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

ton for the perpetration Of the fraud
upon the State emanated from you.
Placed as a guard to watch the treasury
with fidelity, in utter disregard of your
duty and y0uEpbligations, you evidently
invited otheraaithless officers like your.
self to unite with you'in plundering it..
The scheme of the CT: Frankfort fraud
no doubt originated in your mischievous
and wicked brain, for its conception was
perfect and its contamination successful,
and it bears the impress in all its parts
of your cunhing, ssgacity and boldness:
You we're then not;only derelict 10 per-
lmitting this fraud TO be perpetrated, but
erred il the extreme in inviting others to
Join you in its preparation: This il, the
perfect e1empl plifcation Of the. .unscrnpd::
'fous aid Gnfaithful officer. The 'charac:,
ter of the persons engaged in the con:
spifaey, the wicked purpose Of it, and
the mammoth fraud perpetrated upon the;
State BY Its contamination, all conspife
to make It q serious crime. ;" ','''s 81 - >
p But The testimony shows that you were
b abitlally. derelict in duty in the pay,
.;ment of, fraudulent claims against the
State; that it was your custom to post.
ppne tie honest creditors claims for the
purpose Of facilitating the liquidation of
those claims which we're tainted with,
fraud, and IN which you were personally
Interested; and. that; your habit, was. to
accent bribes To allow othets to perpe-i
'ttate 'theS host barefaced ffauds BY the
reception, Of money fSr Services never
rendered, Or for which, exofbitant prices
were demanded" All this forsesthe con-
viction upon any unprsjhdieed mind,
that You not only conspired one time, but
as often as opportunities occurred, to-
cheat the State, of which YOU were, g cit
lien and sworn officer These crushing
facts prove you to be what THE jury could
bht declare, an officer whose record was
spotted and blackened by conspiracies,
Ifiauds and populations. 3''s4-;';s' =
!, You have occupied distinguished Off
ciaa positions in South Carolina Your
less fortunate colored friends shave only
been permitted to gaze at youjfroma dis.
tance, sand admire your lofty bearing and:
-ybur;dazzling ihonors. To-day your po-.
sition isih painful contrast with that of
oneIshortlyear ago.fnItiis now IAN unen-'
'viable. ones You have by your 1crimes
brought not only 1lossJof position and
.honors, but, infamy and bdisgracel upQna
ybussslf,tThe stigma cannneverbs ref,
faced. .In ,whateverpart Of oftheworld you.
may retire. to cast your lot, there yop will
,notortiiety Of your political life and con
,victioni Of infdelHy and dishonesty as'ann
,ofacefiis not confined to this: Continent.
Youmay ;fyto the uttermost parts ofithel
earth, and there in time you will be
recognized as e!of aband of bold rob-
bers who osmeroilessly plundered1 q pros-'
..trate sovereign State. You will beaco
lsidered as a byword and roproachiofyon
race and q dishonored Representative Of
,it.seIli history ayour name will go down;
to lpostefity as' one who was possessed of
rare abilities and scholarly "attainments'
for one of your race but; the fact will"be
recorded shat YOU prostituted the1h:-to
the Tiiest purposes, and acloud finfamyi
,and shame will appear on the pages id
vbichnare, signslized your dishonesty,
YOU, crimes and your in6deity to your
race,
There IS but one solace left you and
that is that ysu may amend yourlifej and
illustrate in your future. career the fruits
Of sincere repentance for your crimes. es.,a..l
In the sentence I am, about TO pro-
no1nce, I shall not indulge il severity Of
punishment; Nor will 1 be- influenced
byn any expectations which an excited
public. opinion may have. INDUCED in
regard to it. Vengeance is not the pur-:
pose of the law in infictipg punishment,
Its penalties are infiictedsto reform Of
tenders, ,andisto deter others from the
commission of crime. = Punishment ade-:
quate for this purpose alone is authorized
to be inflicted. I am to pronounce sen.
tence for the conspiracy of which you
have been convicted. Ihave no warrant
oflaw to punish for the other crimes. of
which you may be guilty. shall mete
out TO you such punishment as the crime
merits, and as ii my Judgment will be
adequate to meet the demands ofjustice.
Under the law I. can only impose a fine
and imprisonment. @i,r.5.. s.7.
Judge Townsend then pronounced the
sentence Of the Court that the prisoner,
F::I.i Cardozo, should be confined IN the
co,lnty gait joritvo gears and pay a fae:of
four tbolsand dollars, or, in default Of
payment, to be imprisoned for an addi-
tionaf period Of one year. ~ ~: ~ -