National Republican., 1888-04-23
TO DO PRISON WORK
As II Punishment for Violating the
Criminal Laws.


Criminal Laws.
The following arraicnments and sentences
were had before Justice Montgomery in crimi.
nal court Saturday;
The first TO appear was Richard II. Drauner.
who had leen indicted in two eases furviolnt-
ing section 5iC3 Revised statutes of the United
states, In stcainga large quantity Of goods
irom the t,Eslcn cfiicc While employed there.
He waived tlcrc0dmg Of the indictments and
,LtO,d rlCGs Of net Guilty.
Charles Williams entered a plea of not guilty
to II ClarCc of assault with intent to commit
laIc ulun Laura j. Crawford In front Of the
georgetown COLLEGE On the night of Apr. 3
last.
Edward Skcwman. Edward Golway, and
Jamcs Cuarles, three young cOlorcd men,
faced the court 10 answer the charge Of high
way robbery In stealing 10 cents from William
Alm,tcad on Apr. last. Skownan entered a
Plea IN al atCmCnt claiming that his name was
"SkurcmHn," and the Others plead not guilty.
Charles Lincoln. who was convicted on
Tuesday last on lis appeal from the po ice
court for assault upon George II, CLANCY. was
81 ntcnccd 70 ray Sll Will in twenty.four hours
John Frazer, the 1I.yoar old colored boy
wis was convicted On second trial of the lar
ccny Of watch valued at 81 from Alex COL
way in November last, was sentenced TO
thirty days in tie Dis ret jail, notwithstunl-
ing his prutcstatiOns of innocence.
George Davis, fer breaking into the resi-
donCe Of Julius like on the night of Jan. 80
last, was sentenced 10 one year in the Albany
Webster Banks. the colorcd boy who wantr
TO get his shoes from the shoemaker without
paying for them and wrote an order purpOrtcd
TO be signed by his uncle, was sentenced TO
one year In the renitentary.
Luminta jackson, alias Mary Williams, the
young colored woman with fivcmonths.oll
baby convicted of the larceny of u gold watch
from Ann Mccarthy, white, while they were
confined in the same cell in the first precinct
Taylor, her counsel called attention to the
facts of the ease, her early life and to the fact
Of having such young child. lie also called
his honor's attention to a ruling of the late
.lustic Mac cArthnr on similar case, that the
baby had done no wrong and could not he i'm
prisoncd, and II the mother was. what would
be done with the child; His honor said that
while lie did not regard the fact of Il woman
having child gave her immunity from pun.
ishment for rrime, still lie believed in mercy
In this case, and would take her personal
recognizance in SlCO for sentence when
wanted
Robert Dent, colored man. aged SO years.
asked the justice for mercy when he was
called for sentence for stealing some geese
from the chicken-house of Abigail Morrison Oh
Jan. "A last. on being questioned by ms
honor, lie frankly acknowledged that he had
| longest sentence being twenty.eight months ut
| Albany. There is another Indictment against
him for assaulting Officer Malloy with II hat.
| chet when he attempted to arrest him. In
view of his notorious record, he was given the
| full extent OF the law-ten years at hard labor
| in Albany penitcntiary
In the case of Thomas Grlgsby. who hal
been convicted of breaking into the planning
mill of Sebree " Burdette and stealing Il guam.
tity Of tools, the prisoner said that he was
is years Of age, and had already served fou"
terms in jail for stealing WELL" said his
honor, ''for such young man YOU have a fine
record, and do not know where you Will
bring up; think, and shall so sentence, that
| three years from this date, and | sincerely
| hope that when you are released that you will
| endeavor to do BETTER
Thomas Williams, the mddle.agcd white
man with two aliases, who had twice been
convicted ON the charge of second ofiense #
| Roberta Thicl and giving them 10 his washer
woman. Anna Williams, was called for sem
tence. His honor stated that he was much i'm
| pressed with the prisoners defense, that his
| love for drink had gotten him into troahle
| and he desired to be lenient, but the law pro-
should he sent TO the penitentiary. lie had
| consulted with the district attorney AMI
| prisoners counsel, Mr. r, e, Taylor, and II
| had been agreed to allow prisoner to plead
| guilty and set aside the conviction. This was
| done and his honor sentenced him TO 10 days
| In Jail.
James Carroll, the notorious cOlored bur-
| glar who had been sentenced to ten years In
| Albany, and while confined in the Jail await.
| ing Transportation exposed the pretended
| plot TO break the jail, at his honor's request
was then brought before him. His honor said
regprd to the plot, and ordered his previous
sentence to be changed TO seven years.
IlousEREEriNG goods of all kinds including
fine oil paintings, for sale at cash prices on
small weekly or monthly paymentS, Gatply