The Portland daily press., 1877-01-15
Superior Court,

JANUARY CRIMINAL TERM, 1877, sYMONDs, j.,
PRESIDING.
Elizabeth Hampton alias Elizabeth Eastman was
indicted at the September term, 1876 fer living
goods stolen from the Falmouth Hotel by Mary
Martin, knowing them to have been stolen. She was
tried found guilty, and exceptions taken which
overruled by the full court. Mary Martin pleaded
guilty of the larceny and served out her sentence.
Elizabeth Hampton was sentenced Saturday to two
years in the county Jail.
James E. Bemur, a news agent for Chisam Bros.
pleaded guilty to embezzling goods and money from
his employers, and sentenced to three menths in
jail. He has already been in Jail four months await
ing the action of the grand Jury.
Philip Babson and Frank Pierce, of Gloucester
Mass tor larceny OF goods from Robert Costello,
sentenced to eleven months in the county jail.
John Ward, for compound larceny, was sentenced
to eighteen months in Jail.
Joseph W. WATSON, for larceny of goods from the
cars OF the Maine Central Railroad, sentenced to
ten months in Jail.
Frank Norton, OF Boston, was sentenced to three
years imprisonmentn the State prison for COMPOUND
larceny.
Frank Cardiff, of this city, in 1868 sentenced
to two years imprisonment in the State prison for
compound larceny. He served fifteen months, when
he received parton. Since that time he admits
that he has been rested twice for drunkenness,
three times suspicion Of criminal offences, has
paid fine for an assault and battery. and now at
this term he pleads guilty to indictment charging
him with larceny of fortysix pounds of tobacco from
the store of John Dennis Sentenced to two years in
the State prison.
Thomas r. Curran, for breaking and entering the
store OF Fessenden Brothers, was sentenced to one
year in Jail.
The county attorney then moved for sentence in
tie case of William Marvin, alias William English
alias etc.. etc., on the Indictment for forging the
name of S. E. Spring to check on the Casco bank
for $780, Marvin said that, before receiving his
tence, he should like to make a statement to the
court; and having received permission, spoke sub
stantialy as follows:
Your Honor 1 do not get up here to state my
case to you thinking | shall get any leniency: L
probably am not deserving of any. In the first place
have been very hard man all my lifetime. have
been in crime or less since became twen-
ty-one years of age. have had no real home since
was seven years Of age My father was a dssipated
man, although had good mother and good sister
to-day. But / strayed from that advice, and / am
not only here but have spent nearly eighteen years
of my life in State prison. The law has punished
me tor every crime ever committed until came to
this place. These young men and boys here may
laugh much as they are a mind to. but can tell
some OF them L now around me that If they do
not change their ways they will sooner or later,
by this place where now am. My life has been one
Of gambling, thieying and forging. 1t seems to me
that every punishment got has made me worse.
feel sort Of vevengefu spirit against my fellow men
have got good army record, and good record in
State prison, if that is anything to mention. dom
know but Warden Pillsbury, of the Concord State
prison gave bad recommendation, although
don't see how he could. The Marshal has a letter
from him which have not seen 1 was five years
under him and never punisced at all. / make thi
statement to show yonr Ii. nor that am entitled t.
no lenency, and to warn these young men in cour
within the hearing OF that. nniesS they s
their downward course, they going to land wheI
/ am going now.
/ was well brought up, as far as my mothers lin
tied means would allow. She has gone to her Ion