, 1874-04-25
MISCELLANY.


,n Criminal Court WIS packed full yesterday
.,,o the attraction being the celebrated DR.. Paul
esa.nne alias ]. B. schuenburg, Who waa arrajgned.
rr. supposed, for sentence. The facts connected
h hts case are familiar TO the readers ct THE TR1B-
~ md therefore need not be reiterated
1ad1a Gary occupied the bench, and said that hs
.,.rrsd to hxve the postponed until Monday,
Jndee williams would SIT he having heard tbs
1s.ncA Theu 6cboeppe WAS arralgned fast year md
.a 1uilty to forgery, aud being familiar with the
rrcuu1t.nees. -...
,s 1n.ser tho prisoners counsel ss1d Judge Will
,.., hid already passed upon the points which he
s-onc,ed to make aa to why sentence should not be
r.ssd and he desired the Court to hear them believ
F. lit be GARY would not coincide with tho views
~ so,s discussion as to the adv1sabIli.y Of this
.re the Judge not feeling inclined to att in appeal
h est decided By ono Of the members OF the same
sa,t. the 6ate's Attorney moved that sentence be
ssss.d md Mr. Jussen made lis argument. He cov-
~ he ground gone in the proceedings under
H. nit Of habcas CORPUS before Judge Wlliams, e1-
na to the Jurisdiction Of the Court md character
tnv he suBpeIson OF sentence as illegal act and.
.topgh thst was fhe practice in tho Criminal Court I'M
x-rr.rted by the authorities.
The witnesses were then sworn, and told what they
tutx, establishing conclusiyely that schoepps Was
en,,f y alleged .
sST1fh ~ stste's Attorney made no argument.
rhs Court said he had found great difficulty in fol
oTiEp xba. had been the practice In regard to sus-
nadtng sentences, md for several terms past ne had
atcltntd to suspend the sentences Of men: but had
IA thought very doubtful exercise Of tho discretion
Il be Court but II It = wrong, 1t WAS committed
rpm the application Of the defendant himself and he
rted before the term closed, the Court could undo
i; but tbs case not having been ternainated-judg-
at not being rr snou{d ~ 'tina ta
n,de no difference Tho defendant could ap-
p]y 1t any time to be sentenced, and, II
u cou Tfusea he t,e eona anr sppg ec.es for
10 Judgment AZ to the prisoners being out on re
eoSnizsnce-a reoognizance continued the jurisdicton
Il The Court than 1t would continue II he were
released without it. because the recogntzance did not
bring him into court It was merely penalty for not
ooning. The fact that schoeppes sentence WIS sus-
pended without bail seemed 70 the Court unimportan
1ce the only mode Of procuring his attendance, 1t
desired ut nny time by issuing capas, un-
Is. be chose to come voluntarily. Assuming that he
important, because party was in this State, how
tre: he might have got here, and the demands OF
rsbie justice required his punishment, and the
process of the Court could reach him, he
so.d be brought In under 1t md punished The
cz7mission OF one crime did not cancel another Of
fGse which might have been committed. II any CON-
brought here it must be made by the State whose
III was invaded; and Il 6-hoeppe could mako any
npx!nt 1t u1ust be by some direct proceeding OF bis
n either for damages which he had sustained OF by
Eosecution. There WIS authority In the State ex-
tpt the Governor, who could wipe out the oHenss
satnited. End be thought that, the prisoner being
.Eat II LEO suspension OF Be0teQc8 Wa9 improper ID
< 6Est instance, the Court ought to retrace it,
ia and do what ought to have been done six months
-. The incomplete forged cheess found
J his trunk. willis not = crime showed
and purpose to prepare himself for the
anission of crime-educating his hand to initiate
lenatures Of othessand, therefore, took away al
:. e1tenuating circumstances Of unprecedented
7zt and thoughtlessness, which had doubtless
pe,sted to ioduca the Suspension Of sentences. He
sought ths only question to be determined By the
'oust ~as how much imprisonment in the Peniten-
ry should bo accorded, and he would no. determine
t.t until be tslked with Judge Williams.
arranged that Schoeppe should be brought
Monday Tor sentence, and the court adjourned