The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1895-08-02

the jury had brought in a verdict oil
assault only, yct that verdict under
the evidence showed MIN guilty oil
assault with dangerous weapon
The judge then sentenced Clover tt
30 days in the county Jail and slC,
fine, allowing $40 a day for imprson
mcnt Instead of iinc.
Then came the hoboes WIN burglar
lied j. LaMoure & Co.. store at Ncche
JAS. Beatty said he was from Toronto,
Il m0uldcr by trade. and had been III
Dakota three weeks. lie had plead
guilty and was given two years at
Bismarck. Dan Hayes came from
Ireland. had been i'm Canada IL couple
ye-rs, was sailor; aged AZ: he also
had plead guilty and was sentenced
for two years. Thos. Bradley was
born in California. So years old, and
lfad plead not guilty. lie was SELL
fenced for ono year and four months.
John Wilcox was an American from
Chicago and Il printer by trade. lie
claims to be able to show Il good re-
cord previously. He last worked ON
the Butte Miner. Judge Sautcr pr,-
missed him that il lie we're able 10
prove Il former good character, to as
sist him in getting his term of i'm
prlsonment shortened. Wilcox then
received sentence of one year and
four months. Charles Mayticld, the
cripple, who was with these people,
was allowed to go acros. the line last
week as we stated.
Joseph Till, convicted OF the MUIR
der Of Adam Miller was then brought
up for sentence and j. G.. Sondernlan
acted as interpreter. His attorney,
w. j. Kneesllaw, asked for stay, for
the purpose Of moving new trial.
aud asked that the state furnish il
copy of the evidence on which to base
the motion. Judge Sauter granted
thirty days in which to make the mo-
tion but refused to grant the order
for the copy of the evidence. In maxi
ing the refusal, The jGdge referred to
the fact, that though Till was Il
stranger. that he had been granted a
full aud fair trial before one of the
most intelligent juries that he had
eyer seen together, and that if lie
had unlimited means, he could not
have been better or more able de-
Tended than he had been by Mr.. Knee.
shaw, who had worked without hope
Of payment. Mr.. Kuccshaw said he
was personally convinced of Till's in
nocence, and he was willing to go on
and carry the case to tinality without
charge for his own services but that
the transcript would cost $3.50 and he
could not afford to pay that himself.
Mr.. Kneeshaw also referred to the
fact that in the Walsh county case
vs.. Collins that the state had furnish.
the transcript. Till was then SEN
fenced to the pcnitentiary at Bis
marck for life, according to the vcr-
dict Of the jury. Guilty or innocent
certainly he had sufficient sorrow anG
misery for one day. a few weeks ago
he wrote to his widowed mother for
money to hep himself out of his
trouble. The answer came at noon, IL
few hours before he was sentenced.
His mother was dead and his brother
had been accidentally killed. lie
came into the court room weeping
and wept most or the time while there.
Previous to this he had shown no
signs Of breaking down and even at
this time, lie energetically replied to
the judges question why sentence
should not be pronounced, that he
was Innocent OF the crime for which
he been convicted. Till is twenty.
four years OF age, and, without friends
to urge a pardon, or money for a new
trial, has a long dark future before
him.