Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1866-08-11

cosrt o Lake county. o. one william NJ Cody under
Al hs, term Of the court ne was tried aud convicted q
and ruled and the prisoner ben sentenced to the
pcnenary ior one year, and p'ced In charged ofthe
On evening OF the dag which sentence pronounced
Judge Chaee bad tbs prosecuting Attorney TO bis
and he then proposed TO him. 70 withdraw the charge
Of Geud Larcepey ALLOW the prisoner to plead guilty 20
Petit Larceny, and have him sentenced 70 the jail for the
minor offence Petit Larceny To this the Prosecu tor OBJ
ected saying that he did not that he had any right 70
DO or that there was any excuse for IT, and declined 70
take the responsibility and against this rsmoustapce the
Prosecuting Attorney the prison on the ns1t morning
brought into court the charge Of Grand Lsrcsn which
he had the day before been sentenced 70 the Pentenuar
WAS withdrawn; and the Court sentenced the pr scner to
IN the county M on bread and water only for
by the extent Of the law for Petn Larceny And
here is the record.
LAKE. County Comnon Pleas, Journal G. Page 20. ssur
day, January 10th, 1884. - -.
The State Of Ohio,
william H. ODDLY.
an VIM NJ Cody being arrssn,d before the Court pleads
not guilty to this lndictment and thereupon the jury
0pS TSoS,s seS Ga%s 20 s r. p,,r Samuel H.
KimSnii, Isaac Ioneysnh, E. BALDWIN, rs, blalr
Nelson NtkePeace Reuben Copsy, Charles h. PhSr0OH
Horace Corbett E. + Ingersol. who being mpaneleo ana
the truth speak upon the Issue Joined between the
parties upon their oaths do that hoy find the issues
bewe the parties to be with the Plaintiff and that said
Defendant ia guilty in and form he sands charged
in said Indictment the of the property sol
hundred dollars the Court being fully advised
in the premises do order and adudge and is the sentence
of the Court that the said VIM NJ Cody be Imprisoned in
the Penenary this State the period OF year and
pay the costs Of this for which judgment is
defed and afterwards to wit at this term OF said Court 70
wit 10th day January 1851 the dofendent came
into court and wiaws his plea OF not guilty. hereupon
ente red herein and pleads guilty to Pset larceny e
the Court being fully advised n the premises do order
and adudge aut the sentence Of the Court that the
Deendant VIM NJ. Cody be imprisoned in the jail this
county the period twenty days from and including the
present day aud fed bread and water only and ne
OF hy dollars and costs of this prosecution for which ddg
ment is rendered.
The foregoing true COPY from The Journal oi the Court
PBKRr BoswoRrn, Clerk
Aug'I, lsCe
Now any one can so ha. after sentence had been passed.
neither the Court prosecuting attorney. the complaining
Witnesses had any further control tho matter and that
could legally the condemned from undergoing
his ,enterce 4. the peutsuteay exeept pardon from the
Governor decree OF higher Court. Bus the record
speaks ITSELF The facts above stated have derived
directly nom responsible parties personally knowing
| nv ".' i' WOE '''" THO. HALL
Editor Of We.kiy Ts.Sraph:
The following inquiries naturally suggrt themselves to the
those who have watching the late contest for
| the Judgoshp;
lst Would Judge Chafee his friends have had any
lest the high prerogatves Of the people should be
disturbed IL the Bar meeting bad recommended Judge Chat
fee instead OF Mr.. Sherman:
End. Judge Chaee has shown insompetency who would
be more likely to know II than the Bar,
3D. II they knew it what better could they have
taken than they hsvef
4h. Why should the people be more jealous Of the open
public declarations Of IS lawyers then OF the quiet shrewd
declarations Of lawyer who may have selfish me
i've at heart
5th action of the Bar Ia In the interest OF the JET
n son Court House cque-as ssset-why did they &C.
candidate outside Of that clique In opposition to one
inside of it9 NOT LAWYER.