The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1894-12-22
IMPRISONMENT FOR LIFE.


The trial of Patrick L. Dolan for
the murder of Patrick Greene at
Cherry Greek on the 9TH of last Nov,
came to close last Saturday. The
case was submitted to the Jury about
4 o'clock P. M After deliberation
of nearly 6 hours the Jury brought in
a verdict of murder in the second de-
gree, with recommendations of mercy,
and the time for imposing the sentence
was fixed for 2 P. M, Tuesday the Is.
Promptly at the appointed time, the
prisoner was brought before the Court
to learn his fate.
In pronouncing sentence, Judge Tai
bot said in answer to the request of Do
lan's Counsel, that the Court exercise
mercy toward the prisoner as recon-
mended by the Jury, that he could find
no extenuating circumstances, no evil
dence which showed that Dolan had
the slightest cause or justification for
committing the deed, that he had will
fully and malicously taken the life of
his fellow-man with out any provoca-
ton whatever. That Notwithstanding
the preponderance of evidence brand
ing Dolan as vicious and dangerous
criminal, while majority of the Jury
voted for murder in the first degree.
two of the jurors had on first ballot
voted for acquittal. He did not deem
the recommendation to mercy as fair
expression of the feeling of the Jury,
that part of the verdict would seem to
be forced as compromise by the two
in favor of acquittal; that he (the
Judge) did not regard such persons as
good citizens who had so little regard
for society and the laws of their State
and Country, as to hazard the peace
of the public by turning 80 dangerous
and depraved man at large in the
community. That society would be
endangered and not secured that pro-
lection which the laws guarantee were
the courts to allow the appeals of in
terested and injudicious parties to ma
terially influence them in cases SINH
lar to the one in question. He would
therefor, be com ,)elled to disregard
the unwise suggestions of the Jury,
in regard to showing the prisoner at
the bar any mercy, and that it was the
sentence of the Court, "that he Pat
rick T. Dolan be confined in the States
Prison at Carson for the period of his
natural life.
The crime for which Dolan is doom
ed to pass the remainder of his days
within the gloomy walls of prison
cell, is still fresh in the minds Of our
readers, and calls for no review at this
time. All the evidence given in the
case corrborates the correctness of the
statements given in the News at the
time of the killing. That a war of
words passed between Dolan and
Greene on the day of election. That
after reaching his home 9 miles from
Cherry Greek, the same evening, on
seeing team passing along the road
from Cherry Creek in the direction of
Greene's, and thinking it was Greene
on his way home, hurried down to
the road and presenting double-bar-
relied shotgun brought the driver to a
halt 1t proved to be Harry Gilmore,
the stage driver and Dolan allowed
him to pass. He then went back to
the house and after celebrating on
the deed all night went back to Cherry
Greek the next morning and in the
presence of a dozen witnesses deliber-
ately killed Greene, and upon being
asked what he had done replied. 81
have done what came in to do" A
more dasterdly and fiendish deed never
was perretrated in this section Of the
country.