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Charges/Sentences/Bail Entered Into the Jail Register of Prisoners
  
 
  The Linn County Sheriff’s Office has on file records of individuals who have been brought to the Linn County Jail dating back to 1891. Ages of the individuals entered into the old jail registers range from nine years of age up to 87 years of age.

The youngest individual, being nine years of age, listed in the Jail Register, was arrested on August 8, 1937 for being a Runaway. He was taken to the Boys Training School.

The oldest individual, being 87 years of age, listed in the Jail Register, was arrested on June 23, 1919, for being Insane and was taken to an Asylum.

Charges entered into the Jail Registry during the early 1900's are ones you may no longer see individuals being arrested and lodged in the county jail for. Some of these charges are as follows:

  
 
  Date of Arrest Charge Disposition  
  1900 Witness to Pending Case Held for 20 days  
  1903 Adultery Discharged / Agreed to be married  
  1914 Profane Language Fined $25  
  1919 Lewd Cohabitation Discharged / Agreed to be married  
  1921 Vagrancy 60 days in Jail  
  1922 Insane Committed to Asylum  
  1923 Moonshiner $250 fine  
  1923 Bootlegging $1,500 fine and 60 days in Jail  
  1924 Stealing Train Ride 3 days in Jail  
  1925 Possession of a Still $500 fine and 1 year in Penitentiary  
  1925 Peddling without a License $50 fine  
  1930 Fail to make Trappers Report $25 fine  
  1939 Violation of Pure Food Law $50 fine  
         
  The jail register in the early days showed the number of insanity cases they had for a few years, they are as follows:  
  1929 28 insanity cases 1930 17 insanity cases  
  1931 23 insanity cases 1932 8 insanity cases through May  
 
  From November 5, 1891 thru February 2, 1940 there were a total of 3,421 prisoners entered/logged into the jail registers. The inmates were moved into the new jail located on the 4th floor of the courthouse on February 19, 1940.

Meals in the early 1900's were $0.24 each and were paid for prior to the individual leaving jail.

  
 
  Times have changed over the years when it comes to individuals being arrested and the types of sentencing and bail amounts that were imposed on them. Individuals of all ages were brought to the Linn County Jail and processed. If the individual was a juvenile, they were taken either to a Juvenile Detention or to a Reform School. Some early entries are as follows:  
 
  Year of Arrest Charge(s) Sentence/Bail  
  1891 Petty Larceny 30 days Jail  
  1900 Forgery 2 years State Prison  
  1901 Burglary 2 years State Penitentiary  
  1902 Larceny in a car 60 days Jail  
  1903 Defacing a building 90 days Jail  
  1906 Burglary 5 years State Penitentiary  
  1914 Wife Beating 25 days Jail  
  1914 Selling Intoxicants 10 days Jail  
  1919 Stealing Bicycle 2 months Jail  
  1919 Shoplifting $20 find and 12 days Jail  
  1920 Stealing for a mailbox Turned over to Federal Authorities  
  1920 Bootlegging $250 fine and 125 days Jail  
  1921 Possession of Liquor $100 fine and 50 days Jail  
  1925 Possession of Still $500 fine  
  1925 Possession of Liquor $500 fine and 6 months Jail  
  1925 Hunting without License 12 days Jail  
  1927 Blasting Fish $50 fine  
  1928 Driving Intoxicated $100 fine and 60 days Jail  
  1929 Lewd Conduct 6 months Jail  
  1929 Embezzlement 1 year State Prison  
  1929 Delinquent Taken to Boys State Training School  
  1930 Possession of a Still $750 fine and 30 days Jail  
  1930 Forgery $1000 fine and 2 years State Prison  
  1930 Driving Intoxicated $200 fine and 100 days in Jail  
  1931 Larceny of Auto $1000 fine and 2 years State Prison  
  1931 Too many Passengers in the front Seat of a vehicle $10 fine and 6 days Jail  
  1931 Possession of Liquor $300 fine, 90 days Jail and released to Poor Farm  
  1931 Possession of an unregistered Still $1000 fine  
  1932 Driving without a License $25 fine and 12 days Jail  
  1932 Gambling $25 fine  
  1933 Traffic Crime $20 fine and 10 days Jail  
  1934 Possession of Cannabis $1000 fine and 30 days Jail  
  1935 Vagrancy 60 days Jail and ordered out of the county  
  1938 No bicycle light $1 fine  
  1939 Joyriding $500 fine and 6 months Jail  
  1940 Defrauding Inn $100 fine and 15 days Jail