, 1870-07-21

The Sentence of Justice John white.
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not Long Ago n Prisoner
Fro,. III Nsp Turk sun, Juiv13,
leetcrsiay morning the County Court Hot.se
Of Hudson. y. j., was 4 scene Of uncommon
excitement, tie o<raslon being tile eentence Of
Justice john White, Of Hoboken, for forgery.
He was also waiting sentence OIL charge of
emhezzlement.
1t i. serted IL fact that certain gang in Ho-
bcken. made up of pothouse politicians, petit
fcgecre, and pulicemen, had for some time
ltcu conei ifiug against Justice White, because
IT. hati eeen Ut to keep them out in the cold
whenever he got stake, and it il added that
only when they found themselves unable to
e., i'll for rake they the.eupon revoltod. and
that then, and then only, the downfall Of the
Justice WAS proclaimed.
4 run Der Of pi utoggess also vent back on
handling Of the gold .lugs that he had in the
tMhezz!emeut case and yesterday they all
met at the County Court House to see the CHAM
Ilon swindler. II they called him, receive LIS
transportation papers to Trenton State Prison.
At abou. II o'clock the judges arrived,
Judge Belle presdus ar-is,ed bs his associs-
ted Judges. Aesers Randolph. Sturges. and
Innkerhoff.
Justice White followed in the charge Of IN
officer from the jail. where he had sojourniag
and nervous and evidently felt his disg12c ed
| position, Among the rpcctssoss were many Ho-
bokeu rcttsforrgers. politicians pocemen. set
| ters, piups, aud thieves. Among the party
stood Recorder Pope, Who committed White to
/ JAIL and whn years ago WAS himself put under
loek and key by The now defunet Justice
| White.
Before Judge Beale pronounced sentence.
| Justice Whites counsel, Jonathan Dixon, 1s.,
informed the Court that the money embezz1e<1
be White bad been refunded. Judge Bedle, in
| raising sentence, admitted that A1. White
vas IN efficient Justice Of the Peace, but that
he prosttuted the office to purpoeee OF fraud.
The Court thought the Law WAS tarIv IN over.
takinE him, aud "a he i u2an OF means, hte
conduct is more 1epttbeus1ble. Il ~as relief
to the public to he nd OF such oaicess, and tue
ConEt was resolved 10 protect tho community
Sentence had been postponed in consequence
of other matters pending against the prisoner,
and A. he had made p.ruA restitution By re-
/ stonng the money, this fact, the Court re
| marked, would, in addition to his h4EinH ten
dercd his resignation - Justice Of .the peaee
to the Governor. through tho Court, tend "a
! mitigate the punishment about to be inflicted
The Court in conclusion sentenced him to bt
| Imprisoned in the County jail for thret
| months, ana to pay fine Of $500. and to re
main II prison until the fine shall have beer
| paid Tho Court admouished the jail oftci Ill
il,at they would he held responsible for bai
custody until the payuen, Of the dnc tn
Cotrt intended to see that the Board OF Free
holders would not order his rtlease until ths
payment Of the whole dne. White HAs thel
. removed to the iai.
The sentence seemed to take al the Hobokes
! tloats by surprise. One ~as heard to say
, +: Whs, whas light sentence 1he DID rasca
; should have gone to State Prison Fope loo
angry enough to pull the hair ont Of 1udg
| pe1Ies he1d, while the pettyforggets eWo1
: senesnce against the whole Court,
Thus ends the fret act in this drama be
: | matters will eoon develop thec1selsee. vhic
i vii chow up some OF these very men who has
leen instrumental in covering up their ow
: sing By putting one Of their gang ont Of tt
/ WAY,
Justice White has written his reaiSnasaon I
Justice OF the peace, 10 BE- forward to Cove
nor Randolph