Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-10-21

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Yesterday was doom's day in the district
court, Judge Wilkin on the bench. The fol-
lowing prisoners, convicted st the present
term of court, were arraigned for sentence:
John Hennessey, Frank Sheehey,
James Kelley, Washington Humphrey,
Albert Forsman, Theodore Smell,
VIM. b. Williams, William Cody.
The first four got term each at Saltwater,
and the others were sentenced to a soiourn
in the county Jail.
They were called up one at time, and got
it in full term as follows:
John Hennessey, convicted of assaulting
and robbing Dominiok Areynski at Carver's
cave, faced the court. He had few remarks
to make in opposition to a sentence. A burly
looking rufian, he asked the leniency of the
court because of bad health. The court
and ten months in Saltwater
penitentiary with due amount of exercise
at "hard labor" during the period would be
beneficial to his health. Hennessey saun.
tered back to his seat utterly disguised with
the courts diagnosis of his case.
Frank Sheehey, charged with the same Of
| Tense, and convicted of it, remembered all
of a sudden tibet he had a wife and child,
| and pleaded for clemency for their sake. The
| court felt that they d be better off with Shee-
hey out of their way in Saltwater peniten-
| tlary for two years and ten months at hard
| labor. Another man disguised with the
law.
! James Kelley, comrade of the above two,
had nothing to say. He got off with SEN
tence of two years and six mon tbs at hard
labor in Saltwater penitentiary.
Washington Humphrey, low Drained
vicious looking darkey, was asked what he
had to say why sentence shouldn't be i'm
posed, he having been convicted of waylay-
ing assaulting and attempting to rob
Narclsse Duchesne out on Lake Phalen road.
Humphrey had good deal to say, and got
warmed up in the course of his discourse.
He thought he ought not to be sentenced, be-
cause when on trial his counsel was ''pros-
trate with whisky.'' He hadn't had
chance, for two or three jurors had been
allowed to sit on his case, who would have
liked to swear his life away. Just here Mr.
Humphrey became heated with his own eo-
quence as he thought of his wrongs, and
swore he'd got everlastingly even with Du-
chesne and everybody else. He was set
down with sentence of one years hard ls-
Dor In the penitentiary. Humphrey got
back to his seat in very indignant mood,
! oAA~~.OnS? uAAC fOASOduCOs
Albert Forsman, the Windsor hotel clerk.
had his attorney, Hon. I. V. D. Heard, put
in plea of youth, former good character,
and the promise Of reformation. The plea
was enough eficacious to have the court
only impose sentence of eight months in
the county Jail.
Theodore Smell, who was convicted of
stealing $65 from Kestler, on farm near
Como, also pleaded youth and first offense
by his counsel, MIR. Wilde. The court
closed all remarks by imposing a sentence
of six months in Jail.
William Il. Williams, the party who stole
some clothes from Mr.. Fisher, of the Ameri-
can express company, also pleaded youth,
and will be two months older before be gets
out of Jail, as decided by the court.
Likely the most surprised young man.
according to his attorneys plea, of the party,
was VIM. Cody. He stood convicted of the
larceny of four sets of harness. valuable
robe, a horse and some other stable appar-
tenances. He ctuckled, and is yet grinning,
| when he was sent back to Jail with a sen
tence of six months more service there
After this the court proceeded to
CIVIL BUSINESS.
John w. Sheehey VS.. The City CT S..
Paul. Suit to recover damages on property
from storm in 1877 occasioned
by the defective grading of Hoi1
man avenue. Hon. W. P. Murray for the
city, and Hon. w. L. Kelly for the plain
TIL. The case was given to the jury
O'Clock with orders to return sealed YER
dict to-day.
THE GALL.
Dawson vs.. the City of st. Paul.
Bazille VS.. Caldwell.
| Minden vs. Weide.
Minden vs.. Weide ct al.