St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-03-27
TWENTY YEARS IN PRISON.
SENTENCE or MACLiAN0. MURDERER
OF FsRRARL
THE YOUTH wEpr BITTERLY.

Judge Kerr Reminded the Pris-
o"oner, for the Benefit of Others,
That in America Life Is Held
" Sacred-Magliano IS Under
Age. and May Be Released at
Half the Sentence.
s'Gelsemino Magliano was sentenced
by Judge Brill Yesterday 10 twenty
years in the penitentiary at hard labor
for tho killing of Pas Quale Ferrari on
the flats on Dec. 20 last. MaglianO gave
nU signs Of emotion while the sentence
was interpreted to him by DR.. Joseph
Jaecolucci, who acted as Interpreter
daring the trial: but after sentence,
and while on the way back to the Jail.
he cried like baby. Even before he
left the court room his eyes filled with
tears and his face was contorted with
emotion, but no sound escaped him I'M
til he reached the jail steps.
The sentence means much to him. He
is unable to speak English, and his long
imprisonment will be equivalent to soI-
to converse with his fellow criminals
even OIL holidays and Sundays, the only
times the prisoners are allowed to con-
verse with each other at all. The twenty
years confinement will be practical
wreck of his life. 1t is possible. how
ever, that he may not have to serve out
much more than half of the term, as
there is a provision that persons under
age may be parOled after serving one
half OF the sentence, provided his be-
havior is such as to warrant the prison
authorities in believing that he Is dis
posed to lead reformed life. Magliauo
is not yet nineteen years old. His
parents still live i'll Italy, and he has
been i'll this country but few months.
In passing sentence. Judge Kerr
spoke through DR.. Jaccolucci, and he
talked very pointedly. Referring
briefly to the crime the court stated that
fair trial had been had and the jury
had returned merciful sentence.
Magliano was reminded that his act had
made the wife of his companion, Pas
quaie Ferrari. a widow and his children
orphans. Proceeding Judge Kerr said:
Il remember that you are not of our
race. You were born and raised in
country where life is not held as sacred
as in this country and where it is not so
serious a matter to take the life of a
human being. When you and such as
you come to this land Of liberty, you
must leave behind you the spirit of the
vendetta and the disposition to revenge
wrongs. Among your people the
practice of carrying concealed weapons
is too prevalent. The evidence i'll this
case shows that of the five men in the
party when the homicide was commit
ted three. and possibly four, carried
dangerous weapons, and the only man
in the company unarmed was the man
whose life you took. The welfare of
this country as well as the safety Of this
city demands that such acts as yours
should be stopped. 1t Is the duty of
the court TO impose sentence that
shall be warning TO young men such
as,y0u. If you had been found guilty of
murder in the second degree, as was
warranted by the evidence. it would
have been obligatory upon me to SEN
tence you to the penitentiary for life.
Under the sentence which will impose
you may be paroled after serving half
of the definite time fixed by the court,
as provided by the law. and under the
discretion of the management of the
prison. provided your behavior shall
warrant them i'll doing So"
! The court then named the term of i'm
prisOnment mentioned, being the maxi
mum sentence for the crime of man
slaughter in the first degree.