, 1880-12-23
TIE COURTS.
United States Law.Breakers Sen.
tenoed by Judge Rlodgett.
Tie Matell.1Iond pcrjurers Oct One Year
Mt 1Inrl Labor.
Fleming ct Al. Still on Trial on the Con-
spiraoy Ohargea.

THE PENALTY OF 1'I:RJUlT.
Yesterday was sentences tlay bcfDrs Judge
1slnlRctt, hut the m0st of those convicted ilad
heei worked oil at the time they were tried.
Tile present term llAs not beGn remarkably
prolific Of convictions. and consequently tho
only tltfbrttllnteY who were compelled to
stand tp before tic Judge yesterday uorntng
were Edward Hermann, convicted Of r,lII-
ming MI Illicit still OIL Nortt! kfnzle street,
Gilbert ]. Baldwin, secondhand bookseller
WHO l,a.f been sending copies Of "Cupist's
YOkcs" through tho malls. md the three
lohGs.nen on match bonds, Charles II. Per
ktns, John George Wustltll1. and Orttn e.
Whitney, who wure fountt guilty OF perjury.
Hermann was find 500 md sentenced to
spend six months in the County JUL, and
Baldwin was let of with five Of 500, and
allowed thirty days lii which lo pay 1t.
III tho Perkins case mutton for new trial
was mtldc, the sause points being urged as
were matte oN the motion to quns!l tie III.
dictment before the trial. Tho Judge said
that tlIc objections Ind n'rcady l,geiI lnssed
n,'. ana we're not well takeh. lie thought
ien,iant kaowjigiy' f aid L corrltpty i tsok q
faIse oath, ind 1t WIS necessarily implied
that lie lid not believe it ~ bU true. Tic
li molten for new trial and ~ arrest ot jlldS-
Ny. Mum Inquired on whit terms MI up
| penl would be- ErAlitetl.
The Judge sa!t no motion for appeal
would be entertained. at least until after
apnealy had tiot yei been settled III Tits cir
| cult, rs no writ OF error Ind ever
beet prosecuted. put by analogy =
party ought TO ,,Euc out his writ
. ,supersesieas by the Circuit .Jn!lrc. Tho
District judge Ind ITO jurisdiction in the
premises. Tile law only authorized a writ of
!. Tho Wnstum case was then callc.t up, md
tho motion for 1lew trtat oyerrtled. Wus-
t!in's counsel then read IN Afduvit Of Gen.
!scyn0!ds, another counsel, to the eitgct that
| Mr. CtlalteS II. Heel, ,who. hasl helped try
the lay beftrc the irinl. trllnt II, lis olcllig
address he lnatle damaging admissions, anu
iai,sa t, to n9t IN sne llapor@tallt TINT uylenee % rs
siElrl. That, III short, BY renson of hts great
| private trouble fearing nh attachment from
tug pralate Court. llc Gould nut conduct the
trlH us }la ought, ai,A consequently his client
The ,Ju,lgo sal,! l,e recolleetcd well the cir
| Gumstai'ces t,f tho case. But even tflnngh
Mr.. Reed had just cNl1tU into the casc, Wns-
tIm III Ills suvitlcnce himself admitted Tint llo
signed. It was no defense to say he did not
know what l!o was signing. 11u could anl
should have known It.
| W ustHltl, Hc1alE ENtlGH OIL 10 SHOW Willy SELL
te,IGe Should mt be passed o., lin, suId ho
threw llimsclf OIL tho mercy Of The Court. up
hntl wife ntla two small children, depend
ei.t on him. lie hAd been nlisletl by tho rep
rcschtatl0nS nt 1}Axtcr, and did not think lie
Incurred airy liability by signing the lattcr's
bond.
t. II. rersIus, being called on, llatl nothing
| to Offer III uxtgnUnttul,,
| U. Z. Whitney. the third ntnn convicted of
| perjury, pleaded that lle had been offered
immunity by Col. TruMbuH IL hc would
plead guilty, md tl,at ha Ind done 50. SUP.
| |Oslng tllnt Wullld bo the ullt OF 1t, Lie Ind
been III llail already about ten months, n1u
WIS suffering from diabetes lie WAS n'sO
| gtvel. to understand thu District Attorney
would speak In his bchhIf.
Gen. IHnko Indignantly denteI that there
ever l!att been any PROMISE 0f immunity, and
stltl Whltncy's crinlo was specially migrant,
~ he latl sworn l,e -wasr Il nnpltnllyt worth
sS0 0t, nMl llad subsequently,, while in jail,
forged u l0tter to judge Bnngs.
| Tic Judge sald he Ind considered snfna
representations Mntlo Ia, Illnt regarding
Wustuil's previous good character, md
| would therefore give lin the llghtest SELL
tcico Ito cnult tl--nannely: yenr 1T hnrtl III
fmtr at Chester l'enEtcullary, Md to pny q
i!Me Of 81 anl costs. III view or thu fact also
tllat Perkins, crinlo lfntl not becn as tenulls
us tl!nse Of tic others who ltatl lslgntetl It.
and thon escaped from Justice, jIis llcnnlty
woullt bo the salio NJ t.nt Ut Wustunl. Tho
sumo sentence VIII then passed Oh Whitney,
nlNl thoy were ordered t0 be taken down
within twenty days.