New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-02-07
McGLORY GETS SIX MONTHS
MR.. GIBBs's EFFORTS ALL IN VAIN.
THE CASE TO BE APPEALED-MceLoRY TO BE
TAKEN To COURT AGAIN TO-DAY.

THE CASE To BE APPEALED-McGLoRY To DE
TAKEN To COURT AGAIN TO-DAY.
A mixed gathering including many friend e,S Ol
the prisoner and many curloslt see Sc General
Soslhons reSfeyday morning when Billy" Nc
Glory was arraiged for sentence LOT Vloissin tho
the Excise iaws o1 SRsSS0t attorneys FELLOWS and
Vincent The prisoner had solemn an nnar he
taken 10 the bar by the otneeIs any So"pel Charles
= S,,encer He was without the diamond PIN Ina'
had formerly made his shirt front tlsrous. To-,
President j. i. Gibbs, of the Manhattan aen'-
,erance Association lowered about the prisoner
and his counsel, and seemed anxious TO cary 0u.
his promises Of the speedy release ol oh1 tI5nSIn
Coanei Fellows moved for the sentence OF McOioIy
.JnstIce Steckler asked for new tllal on i tne
,,rounds that the weight OF evidence was agatlhsC
1he opipiOn that the liquOr sold was lht0NlcatIng
~ % his Mace was not licensed McGlory could
not be held responsible for the acts OF ms o5l
ers and that the offence was not cointtea III ino
ward charged IN the m'uc'noh'' """s0 e
Mctlory with a slight swagger then advanced
10 the railing and with Bowery accent saiu'
Well Judge what have TO say Is that didn't know
was violating the law thought the liquor Was hoS ~,
foxcatng arrested once before ana taken oeiU1
sunrcme Court Judge and the Judge said WASH any
offence To- sell It. aave selling 1t since and thOugn
all right told them at the brewery faat d This
wasn't have had lots Of people seno INC n''''0' W
of a mon Intoxicating beer" Colonel spencer Iuon
made earnest appeal for mercy ior SHT ears and
whom he said ne had known T Tn,e IoT in"N'
Colonel Fellows said that there was III ~ Zane DC
but that the beer that was SOFA was nc nc na Else
LAGER beer and if Mc(ilory was deceived 10 ooo
@ H. Ealiows knew of no reason why the prls-
oner sbould be exempted from the 1uii measure VI
punishment No resPect nsG formeS that the place
in Hesterst was still OPEN and there seemed 10 De
no intention TO close It,. There were seven olher IN
uIud9e CoTinG then proceeded to pronounce SEN
tence While he was speaking Coiohei SPENCE lea
tried TO interrupt him, saying that III: upos nab
something to say to the Judge. Judge lowing WIN
a wave OF the hand said that he c0uid nave ~
Interruptions. To the prisoner Judge Cowins
ead:
else law The maximum penalty for that offence Is one
Years imprisonment The law you have violated ~ one Oh
are one Of the people and the people make the
impartial Grand Jury has presented you on rne
lection found you guilty have heard much aganst You
somewhat in favor but It mot ae S as tey
affect tue question OF your character 40 NOT %isn ~
for past m s. S5 the rSe
OF the court is that you be confined In the peh'enu"'
for six months.
McClory made no exclamation but turned away
and accompanied the officers. Mr.. Gibbs stretched
out his hand 10 seize that of the prisoner but the
latter brushed quickly by WITHOUT IRE f no.
ticlng the man whom ne naueApecVeotV O0 VI si0'
Colonel Spencer subsequently obtained writ OF
habeas corpus from Justice DOnOhue Ill behai1 OF
Mc(;orv and upon his petition. in order that argu-
ment may be made this morning for the admission
of the prisoner to bail, pending an appeal TO thf
General Term. McCilOry's petition sets forth thal
his conviction contrary TO the evidence ana Tue
law.
The writ is returnable to-day.
Mr. Gibbs had bulletins posted In front OF MS
eatng-house in Nassau-st. stating the progress o.
\ the case. He first announced McGlorys senlencS
10 the Island for SIX months, and the second told
that stay in the proceedings had been granted
When Mr. Gibbs was seen coming around the corner
of Temple Court he was greeted with avoclfer0us
welcome by a score of tattered and bedrsggleG
boofbacks who howled the sautatiOn: Ow
Billy, Gibbseyi En-, ,,ow's Billy ~ \; Mr.. Gibbs Gibbs
walked with dignity to his dairy, and Will go down
10 posterity. not as the roscuer OF " Billy
McGlory but as innocent and guIleless dispenser
of milk.
McGlory was taken to the Tombs, where he was
greeted by Warden Finn as a bOarder too genial to
lose He was given nice whitewashed cell on the
basement floor The thing that annoys him most
Is his loss of appetite. OF course he declaims We
hementiy against the injustice of imprisoning him
for selling table beer" After court hours BlIly
had many callers; the most sympathetic was John
Conroy, who is beloved by Billy as the most SIS SIlG
had nothing to say about his sentence other
than ii was what he expected and that he was
'tired out"