The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-05-04

ClRnIcs' National Bank, Of Baltimore, we're taken
up for trial on Monday, In the United States District
Court.
Immediately upon the calling of the Court. Mr..
up with great care, and iu which WentE pleads
guilty, and throws himself upon the mercy Of tho
THE STATEMENT.
May it please your Honor, the prisoner at the bar
acting under tho advice Of counsel and the prompt
tnga OF his own heart, has concluded to plead guilty
TO theindictment filed against him in this court by
the United States The iActg in his patent,
and have never been denied by him. lie cannot,
therefore,, at this tImc, add 10 the offence be has
committed by any prcyGricAtion about, denial or
mises brought him no results but anguish aod fri6u
HttGI 81 :P Unit 9%6teTiI bis daily life and 6g
came, as angels Of mercy, TO calm his dsqugIude and
would not escape tho Justice Of tho law II he could
he has offended and must suffer. lie admits his VIC.
lAtton OF the law Of the land that he unlAWfully abb
stIRrted and possessed himself Of the funds and
property OF the corporation by which his EN-.
oer is broken spirit with oontrte soul, ready to
bear and suffer the rtg2r and penalty OF the law The
81 sI T9aensa inc age G three score yeS
soon hide Ills shame and repentance In the grave,
Bntw cannot forget that he Il old citizen Of Bal
timore: that he has gone IN and out among the peO
pie for many years with general acceptance; that no
has WHlked among the benevolent institutions OfthC
age. HvoluntAry colabOrcr In offices Of charity and
mercy; that he has been devoted husband, tender
iathgrand has lived life OF lRb0rlous and unpEe.
believe that he has been the victim Of mania for
Ock-gRmbling which once RrAt1hed, hs was I:eVer
HpecuatOns lac became greatly embarrassed, and WIS
induced to appropriate the funds Of tho bank AZ q
means ofextricAton, believing most iOolishly, he
did. that by new ventures he would speedily be lbls
to replace the money. One such deiAlcation led to
many. The flint made all the successive Hpecu.
Atons necessity, Loss followed rapidly upon IOss,
until all his acquisitions scattered and gone.
Thus he continued In this wretched round, hope al
ways delusiVely reckoning him on, until the habit
was formed and could not DO broken. While he
Oneru nothing to palliate his crime, no alleges most
piteOusy that no power of self-cuntrO WAS lett him.
that in vain he made good resolutions; that he APP
the fearful cons CQuenccs TO hImsefAnd his family
that he went to the altar Of prayer for assist
Rncs, but that there no help for him, that the
mAniA ragged in and possessed him. The general voice
will bear him witness, when lie asserts most posi-
lively, that part Of these sp6culAtiOns were spent
in riot and debauchery In luxurious living for
tentAtion attempting to bring up his children in tho
fear Of God and reverence for the law He Is father
aud grandfather noble vito aud mother has refused
TO desert him when deserted by tho world; his
and all these, your Honor, arc now suffering, and
will continue 10 suor the fearful punIshment OF this
his repentance and his family; he soIcts the elem
ency OF the court. The shortest period OF
sentence allotted by the law will most likely
be the mandate OF his nnRl separation, on
earth, from his wife AID children-Imprison.
ment for the brief term OF his short limit of
life. He, therefore, prays your Honor to con-
slider the feebIeneSs Of his nature and the eX-
lgencieB and surroundings Of his most la
mentRble case, and TO temper the sword Of
justice with mercy, which has been made an
vested, as TO the durRtiOn OF the punishment,
RESPONSE OF THE JUDGE.
Judge Giles, in response said that he would
be governed in his Judgment by the facts
which would be brought out on the trial of
John II, Rogers.