Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-11-07
LOCAL NEWS.

CRIMINAL CoURr.-Conclusior of the trial II
III. c. Burtenett and Adude Roberts-.Sentence of
the Parties.-This morning Mr.. Ford withdrew
rhr o I"a. rot ...g ~ szasa mauue 70 stand n,
and receive sentence, and she made q state
n. ent TO the effect that Mrs johnson leased til
house 275. and agreed to let the lower part to
maude II she would furnish 1t. Mauds then
proceeded to detap the transactions atteudan,
upon the lease OF the house, aud claimed that
she tMaude) was simply 4 housekeeper for
Mrs. johnson The whole tendency OF Maude's
remarks were TO implIcate Mrs. johnson AS
propretress and keeper OF tho house Niauds
denied that MAJOR Burtsnett had anything
whatever 10 do with tho house anything more
than as visitor. She Slso eaid that the girls
referred TO in the testin ony, Stella st. Clair,
Hattie Seymour and others, came there to
board, and Mauds thought they were respect
able girls, and they said they had never board
ed out before. row occurred on account Of
the girls sending out for grocery whisky and
on account II that row the parties testified b,-
fore the grand jury.
The Court, in sentencing Maude, stated that
the jury had recommended her TO nnercv and
hs was not disposed to disregard the sargss-
ton. He hoped she might reform, and there.
fore sentenced her to . fine Of $50 o. in default
Of payment to one months imprisonment In
the Jail.
Bur,enett was then asked II he had anything
70 say in extenuatlon OF sentence, aud he made
q lengthy statement, wherein he den1Dd that hs
was at III prominently connected with 27s ID
street He also read 8 written statement by
MauGe Roberts, TO the same effect as that made
by Maude herself In her address to the Judge.
Burtenett said that he did not know Of the
character of the house (275) until ten days after
II was opened, and that us soon Is he did find
out its true character he stroye TO induce
Msuue to Leave, aud that she was arrested
~ out tha time she was preparing TO leave the
house. He said he did not know that Mauds
was in that business, and all his efforts were to
r. claim the girl. Mauds in her statement also
said that Burtenett had endea we'd to reform her
Mr. Bur,enett considered himself terribly
abused indivtdr al. Not only had the iurv
con vced him, as he belle we'd, unjustIy, but
tie press, the public, and even Maude Roberts
counsel mad, he said, inauGurated q crusade
against him. He asked the Court to postpone
srnteuce for a few days, in order that he might
obtain proof going to show the real char
acrer OF the witnesses that had been OK smin.d
against him. and the psrsec utions to when he
had been subjected. The action OF the Cour:
here would blast hts future life and ha wonII
go ont 70 the world as most degraded thing.
The Court listened very attsntiveiy TO All the
remarks Of the defendant, and then stat. I'd that
he Lad had Il full and fair trial, and that no
further postponement could be made Of action
In the case. Judge Ohm referred TO the fact that
FIR Burtenett was y man Of education AND
m ust necessarily have known the character OF
the house he visited 1t could not have been
possible w ,Sr n of 70 ras,.s bswdy and
was plain and Gle ar, and he had had every OBJ
portunity afforded him OF yindicatins hImseff
but he had failed to do so. II, as ne said, he
had not lodged at us it would have haen An
easy matter tor him to prove 1t, for men can
generally prove their lodging places,
The tact that Maude ROBERTS, the partner In
crime, had voluntarily made statement show
ing her guiit and criminaiity, and endea vor.nz
to shield him (Rurtenett), proved that she had
stil apark OF honor and virtue left far more
honor than he possessed. But the Judge could
see no good reason why sentence should not be
passed. His (Burtenst,'s) habits were fixed,
and there was no hope OF his reformation, or
OF enectinG any good by his punishment ex.
celt 10 oeter other and younger men from he
Ing guilty OF tho same acts; and the court
would therefore sentence him to be imprisoned
In the jail Tor the period OF Que month, aud also
to pay nne OF ESQ, or in default OF payment
to re imprisoned five months longer
Tnomas Malone and John Smith were tried
for N" larceny ct 0I7 from Inhn Savd.- ard
the hrst was found guilty and tho lattsr &c.
Quilted. Malone stated that the money, Of
which no was found guilty Of stealing, he found:
and In consideration with his statement judge
Uiin gave him the shortest sentence In his
Eower-one year In the Albany penitsnsiary.
The jury Immediately drew mp and signed .
petition Tor his pardon. =.
number OF caSes wore continued, and All
the business mp 70 ths 3eth nit. having heeu
transacfsd. the jurors were discharged and the
term closed.
The next term Of the Crininal Court viii
common &C on the fret Monday In December.