St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-03-17
FLOYDS ARE SENTENCED.
LOUIS AND Frank GsT FIVE YEARS
nv STiLLWA7ER PRISON.
CASE WILL BE APPEALED.

CASE WILL BE APPEALED.
"A Stay Is Granted and Bail Fixed
at $4,000 IN Each Instance
Mr.. BJrneS Hustling for the
Bondsnen-.f He Fails the
Boys Must Go to Jail-Judge
Jam:son's Sermon.
1t would appear, from the way matters
at court drag along, that the Floyds aud
their case are to be fixtures and that the
public will never be happy again in the
knowledge that the affairs Of two young
roysterers are no longer to be Haunted,
paraded and ipterposed at every turn.
They were arraigned-the two boys
Frank ana Louis, of courSe-befCre
Judge Jamison yesterday morning, and
he sentenced them to five years each at
hard labor in the Saltwater prison.
But there was notice of appeal given,
and stay was granted. In the mean
time an effort will be made to secure
bail III the sum of $4,000 for each youth,
and, in the event of the necessary
amounts being subscribed, the Floyd
boys will again be allowed to roam
at large.
There was large crowd in the court
room when Judge JamisOn took the
bench, and the states attorneys pre-
pared themselves for their side of the
case. To every ones surprise, Mr..
- n 4, -
of what Juryman Lotus had SAID dur
ing the trial. Instead, lie asked leave
to withdraw the defendants motion for
new trial.
Mr.. Hall, representing the state, re-
marked that this proceeding was rather
unexpected. The state, he said, was
ready to argue its side of the issue, and
present aftidavits to refute those Mr..
Byrnes stated he would produce. The
judge held that the defense had right
to withdrw motion if it were deemed
proper.
IL move for sentence" said Mr.. Hail..
Then Mr.. Byrnes said: IF the court
please, l ask leave to file the minutes
of this court, showing that this court
adjourned March 10. | now move in
open court-stri!ie out the word open
the count lost its jurisdiction and power
to pass sentence in this case, for the law
states concluSlvely thata sentence must
be imposed at The same term of court as
that in which the trial was heard. |
VIII not make any arguments at this
time.'
Judge JamiSon said the objections
would be noted, and ordered the two
dRfnndnnTS Mi -,
their boots in spite of the looks OF
brayado on their faces, to step to the
bar. He asked them what their trades
had been, and if they had ever worked
at any. Lou said lie was a photog-
rapher; had worked In a e lass factory,
and at one time with a surveyors crew
as chairman. Frank stated he was a
bookkeeper. and had worked at nothing
else. The judge asked them what they
had to say To the passing of sentence
upon them, and both replied that they
were not guilty and did not deem it
justice to be sentenced for what they
had not done. The judge in distinct
and we'll modulated tone then pro-
nounced the sentence, and delivered at
the same time an epitome sermon. He
said:
Pursuant to the verdict of the jury, y
said the court, lit becomes the duty of
the court at this time TO pass Judgment
upon you. The court considers that
your trial was fair and impartial one.
Your defense was exceedingly able, and
The verdict OF the jury was certainly
justified by the evidence. Tue lesson
from your conviction has probably
reached every home in the community.
That lesson has OF late been amplified
by the public press to such all extent
that the court deems it necessary to say
but very little. Your position at the
bar OF this court today, convicted of q
felony, should be warning to every
lndulgent father and mother and fear
full example 10 the so-caled fast young
men OF the community. In passing sen
tence upon you the court is bound to
take into consideration the object of
the law in inlicting punishment
upon offenders, which is to debar
them from the commission OF
crime. The offeuse of which you have
been convicted is most serious one.
and one which was evidently planned
and carefully designed before its eXecu.
ton. Now that fact weighs against any
appeal here for clelnency; still there is
no occasion for you to abandon all hope
i'll life. You are both evidently young
man of ability and good heart, and
should you hereafter lead lives of pro
prlety, you can, i'll great measure, live
down this conviction and the effect OF
prison life. After you have served your
term in prison, should you show genu-
inc dispositions to lead lives of honesty
and industry, l have no doubt you will
find helping hands extended to you So
you may in great measure wipe out
the past: but that remains with yOu.
at is the sentence of the court thar
you, Louis Floyd. be confined at hard
labor at Saltwater for the full term of
five years. 1t is the sentense of the
court that you, Frank Floyd, be con-
fined at hard labor at Saltwater for the
full term OF five years"
When the prisoners heard their SEN
tence pronounced they sat down in their
seats with detected air. FRANKS yell
low face was fairly liyid. A dozen of
their female friends and acquaintance
f1uttered around them like Jersey mos
QuitOes. The sheriff soon hustled them
Off to jail, however. and then sort of
public reception was held in the cell.
Mr.. ByrneS gave notice of an appeal
from the refusal of the court to grant
the motion demanding that the prisons
ers he not sentenced. The judge then
fixed the bail at 5000 in each case, and
Mr.. Byrnes set out TO get bondsmen.
The boys will remain in the county
| Jail for day or so, until the outcome OF
Mr.. Byrne'S endeavors to secure bail is
definitely known. The case will be ap
pealed to the supreme court. and it will
stand or fall ON the action of Jud {
Hicks i'll adjourning the December term
of court before the business of the court
had been transacted.