The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-04-21
CRIMINAL COURT,
Closing Day of the April
Term.
Seven Sinners Receive. Senten-
fences to the Pen.
a Dozen Gambling Gases Dis.
posed Of.

The jury in the case of Chas. III. Fore
man re urned a verdict of guilty for dis
turbiug the pesce and asses ed his fine at
S25. He was then arraigned on the secord
count for tbs me ,tfeuse and pleaded
guilty. Judge Ryland rtptenanled him at
some length md fined him 81 and costs.
n. Weimer was next srraigned on two
counts for frying concealed weapons
and one for exhibiting them in threaten
ing manner. Motions were filed TO quash
the first two Indictments, but were over
Iulsd and the charge of exhibiting arms
was noile prosiqued.
GEORGE HAsTINE,
the boy burglar, was then arraigued for
The burglary of Woods store, to which he
PLEADED guilty. The judge read to him the
statement in the BAZoO concerning
his ume rOus o her crimes, but notwith-
taLdi3g his confessions 10 Marshal Tillery
or the day previous, Hes'iDe denied his
guilt 10 those cases to the Judge. He was
given a six months Jail sentence ard ct its
expiration will be turned over to Mrrshal
Tillery.
Thirteen gambling cases were next
brought The defendants In all but thr,e
cases entering plea of gui ty and being
fin SO e,Ch. One of the otaer ses be-
ing for Ike ping or slowing gambling de-
vices upon the premises, ives assessed $50.
The ether cases were continued to next
| 'erm, the defendants giviI g bond. This
closed the docket for the term and the
Judge ordered that those convict; of fell
oni.s be brought into court, and in few
minutes Sheriff Murray filed into the hall
OF justice seven sad looking sinners.
VIM. RHODES,
the young man who drove eff and sold to
Mayor Hickman a fine Durham cow be.
longing to Judge Baker, and afterwards
fed to Kapses City where he was appre-
hended and returned few days ego, was
the first ore a'led. The sentence OF the
iury was r, ad to him and affirmed by the
Judge, and Rhodes was told to prepare him.
self for two years. stay at the state CAPT.
tai. The charge still pending against him
of having received stolen goods was dis
missed.
JOHN MASON,
the horsethief, whose little deal with Cap
tain Ed Stephens is of 80 receut occurrence
IS rot to require a rewriting 10 bring it TO
mind, was next told to stard up. he was
also given two years sentence.
JAMES A. LONG,
who will be remember as the young man
who committed grard larceny In Est Se-
dslia, a few weess since, of pocketbook
cort.iuing $40 in money and a couple Of
warrants of the value OF S120 was mex
sentenced by the judge to two years on h's
own plea If guilty. Long claims to be un-
der Is years of age, but the court doubted
the atement, and DO eviderce being ad-
raaA - ha IL kho
benefit of his plea.
NEWTON aAsroN.
This is also case fresh III. the minds Of
the public, though none the less q remark
able one. CASTOR, who is q weE[So-do mid
dle-aged tsrmer, of good family and good
connection, was arrested 'Ome
few weeks since en- The charge of forgery
to small amount, bat Immediately fol-
lowing his apprehension by Marshal Bar
nett came revelations showing him to
have teen the author of sbout dozen dr.
terent successful fcrgeries for small amounts
upon as many different citizens. He was
arraigned upon four different counts, to-
each of which be pleaded guilty, and he
was yesterday sentenced to five yeas each
on three of them al d permitted to withdraw
his plea of guilty on The fourth count and
substitute plea of not gully, on which
the case was by consent of the prosecuting
attorney nolls prosiqaed, This gives Gar.
ton 6fteeu years in the peniteniiary, ana
considering the fact that all his delinGuen-
cies were Of petty nature, ranging from,
s. TO S25, it looks as If he has been the
most harshly dealt with of any prisoner
srraigned this term.
W. H. DOUGLASS,
the col9red forger who tried his sharp.
practice upon Mr.. Sneed was the next de-
linquent. His tentence was jury sen
Ryland that he fully merited
the two years he had received
JNo. DOLAN.
The never to be forgotten Ounce Who I'M
dertook to carry on the poultry business on
q wholesale scale at the expense of his.
neighboIs, was the next TO stand mp. Dollar,
il will be remembered, is the negro arrested
by James Baird and convicted and sentsnc-
ed to Jail by Justice OBrien, on seven
counts for chicken st alipg. When az
raigne1 In the criminal court LIST week for
the burglary and larceny of twenty-five
pieces of bacon he pleaded guilty to both
counts much to the surprise of Prosecat-
ing-Attorney Lamm, and w. 8. Snoddy who
expected 10 defend him. When he stood up
for sentence yesterday Judge Ryland read
him very serious lecture and then sem
fenced him to the penitentisry for five
years.
JOHN FITZsIMMONS.
This young man will be remembered as
the one who purloined yalise of clothing
from an East Sedalia boarding house not
long since. Ever since his arrest he has
mace bitter fight against conviction but
the july failed to see il that way and gave
him a two-year sentence. He filed motion
for new trial but failed again as Judge
Rylsnd overruled it and yesterday affirmed
the finding of the jury. This finished the