The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1886-12-24
SENTENCE OF MQUADE.
IMPRISONMENT FOR SEVEN YEARS
AND $4,000 FINE.

The Recorder Expounds the Gravity oi
Mc0uade's Crime and the Circun,.
stances That Mitigate the Sentence
The Fine to Partly OfYset the Doodle.
| New York, Dec 2l-The motion for a
new trial for McQuade was denied and Re-
corder Smyth then passed sentence as fol-
lows:
"McQuade, after fair and impartial
trial by jury OF unusual intelligence and
strict integrity so far as have been able
to ascertain, you have been convicted, and
properly convicted, Of the crime charged in
the indictment Now to o man OF your in-
telligence, and man occupying the posi-
tion which you did in this community, it is
unnecessary to p at what you probably
heard me say to the jury-that it was q
grave crime, one Of the gravest crimes
which could possibly b. committed by q
person occupying the high position that you
did, at the time this crime was committed.
You occupied a public position. You
were intrusted by the people Of a large
district to look after their interests and to
look generally art>r the public interests;
and instead Of doing so you violated the
oath which you took when you entered
upon the discharge Of the duties Of that
Office and you committed the crime OF
bribery.
"A public officer intrusted with public
trust, who violates the law in respect to his
duties, should and must he punished more
severely than private individual is pun
ished who commits a crime. and the SEN
tence which am about to pass upon you
must necessarily be more severe than it
would be upon private person for the rea-
sons which have just named. sincerely
sympathize with your family They will
suffer probably more than you will th. con
sequences of your crime But you should
have thought of that. You should have re-
garded their position and the cons quences
which would naturally flow from wrong
doing ON your part, 30 far as they were con-
cerned. And while have every sympathy
for them, and every resp, ct for them, still
I must not, sitting here as q judge, permit
my sentiments to get the better Of my judg-
ment and OF my nse Of duty to the posi-
tion / occupy
"The money which you received-and
there is evidence upon whibh | have the
right to inter that you received rs much at
least as Duffy did. He testified to the fact
that he received $4,000 in different INSTALL
rtlkIdII ucSVill"S u0dt ue TGceFteu .
$4,000, and there is evidence in the absence
of any proof to the contrary from which
have the right to justly and properly infer
that you receiyed.an amount at least equal
to- the amount that Duffy received. That
money was not yours 1t is not yours. 1t
is money corrupt!y and improperly OBJ
tanned by YOU 1t is money that you have
no right either in morals or law
to give your children even the ap-
parent benefit Of. and no con-
scientious man would transmit to
his children money which must ultimately
result, instead Of blessing, in being a
curse upon you. You have lived in this
city, and lived long enough to see that other
men who have done similar acts to the one
of which you have been convicted, trans
mitted their money improperly obtained to
their children, and you know what the re-
suit has been. The invsriable result was
curse instead of blessing. and therefore,
in compelling you to pay back as far as l
can by the imposition of fine, portion, at
least, of that money, feel am not doing
any injustice to either your wife or your
children
"The sentence of the court is that you be
imprisoned in state prison at hard labor for
seven years, and that you pay fine of
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