Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-05-27
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what Judge ssnrrett Said i'm Sentence
IuR Alderman Henry w, JRehuc.

what Judge nfnrrett said an semtenc-
Ing Alderman Henry w. Jaehnc.
NEW yoRK, May 30. Alderman Jaehne |
this morning was sentenced by Judge
Barrett 10 years and 10 months hard
labor in Sing Sing.
The court room was Allied with
large crowd. of spectators, anxious to
hear Judge Barrett pronounce sentence
upon Alderman Henry W. JRehne, who
WAS convicted of bribery In connection
withe Broadway railroad franchise. Jaehne
was in attendance guarded by deputy
sheriff. His face was pale and his eyes
had weary look. After the Judge had
taken his seat, the district attorney moved
for sentence to be passed on the prisoner.
Gen. Pryor Of Jaehne's COUNSEL made
motion for an arrest of Judgment upon
the following grounds
First--That the indictment was INSULT.
cient in substance.
Second-That the count in the indict-
| ment upon which the verdict was returned
is insufficient to sustain the verdict and
Third That because in law there can
be no judgment upon the indictment and
| verdict,
Counsel moved for new trial upon
two grounds, first Jurisdiction of the jury
| in matters of law and because the verdict
was contrary to law and against the evil
denee.
The motions were both denied by Judge
| Barrett.
The counsel then took an exception to
| the denial of each motion. Jaehne then
stood up for sentence and in reply to the
usual questions of the clerk gave his age
as SO years and his residence as 43
Vandam street. He said also that he
had learned the jewelry trade. He
was asked what he had to say why judg-
ment should not be pronounced against
him according to law. He made no reply,
but kept his eyes fixed upon the rail in
front of him. Judge Barrett then sem
fenced the prisoner to nine years and 10
months in state prison. He said the
prisoner had been convicted after q fair
trial, that he had had every advantage
that defendant could have and able
counsel He had the services of two OF
the most eminent members of the
bar, one veteran of the Grim
inal bar noted for his power and
force and another gentleman of equal
power and force whose services were ever
NJ the command of the poor, unfortunate
and oppressed in this and other lands.
The case was sod one. II was humili.
ating spectacle that n man who was
elected to public office in this city should
have so heinously betrayed his trust az
the prisoner had. II was humiliaiing Il
the city, state and country TINT such /
spectacle should be presented in u FREE
government rs Il person betraying Iii
! trust as the prisoner had. II wnl
sad TO see man with the prisoners nd
! vantage in the position i'll which he nov
, was. ~ conld not be unmoved ut tn
spectacle of your weeping wife ant
broken-h hearted mother, but the saddles
thing of all about your clse is the doub
q | which pervaded many good and homes
S minds of your conviction. There was no
5 a doubt of your guilt. Ii was UNIVERSAL
conceded when the evidence was in, thu
Q the case against you WAS clear, con
I vincing and overwhelming. Their
g was no doubt of your guilt, bu
: there was doubt concerning til
o chances of convicting you. The dout
= arose because the people had not sutficier
= faith in their common laws; because the
Il feared thut crime would, in the enC
" triumph over virtue. 1t was. too,
Doubt of our Jury system, of the zeal ,
2 our public prosecutor, and Of the Iidelii
ct of the detective branch of our pole
ID Every good citizen should rejoice that n
" these doubts have been diIpelled, aud Il
IN lesson it teaches is good one.
tenches us TO believe in the pruhity NJ
nj fidelity of our police, in the efficiency III
re impartiality of our laws, aud in the grct
IL ness of our institutions. We ARE al
taught that to be great people, we mn
IL, not destroy faith but support. Won ha
re only had faith in the supremacy Of q
lie aud in the impossibility OF working .
good results, and you have lathered ~
to sustained the very crime of which y
by have been found gnilty, The faith Ii
les you and those like You have endeayor
10 trampe in the mud Of corrupt
rises triumphant over You vii
you have fallen disgraced n
i. tlishonored min. The fifth in e
y" will not now give way 10 that better u
IL higher faith that good must triumph
the end Have you forgotten the &C
yiction of Tweed, whose power v
m greater than ever yours was Have )
les forgotten the conviction of Genet lii
me you forgotten the conviction of Sergel
ew Crowley and of Fish and of Ward or
by only the miscarriages of justice to be
III membered? The lesson is there
re. people are not rs you aud those like J
aid thought, honey combed through with c
ca rnption. There is hope of better thin
are and the people will in the future hi
val more faith"