The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-12-06

Plabed 40 guard to watch the treasury
With fidelity, In utter GisfeEayd OK your
duty and your, obligations, you evidently
Invited other faithless officers like yoar-
! ! eesslf 70 unite With yon,in piuuderiaS Il.
The scheme Of the c. Frankfort fraud
40 doubt originated Iii your mischieycuS
| and wicked brain, for its conceptioti was
perfect and it1 Characterization successful,
abd it beap the impyeaS In all It's parts
OF your cuhhing, sagacity end boiduess.
| You wore then not cnly defetict la per.
f4itting this 1ttud 70 bs perpetrated,' 'bnt
erred ih the extreme In inviting others Is
Join you in it9 preparation. This fSlthe
perfect exempt lifcatioh Of the rnscfiipt.
| itous add uDfaithfnl officer. The cbafac..
| ter oS tho pefa0h5 engaged Ia khs5 CON-
sbifa6y, The wicked purpose OF 1t, and
the nafnploth fraud parpetrated upop the
State by itS consummaAon, all conspife
70 make it q ssslous crime. '"i 'sf;si- 2
| But the testimony shows that you were
hhbltnaily. derellct 10 duty In the 'pay.
ment. OF, fraudulent claims against the
fSttaaie,; that IL was your custom 70 post.
ppne the honest cfeditors' claims FOR the
purpose Of facilitating The ,liquidatici, s,1 ~
sBosS claims which Weto, tainted with
fIaHds and II which you we're personally
Interested; and that your habit, was. TO
accept bribee TO allow Others Is perps-
t5at9 the m0st barefaeed fsaudS BY the
reception, of money fer. sefyices fieyer
| rendered, or for which eSof5ttant prices
we're demsnded, All this fortes tliee Con.
viction Upon any unprejuaiced mihd,
that you MOI only conspired one tiii9. but
aS often as opportunities occurred, to'
cheat the State, Of Which ySI we're q cit
iSen and sworn officer. These crushing
facIs. prove you to be whet the Jury could
bht DECLARE, an Officer whose record was
epotted and blackened by conspiracies,
Il7fauds and peculations. 7'rl.4i'w'
|. HOu haVe occupied distinguished off.
cial positions in South Ear0lins. Il Your
less fortunate colored friends have only
bfen permiteed to gese atyouIfro,n q dis
H4hce,. and aauaire your lofty bearing end
ypnr dazslihg honoru. To-day your po.
sitsoli IN In painful oontrast with that of
one short year ago. It 10 now m uneu-
yiaote. ouee 2 fou have by your ioEitnes
btfonght not cnly losaiof position and
nonorD;, ouS iniasny hud iidiSgs s05: is P1;ss
yourself, THE etigma cannnevet be- 'ef-
faced. an'whatever part OF the world you
may retire to cast your lot, there you will
be known as n base criminal, for the
.
viction Of inddeiity and dishonesty as an
officer 10 not confined 70 this Continent.
You may fly to the utterm0st parts of the
earth, and there In time you will bs
recognized as one of a band OF bold rob.
bers who msroilessly plunderedl pros-
trate sovereign State. You will be con.
sidered as 6yword and repFoach, ,ofyouf
race and dislfonoyed representative OF
it, III history your name will no down
To DposteTity az one who was possessed of
rare abilities and scholarly 6attainmenes
! fcF asi5 81 y5tif Fssee, but the fact viii bs
/ recorded shat you prostituted them 70
/ the eaieSt purposes, and cloud ofinfamy'
Pand shame will appear on the pages in
which. are eignaliEed your dishonesty,
7 race, 80 ''10''
I There 10 but one solace left You and
that 10 thaS you may amend your life. and
{ illustrate Id ysur future career the frhits
| OF eincefe repentance for your crimea,
In the sentence am, about TO pro.
| nonnce, T'shell not indulge Id severity OF
punIghment. Nor Will 1 be influenced
! by any expectations which I'm excited
public opinion may have indulged in
| regard to 1t. Vengeance ia not the pur.
pose OF the law in iniiictipg punishment.
Ito penalties are infictea1to reform of.
Tenders, and go deter others from the
sommission of crime. Punishment ade.
| quate for this pr:rrsse alone Is authorized
| TO 20 inflicted am to pronounce cen.
eenco. for the conspiracy of wb ch you
have heon convicted. Ihave no warrant
Of law to punlah for the other, crimes Of
which you may DO G ilty. shall mete
out TO you such punishment as lie crime
merits, and GO in my judgment will be
adequate to meet tho demands of Justice
Under the law j can only impose fine
and imprisonment.
Judge Townsend then pronounced the
eentence Of the Court that the prisoner,
| ELL Catdozo, should be confined in hs
county jait for t.so ysars and pay; a fine Of
four ,thppsGna doAars, OF, in default Of
payment, 70 be imprisoned foE an addi-
tionai period of ono year. ~ i'sl' ~
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