Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-10-17
COME TO JUDGMENT.

f C,OME III JUDdMEN.I.
What BefeI Eight Offenders in the District
fences Corresponded.
Yesterday was sentence day in the district
court. About IL o'clock, the sheriff mar
shaled in the culprits convicted during the
term for sentence. They were eight in mum
Der. None had been convicted Of any helm
GUS offense, though one Olson had been
indicted for an attempted rape, which sim
mered down on trial to an assault. The
prisoners came in, and were seated within
the bar, fanked by the sheriff and deputies,
and overlooked, as it were, by the county
attorney. Each was called up, the nature of
his ofense stated, and sentence passed.
! THE BATCH.
The first called up was Lawrence Frabfen-
ski. He had been found guilty of an assault
| on John Lange. Frabrenski's name indicates
his nationality, and he showed up like the
typical shaggy haired dark visaged Pole.
| Before sentence was ronouncsd Mr.. g.
u. O'Brien stated that the prisoner had
| already been mulched $3.50 damages in
civil suit for the same offense. He believed
the law had been vindicated, the plaintiff
satisfied, and that the prisoner was entitled
to the mercy of the court.
Mr.. Rogers stated the case was about as
put by Mr.. O Brien,
The conrt then pronounced sentence. That
Fabrenski should pay fine Of $50, and be
confined in jail until such fine be paid, for a
period not exceeding sixty days.
| Fabrenski sat down without word.
/ William Harris, colored resident
of Natchez, Miss, was summoned
| up to face the courts decree. He had plead
ed guilty to larceny from a dwelling. Two
indictments had been found against him, to
one of which a f,olie or0sequs had been en-
tered. William had nothing to say. The
court said one year at hard labor in the
penitentiary would suit the case.
William Harris, of Natchez, went back to
his seat, deprived of citizenship.
AN UNNAMED SPIRIT.
William Hughes was called. He came up,
in fair trim. AS the county attorney pro-
ceeded to state that Hughes was bad char
acter, was a constant inmate of the Jail, ETC.,
Mr.. Hughes scowled. The court asked him
what he had to say: Hughes thought he had
not been given chance.
| The court thought he had.
The court further stated that the prisoner
was young, and in certain cases this would
appeal in his behalf. But he was said to be
bad boy, and hopes of any reformation in
him were misplaced. Any leniency to him
would be mistaken clemency. The court
therefore sen enced him to hard labor for
one year and eight months in the State pen
itentiary.
Hughes retired, muttering at the turn OF
luck. AS he seated himself he kept up his
impatient anathemas, and was ready to damn
the court from the crown of his head to the
soles OF bis feet, in the out-goings and in.
comings. In fact, Hughes was terribly dis
appointed; he expected Jail sentence or
few mouths in the penitentiary. Hard
labor also grated on Hughes physical organ
ism.
FINISH OF THE FINLANDER.
John Abrahamson, the Fin, who assaulted
Officer Gibbons, was finally finished with 9
sentence of $50 fine and Imprisonment il
the Jail until such fine was paid, for period
not exceeding sixty days.
He had nothing to say, or at least couldn't
have said if he had.
Next came William Sheffield. He had
pleaded guilty to larceny.
The court learned that Sheffield had beer
in the city few days before he committed
the theft of 1871. He, Sheffield, had former
~ lived in Pennington for two years
Whisky was what had brought him to it.
He was sentenced to one years imprison-
ment in the county jail.
Carl Anderson had pleaded guilty to the
larceny of lot of cigars. Whisky, too
had made him kleptomaniac.
Mr. Mccarthy mumbled something out in
behalf of the prisoner.
The court gave the prisoner six months III
the county Jail.
Il AN INTERESTING CRIMINAL.
The last case called was that of Charles
Reid, who had been found guilty of obtain
ing money under false pretenses from Mer
rill d Briggs, laundrymen, by presenting 6
check on a bank in which he had no money
The whole amount involved was So. Some
! interest centered about this case. The de-
PENDANT is handsome, genteel looking
young man, neatly clad. He appeared deeply
shamed at his position.
When his name was called Mr.. G. D.
OBrlen, in the absence of Mr.. w. w. Erwin,
addressed the court in Reds behalf. He
alluded to the evidence on trial, and said
some grave doubts were raised as to defend
ants guilt. Defendant had told where he
was going, all about himself to Merrill &
Briggs. Besides he had left in their hands
property to twice the value of the amount
obtained from them. It was, in counsels
opinion, case which would warrant a mo-
ton for an arrest of judgment, and an
application for new trial. Defendant was
without means to employ counsel to struggle
for his liberty. At any rate, counsel believ-
ed the case one with which many extenuat-
ling circumstances were connected.
The court believed the evidence had sus-
| tanned the verdict, but the ofense was not
| OF an aggravated nature. His case required
light punishment, more as warning, and
one which the court hoped would prove ben
efcial as sucn.
! Thereupon the court sentenced Reed to
pay fine of $50, and to be imprisoned in
Jail until such fine was paid for a period not
exceeding thirty days.
Reid sought out Mr.. O'Brien and feelinply
| thanked him. After which, all the prisoners
were marched out of the court to ia,l.
Hughes warmed up the atmosphere by hot
oaths about the great injustice which had
been done him.
DOWN IN THE DUMPS.
Hattie Mcbride, Not of Madison Square
Among Them.
rainy day on Tuesday drove batch
into the hospitable arms of the police. At
least yesterday 8 police court showed that the
arms OF the force had embraced Hattie Nc
Bride, John Minown, John Dunn, Frederick