Arizona weekly miner., 1875-10-22
THE GILES CASE
ieaos Guilty and makes a Speech to the Court.

pe~" D. "lies, defanting Postmaster. har,no
 o'en inoicted by the U. s. Grand Jury on tvo c"a'ges-one for embezzling ss, ,o6oss of money oIuer iunds, and the other for the embezzIemer,
 VI s"'o o postage money, of which amounts i, is
 p'oper to say here that $j, ,G95 in money and s3so
 n p'operty were recovered from him. leayiny
 sne hctuai ultimate dedication B, 70s S6-was
 ''ousu' mo Court on Wednesday, plead guilty
 " ooth4 indictments and made a speech 10 the | Nourt' oi which the following is a synopsis:
 M your Honor will indulge me- desire to
 suo,nn lew thoughts for the consideration of 1ne Nourt: l stand to-day in an attitude in which
 never stood before one in which none of my
 s-an % old and honored family name-ever
 s.oou. Tn entering this place 1 disgrace the
 name ana memory of a father who lit may he
 neuuohed as eoincidence) was thi.ty.eigt,t
 yeafs ago to-day laid in an honorable gravel
 men. an infant in my mothers arms. break the
 n1n' oi that, now aged mother, and consgn her grey hairs In shame 10 the grave, wither the
 hearts Of three loving sisters and cause their | cneeks 10 blush at the future mention of my
 name; bow the head of a noble and manly oh'y brother in deepest shame; disappoipt inc hopes ana destroy the confidence of friends that nave aided me; forfeit tue friendship and esteem of my fellow men 1 destroy that which once possessed and which Is better than riches good name, and leave myself standing before your honor a ruined man. With this deep dis grace hpon my name can never again staud face to lace with my kindred and those love-
 mere IS no punishment known to human law that IS eqnal in severity to that which an now suffering from these considerations arn glad mat It is se. am glad that do keenly feel the deep disgrace of the position in which stand that my heart is not so calfous as to render me l insenslble of the shame that tue position brings upon me- In this find gearn of hope for the | future, that may be able 10 rise again and in | some measure, at least, repair the wreck of the | past .t .t - -S
 Although plead guilty, within the puryiew of the Law do not feel that my guilt is of that heinous character that fixed determination to perpetrate the offence with which am charged would impart to it; for it was not pre-arranged uIn'i' occupying weeks in the perfecting, some suppose. It never was in my heart to do it. It r was brought about In this wse and I will be brief
 At the time oem my last remittance discovered thai was short of funds, but thought there might oe some error in my footings, and when my weekly statements were audited all would be right. had not played off the money as some assert. was even then, from an inordi- nate use of liquor, unfit to attend the clerical work Of the office At length, finding myself al- ready in the breakers plunged deeper in and suddenly found myself at sea without ruddcr compass. chart or pilot, and in an insane fit of in- toXication, madness and dspar 1 abandoned my post
 l did not know where was going The first day out wished myself back in Prescott, for when only partially intoxicated had reason enough left to teach me that for the future was an outcast and refugee. l desire to repeat it 1 IL never was in my heart to do this thing. If [ had intended to abscond with all the money | could get together, from the amount of business ) done at this office, it being so isolated, could have put away a large amount before the Depart | ment could have detected it, to say nothing of I registered bullion, gold dust and o.hcr valuable packages which have always gone safely through It never entered my mind to touch them further than 10 wrap and rc-wrap them. that they might be the more secure. The delay in one or two | registered packages reaching their destination I was, in my opinion, occasoned by the accidental | of one of our through mails from some :, point on the route. At all events they were sent from this office The delay in for yarding registered matter for the last week I held the office, may be attributed to my neglect k put with no criminal intent. .
 Who knows but this great calamity may have ,een permitted to befall me bya good Provi- ience as the most efficient means of bringing me O consider whither was drifting to call me pack to duty and a warning to others.
 now submit my case 10 your Honors impar- c ial Judgment, in the hope and belief tbat Jus ice will be tempered with Mercy remembering hat we are all frail.'
 Yesterday at 10 o'clock NJ. the prisoner was gain brought into Court and Judge Tweed sen enced him to one years Imprisonment for each of E he two offences, and fine of S9,2606S in the rst, and S530. Is in the second, in the aggre ate, two years imprisonment and So, 790 SG fine.