, 1881-03-13
CRIMINAL COURT.
Eddy Powers Given Twenty Years for
HI. ling n Clfnamau.

Eddy Powers Given Twenty Years FOL
Kl. ling Clsfnanan.
John Waters was acquitted on charge OF
burglary yesterday in the Criminal Court
Thomas Hallick was found guilty Of lnrceny
! and under age, and sentence was suspended
Charles Anderson pleaded guilty to larceny, and
was re1nanded. David Mckilyey was tried 70,
larceny, and acquitted. Lawrence Beattie was
granted II new trial on tho charge OF burglary
ad his cndefenant as given rye years T. te
burglary, und was given ono year in the Peni-
tentfary; a nqlle prose9ni wns entered tn the
Hopson, and .rohn Curra1,, Indicted for attcmpt-
ed iArccny. Thomas Hickey and John Calvin
were on trial Tor robbery.
POWERS GETS TWENTY YEARS.
Edward Powers, fur tho killing of re Mon, the
Chinamun, was sentenced to twenty. years lm-
prisoEment in the Pcnitentiary, on u plea OF
guilty Judge oioruu, in prououncIug sentence,
said TINT he had concluded that the case was
one denlundlng very severe punishment, and
that atiiclent mercy hnd been shown the pris-
oncr by tho States accepting the plea 0f guilty
Of 'uansiauEhter., The prisoner had admitted
himself to be guilty Of mansaughtcr, and the
evidence for the prosecution showed that tho
CRIME hordercd very closely upon murder. He
feit bound to believe the statements made by
clear that tho defendant had entered the prem
fse5 where the crime Way perpetFafed for the
In self-defcnse was without any Foundation
whatercr- The deccnsed,-a Chinumcn,-it wits
true, WIS NOT IL citizen, but he WIS resident Of
the state, engaged in lawful aud legitimate
business und was entitled to the protection of
tho law to the fullest cxtcut. The hnodlums,
and tnen belonging to tho criminal classes who
carry rcvnlvars, aud use them upon tho slightest
protocadon, tie went On to say, snoufd be taught
tho risk they were running IN so uolng, and
the interests Of the community demanded that
they should be severely punished, that they
should be put where they would be out OF the
reach of such weapons. It was evident to him
thAt tho defendant was q person nf criminal hub-
dangerous man, u1d the sentence he wAs about
to impose he hoped would impress his cluss with
the ide, that the law could not he violated with
impuni1y, and human life taken at plensure
without just punishment being Inflicted therefor.
This sentence, il Powers behaves himself and
does not lose any good time. amounts to eleven
years ami three months. Resides Powers has
hopes of SECURING a pardon, though why he
should expect one after such a cowardly MIR
der it IS hard to see. lie will 20 to Joliet during
the month.
JUSTICE CoCRTs.
DR." Lucas n. Williams Or "a Dr.. Lucas as
he styles himself On dodgcrs, was arrnixned he
fore Justice Brown yesterday to answer to q vIo-
luton of the Stnte statute In relation to the
prnttice of med. cine. Registrar Wright, Of the
STATE Board OF Health. vas tho complainant
Tuesday.
Hugh Curran was yesterday held for trial at
the CrlininHl Court by Justice Morrison to an
swer the charge Of receiving stolen property, q
quantity of ten valued At So or $50, tnken FROM
s. \. Nheelucks store, No. 40 West Van Buren
CurEan is already under 5000 bonds TO answer
q charge Of burglary in breaking into the North
western frelght-cars and steultng S5N worth Of
goods.