his wife is over seventy-five years of age. They are wholly unable to pay said fine and if its collection is enforced they will lose their homestead. Granted upon the recommendation of several officials and a large number of prominent citizens of Cass county, including the mayor of Griswold, where said offense was committed and because I am convinced that defendant will never again violate said law.

FREDERIKE KARPH, HENRY HAAKE AND FREDERIKE HAAKE. Mitchell county. September 12, 1894. Remitted fine of $300, imposed upon Frederike Karph at April, 1890, term of district court; also fine of $100, imposed upon Henry Haake at May, 1892, term of district court; also fine of $300, imposed upon Frederike Haake at May, 1892, term of district court, all for the offenses of violating the prohibitory liquor law It is made to appear that in default of the payment of said fine the defendants were committed to the jail of Mitchell county and served for the full period provided by law; that they are wholly unable to pay said fines, and that the property on which said judgments are now liens was previously mortgaged for nearly its full value, the mortgagee being finally compelled to take possession of the same, which is now in the hands of an innocent purchaser upon whom a great hardship will be worked if said judgments are enforced. Granted upon the condition that all the costs in said cases be first paid.

ROBERT D. ROYDSTON. Boone county. October 1, 1894. Remitted fine of $50, imposed at January, 1894, term of district court, for offense of unlawful assault. Granted upon the recommendation of the presiding judge, who states that he imposed said sentence on the defendant's plea of guilty without any knowledge as to the circumstances of the case. Since then he has investigated the matter and now declares that defendant was not guilty of any willful offense, the act in question growing out of his position as constable. The judge further stated that were all the facts before him at the time of sentence he would not have entered said judgment.

HANS AND ANNA PLOEN. Clinton county. October 6, 1894. Remitted fine of $500, imposed at May, 1889, term of district court, for the offense of violating an injunction. Defendants, both of whom are in very feeble health, are wholly unable to pay said fine, and its collection, if enforced, would work a great hardship on them and leave them in an almost destitute condition. Granted upon the request of the county attorney who prosecuted said case and a number of prominent citizens of Clinton county; and upon the condition that all the costs of said case be first paid.

A. FERNBACH. Black Hawk county. October 6, 1894. Remitted fine of $300, imposed at February, 1888, term of district court, for the offense of violating the prohibitory liquor

laws. Granted upon the recommendation of the presiding judge, the prosecuting attorney and a number of the officials and prominent citizens of Black Hawk county; and because it is made to appear that said defendant is now deceased and that the enforcement of said judgment would work a great hardship upon his widow and upon innocent creditors, whose only security is the property on which said judgment is a lien; and also upon the condition that the costs of said case be first paid.

PETER ZEIN. Chickasaw county. October 12, 1894. Remitted $400 of the amount of a fine of $500, imposed at the October, 1892, term of district court, for the offense of violating an injunction. Remission is recommended by the county attorney who prosecuted said case and many other officials and prominent citizens of Chickasaw county, who state that since said fine was imposed the defendant has in no manner been guilty of a further violation of said prohibitory liquor laws; that he has a large family to support and the enforcement of said judgment would work a great hardship upon them. Granted upon the condition that $100 of said fine and the costs in said case be first paid; and that said Zein shall hereafter refrain from any further violation of said laws.

CHARLES REICHELT. Jasper county. November 16, 1894. Remitted $150 of the amount of a fine of $300, imposed at the September, 1891, term of the district court, for the offense of violating the prohibitory liquor laws. It is made to appear that defendant, since the date of said judgment, has in no manner been guilty of a further violation of said laws; he is now 75 years of age and in very poor circumstances financially; and the property on which said judgment is a lien is now owned by innocent parties, upon whom a great hardship will be worked if the collection of said judgment is enforced. Granted upon the recommendation of the trial judge, prosecuting attorney and a number of prominent citizens of Jasper county; and is to take effect when the remaining $150 of said fine and all the costs in said case are paid.

CHARLES WILSON. Johnson county. December 5, 1894. Remitted fine of $15, imposed in July, 1894, by justice's court of D. S. Barber, justice of the peace in and for Lucas township, Johnson county, for offense of larceny. Granted because it is