The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-11-20
BROOKE YIN CITY.
The COURTS.
UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURT.
Sentence of n Dishonest Post Office Clerk.
Before Judge Benedict

Sentence of n Dishonest Post Office Clerk.
Before Judge Benedict.
Yesterday at noon Eugene 3. Tunison the Post
ONCE clerk who was arrested some time ago and
subsequently indicted by the Grand Jury for purlon-
Ing letters, to which offence he pleaded guilty was
arraigned for sentence His counsel appealed to the
mercy OF the Court In the prisoners behalf. The
latter, who Is twenty-seven years old, was the
support Of an aged and widowed mother, and
had served faithfully during the war in the
Fifth regiment artillery. New York Volunteers
Judge Benedict In passing sentence said:--I nave
made some examination into your case since my at
enton was first called TO It, and II appears that
while In the employ OF the government at the Post
Onica you committed many depredatons upon the
correspondence OF country passing through that
ofnce the acts which you were said to have COM
United wero extraordinary for their number and
boldness and you appeared to have made but very
Sl2ht ef1crts TO conceal them. You admitted your
guilt hy pleading guilty, and OF It there be no
doubt. his crime OF which you have been guilty
u one OF The most dangerous to the country, owing
10 the fact That interferes with the correspondence
OF the country and 1t IL therefore punished by
were penalues. There are statutes or the United
States under which you could nave been convicted
which would leave TO the Court no discretion to i'm.
PRISON you for less than ten years. II mas been
thought wise TO ndict you under a statute which
gives 20 the Court some discretion and am TO exer-
else that discretion. seek therefore, for crcum-
stances which should warrant me IN showing mercy,
and find two circumstances In the case SO FAR az
they are connected with the act. Taken by itself
Is would seem though the act required the limit
OF the penalty; but take Into consideration the
fact FIRST that you pleaded guilty thereby saving tue
government the expense OF an investigation and
showing on your part penitence for the crime. /
take also into consideration the fact that you nave
been soldier In order that you may know that the
government for which you served now gives You
credit lor tha. service, and THAI II what saves you
very aegere punishment; by which / 90 not
mean that can inhict a light punishment. No,
cannot do 1t in any case when the crime ~ connected
with the Posi- once, but can temper justice with
mercy, and ] Dc 40 from the fact that sou have
been soldier which fact entities you TO some con-
Ederarion, for u may be that the Generalization
which act IN she Post once evinces was com
meRced In the army-1t PROBABLY was. ] would,
therefore, have yoa remember, IN receiving sen
tcnce, that the government has not forgotten yoar
past services and 1t - this which reduces this pun
lshmen from the limit OF ten years 10 which you might
have been liable. In view Of the fact that you pleaded
guilty In view Of tne fact that you have been SOL
nier and In OF The fact inat you the son OF
widowed mother sentence you 10 less than the
limit. The sentence OF tho Court In that you stand
committed for period of Gve years. and that the
pentencs be executed In the Kings County Pensteo-
Narg,
The prisoner, who was very much arected, was
then removed By tue Marshal