The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1882-06-14
A PARDON FOR JOHN BATE,

an old scamp who, in the good old colon,
| times" would have promptly teen sirunl
up by the neck. John Bate is an old mar
VINO travelled under the name eff physician
He flooded the County with circulars de
Scriptive of his vicious medicines and Grim
inal apparatus, and the wonders in the wa'
of crime which they were guaranteed 10 sc
compiish The State authorities were pow
eFless, and meanwhile these lewd public4
tons were being ped LIED ont ON The streets
| sent 70 fem ale Seminaries, and b vs.
Academies, with shameless effrontery
Bate was arrested for violating III,
| United States postal laws, and prom u
I ~ ia nished BAH the same day. Tiils wa
October %, 1880 Various expedients wer,
escorted Ia. aud il was net until Jane .
I thai, having been convicted BY a gur, n.
was sentenced 10 the Peniieut,ary. Judg,
BlOdyeit IN prOnouDcing sentence To tire,
years hard labor IN Chester Penitentierv
* planned that he inflicted this sentence b.
cause Ba'e had previously been arrested q {
! lei of on & prOmlse OF reiurm SenteHt,
was stayed and n motion for a new trial ar
gued. Judge Drurnmond refused the ne
trial, bat was Influenced TO commute IN,
sentence to one year, not in the Peniientiarv
but in the Cook County Jail where The
United States prisoners live in the debtors
department OF the Jail and are the aristo
Gratis OF the Institution.
Ihither Bate was taken January p. 1852
and yesterday bis pardon arrived.
THE MEAIY PART OF THE DOCUMENT,
after the formal introduction and conclusi n
has been stripped of, is as folloYs;
whereas, John Bate Oh conviction Of seatirr
unlawful matter through the mails. aenlen-
ced by the United States District Court OF the
Northern District OF Illinois. on the oath day o!
June ISL, to imprisonment fer three years In The
Chester an Penitentiary, and pay a fine 81
500 with costs; and
Whereas, Upon writ OF error TO the said Court
from the United States Circuit Court for said Dis
trict the proceedings in the District Court were
afnrmed except as To the term of Imprisonment,
which was reduced TO one year, to be served ia
Cook County Jail. and
Whereas, The pardon of said Bate is earnest,y
Solicited by many respectable citizens of Illinois
and reasonable assurance is given that he viii no
again violate the law under which he was pfOse-
cuted: and
Whereas, He has now been in prison four
months and this, with payment of fine and cost
may, under eli the facts and circumstances OF the
case, be deemed sufficient punishment; now
!. Therefore, Be it known, that /, Chester A.
Arthur, President of the United States Of Amer
ica in consideration of the premises, divers other
good and SUFFICIENT reasons me thereunt0 NOV
ing do hereby grant unto said John Bate a par
DON on cond zion that he first pay the fine and
costs aforesaid.
This document is dated at Washington.
May 26, and is duly signed by the President.
Just who these respectable citizens of Illi-
nois'' are would be interesting reading, and
as this is the
MOST FLAGRANT OF LONG SERIES OF SIM
LAR ABUSES
the authorizes at Washington, if they wish
to clear their OVID skirts, should make a full
explanation. 1t must be announced that