St. Paul daily globe., 1885-06-11
EIGHT SENTENCED.
Arraignments ON the Grand Jury In
dictments.

Considerable criminal business was dis
posed of in the district court yesterday.
The following were arraigned upon indlct-
ments returned by the grand jury, and plead
ed not guilty: w. j. Metzger, assault with
dangerous weapon upon Henry Wirth, trial
set for June 10; j. w. Anderson, larceny
OF pocket book from Mrs. DR.. Emery, trial
set for June Is: Edward Ada, attempted
burglary of James Toombs' shop, trial set
for June Is, G. I'll. Wilson assigned as
counsel; Daniel Hurley and John Welch,
larceny from the person OF w. ID. Mason,
trial set for June Is; James Norton, (in-
dicted with Treby, who pleaded
guilty., larceny from dwellings, (three
indictments), trial set for June 16; j. NJ.
Donaldson and George w. Post, charged
with swindling, trial set for June II, with
bonds in the sum of 81, 900 for Donaldson
and 81, 500 for Post; Edward Smith, larceny
of a gold watch from j. III, Cleary, trial set
for June Is; William Hayes, james Laf-
ferty and John O'Brien, charged with at
tempting to enter Lena DimOnds house to
commit a nameleSs outrage, trials set for
June 16; second Indictment against Hayes
charged him with assaulting John Ham
merstadt with a revolver, and this trial was
set for June 16; Frank Coberg, indicted
with Morris, who pleaded guilty. larceny
from the Travellers hotel, trial set for June
II, with j. d. Cottrell as counsel; Patrick
COnroy, larceny in stealing a robe and
! other articles of clothing from ii. ID. Will
l1ins, trial set for June II; E. S. Bowdish.
| indicted for larceny; bond fixed at 81, 600;
Frank Clark, indicted for hOrSe-stealing; +.
W. Sherlock, obtaining money under false
pretenses and forgery, bonds fixed at
| $1,000.
| CANDIDATES FOR THE PENITENTIARY.
! After a consultation with the county at
| torney concerning the circumstances under
which the crimes had been committed,
Judge Young had the sheriff arrange those
who pleaded guilty in a row before him. A
sorry spectacle they presented. Thomas g..
Blaine was called first. He began iii a low
! faltering voice to say that he committed the
| fOrgerieS for which he was indicted while
| intoxicated; that he came OF respectable
parents. who live at Paris, Canada. The
court said i'm view of the circumstances he
would let the accused Off with two years on
| the first Indictment and six months OH the
T second.
James Quinn, charged with stealing
| clothing from Patrick Henig, was also from
Canada, but had lived in Minnesota five
years, working in the lumber camps. He
said he was drunk when he committed the
crime The court remarked that for the
next fifteen months he would be in place
where he couldn't get any liquor.
Peter Serampfa, a middie-aged Norwe-
gian in his shirt sleeves, was sentenced to
eighteen months for stealing a lady's port
monnaie Tuesday morning at the Milwau-
kee depot.
Frank O'Reilly got eighteen months for
stealing tools from blacksmith shop. He
claimed that he was suffering from delirium
at the time.
John McCarty, who stole watch and
chain from Charles Johnson, in house OF
| i'll fame was sentented to two years in
state prison.
| Frank I'reby, against whom there were
| three indictments for larceny from dwell
| ing, got two years and six months.
Moss Solomon, indicted for the larceny
of two watches from Leon Cord0zo, eX-
planned that he was a victim of plot, the
animus of which was to secure revenge
upon his aunt He said the two watches
foundupoI his person. had been given to
him by the persons who now claim he stole
them. He protested before God that he was
not thief. His aunt, an elderly English
woman, stood by his side crying bitterly
and sought an opportunity to say some
thing, but was not given it. A sentence of
eighteen months was given.
Thomas Brannon, indicted for larceny
from dwelling, was sentenced to two
years.
Joseph Mackin, charged with entering in
the night the shop of J. G. Donahue with
intent to commit larceny, was sentenced to
| fifteen months.