The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-12-27
COURT PROCEEDINGS.

months During this time many important cases,
both civil and criminal, were disposed Of The
following persons were sentenced 10 the penlten.
tiary on Thursday last and accompanied Isherif
Rauch and assistants to Columbus to-day;
Charles sonier, burglary and larceny three
years. James Buchanan grand larceny two
years Eaven Jones' rape, three years Franklin
Hostetter, burglary and larceny, two years VIM,
Canon, house breaking and grand larceny, four
years; James Smith, house breaking and grand
larceny three years; Daniel McIntire, burglary
three years Ross Hamln, shootlngswith intent
&C., two years; Joseph Wismer, burglary and
grand larceny three years. execution ofsentence
suspended, upon bond being given; John Griffin,
forgery, seven years
The court and attorneys, as well as others In
the court room, on Thursday of last week. when
Judge Meyer was passing sentence upon the prs.
oners, were treated to a speech from John Griffin,
out OF the usual routine on such occasions; and
being delivered in the "rich Irish brogue" made
1t all the more interesting, We give the speech as
written out by Mr.. Griffin himself and just as de-
ivered prior to his sentence of seven years. His
spelling Is not much out Of the way but his pro
fuse use Of capital letters is profound" His first
personal pronoun isgenerallyi t. lower case, but he
writes quite readable Griffin was witness
against two comrades who were sent for two and
three years respectively If Griffin thought by
this to shorten his own sentence he was mistaken.
GRIFFIN's MANUSCRIPT AND SPEECH.
Your HONOR l-If 1 thought should obtain any
Decided benefit by Saying anything Must Ac'
knowledge that have good Deal to Say In the
Regard of obliteratng from my Character the
Charges that are aledged Against 1t. But Know
ing that have to Struggle Against Superior force
1 Believe II is Not Necessary that Should Say
anything. However will Make a few Remarks
Concerning those Pusllanamous Vandals that has
made themselves instrumental in Placing Me In
the Category that I am in at Present and in My
Efforts to Do so, l will Make My Sentiments as
terse as Possible. The Men that has used Me as a
tool for to Do their Obsequious work It is an 0s-
tensible fact that they are Now Masking the sun
shine of freedom and Liberty, and watching
Every favourable Opportunity that May Repre-
sent itself for to Commit Depradations of More
Henious Nature than the One that 1 am Already
Charged with. But cincerely hope that My Sen.
IenGe will be Expired Before they can Extricate
themselves from the fatal Gangrene that is Now
Eating into their VeryV itals they are Men who's
Characters are as Spotted as the skin of the Leop
ard with Crimes of the Most Arocious Nature,
Men who's Presence would Not Be tolerated into
any Decent Society Men who are guilty of Klep.
tomania on More than One Occasion and Men
who Properly Speaking are Nothing But Con-
glumoraton of thieves thatare Continually Slum.
bering under the incubes Of Debauchery. their
is One man amongst them and that is Mr.. Joce.
of Massillon, and Don't Suppose that can Ever
find Language Sufficiently Strong Enough to Ex.
press My heartfelt qualifications Towards him
for the Services that he has Rendered Towards
Me. However If he here Should Be tempted
to Make few Exigetical Remarks Concerning his
Criminal Propensties which would make the
Ebulition of his blood Rise Above the grade ofits
Natural Circulation Should Venture to Say that
his Character is Proverbial, But when | say. Pro-
verbiall mean to say that he is Universally known
are spoken of, as Been a Remoneful hypocrite
liar and an imposter fagitiOus Profigate
whiskey Drinking Paralgism and Double Mind
ed Bloody hearted Vilanous traitor who has al
ways acted Contrary to the Dictates of his Own
Conscience Man in whom you Can See Disimu-
ton and ConcupiCence engraved upon Every inch
of his Poor transient Pereshing frame that is Now
vending its way into the Down Sliding fall of
Eternity or Perhaps into the Dark Gulf of Perdi-
ton far Beyond the Reach of Gods Mercy. l
don't Suppose thati Can Ever Consign The thoughts
of that Brigand to Oblivion until the time crises
when shall receive Message from the 0mnipo-
tent Judge Which shsll be warning to me that
Must hold Myself in Readiness to answer for all
that the recording Angel has written Against Me
then and not till then shall forget Mr.. Joice that
filthy uneaten Belzebub. do Concientously be.
lieye that 1t is q sin and a shame that
should expiate the Crime that has
Been Suspected to Me by Bigger Culprit than
myself by having to go to the Institution of Cor
rection Because have Never Done Anything to
any Person that would Cause My COncence to
Come back and Reproach Me for it, and it Battles
My Conjecture to Imagine what that MyrmidOn
will have to answer to God When he
Calls him to account for Such guilty
Conduct as that which he has Ex-
ercised are Carried out towards Me. Your Honor
might feel Determined to say that My Remarks
towards that Blood thirsty fanatic are too MOrdaC
ious or too Vehement but have the Evidence Of
a great Many Persons to Prove that he has acted
in strict accordance with the Discipline that is
Carried out among the Beasts of the forest He isa
Heterogeneous DumbfOund Brute that Cannot tell
the Difference Between Alpha and Omega. Your
Honor Might think am Little Infatuated Be.
cause have not asked for Mercy instead of talk
ing in this manner but by the way that jurispru
dence is managed in this Criterion have reason
to Believe that / am standing in Slaughter house
instead of Court of Justice. Can only Console
Myself by Knowing that am Not Guilty. | can
swear by the imaculate God that / am as innocent
of the Charges Aledged Against Me as you are
and can see by Ocular Inspection that Verify
and Prudence has Addressed themselves to your
heart and that they have Left their Indellable
Marks upon your Venerable COuntenance. There
fore implore you by what Verility their is in
your Nature to WELD the Sword of Justice in as
Mild MANNER as it can be used and to Deal
with Me as Light as You Possibly Can Because
am altogether Concrete of acidints inluring ina
Substance an illusary Complex Constituted by
group of Predicaments 1t PleaseS Me to Inform
your Honor that ihave done.
For misdeme lnos the following were sen.
fenced; Jno. H. siddall, fined $50 and ordered to
pay $40 of the costs of trial. Cynthia McCadden,
fined $50 and five days in the county JAIL Lexecu'
ton of sentence suspended upon bond being
given Jacob Bierbrier, fined s. and ten days in
the county jail.
During the past two years fortyfve persons
have been convicted of penieniary offenses in
our court. Stark county is well represented in
our State penitentiary,
In the case OF Ohio vs. James Boyle, Of Alliance,
indicted for the murder of Dennis Quinn, the de-
fendant was arraigned, and the court fixed his
bail at S6,OOO
The committee appointed by the court to exam.
inc the financial transactions of the County Com
missioners for the past year consists of the Prose
cutting Attorney, Judge Raft and George. E. Bald
win.