Arizona republican., 1895-11-22
Charles Parker Winked
 and Grinned.
It Proved to Be Very Costly for
 Him,
The Court Deals With a Prisoner Whose Manifestations Of Grief
 Were Not Sincere.

Charles Parker, the negro who was, found guilty Wednesday of aggravated assault, was up for sentence yesterday in the district court. Parker's crime. consisted of making himself very ob noxious to young girls on the street some months ago. He finally feel into the clutches of the law for offering violence to a married lady upon the: street.
 When called upon by the judge to state his reasons. if he had any, why sentence should not be pronounced the audacious wretch stood up and with forced tears glistening in his eyes he attempted to play upon the sympa- thies of his honor, saying that the newspapers were responsible for his arrest and furthermore that a preiu- dice existed against him on account nf his color The judge remarked that he rather favored the negroes, having been brought up in their midst. While the court was talking and when Parker thought he was not observed by the judge he turned his head and winked at some close acquaintances, his pre- tended grief giving way to broad grin as much as ito say he had won his point. He made a big mistake, for both the wink and grin were observed by Judge Baker, who broke off talking and remarked, T will attend to that grin in a minute" In passing sentence the judge remarked that his grinning would cost him one year and three months more than he originally in tended giving the prisoner, and sen tenced him to three years and three months at Yuma The sentence did not affect the prisoner, who grinned harder than ever when being con- ducted from the court room. When in prison he will have an opportunity to reflect that to grin at an inopportune time is something very costly.
 The sentence of J. Menier. the
 Frenchman accused of forgery, was further postponed. Nenier's case is peculiar. He insists upon pleading guilty, though to his attorneys, Street
 & Frazier. and to everyone else, he staunchly ayers his innocence The charge against him is that he passed a check for S94, the name of H. s. Mer- Till being signed thereto. Menier's- explanation is that he had been in the city but few days, last September, when he looked too deeply into the bottom of the wine cup. In his
 drunken round he picked up a com-- panion. who represented himself as a, miner and who gave him the forged
 check as security for small loans az gregating S22. The companion has since disappeared. The next morning Menier bought a suit of clothes at | Goldberg Brothers clothing store, giv- ing the check in payment and receiv- ing the balance in cash. Shortly after he was arrested, having in the mean while made no attempt ito escape He stated he knew his story would not be believed by any jury. unsupported as it is by any other evidence, and he therefore preferred the lighter sen tence to be gained by plea of guilty r Juan Antone, an Indian, charged with stealing cattle, was acquitted by the jury.
 Nol-Age found him guilty of grand larceny and he will be sentenced today
 Toribio Miranda was tried on a charge of assault with deadly weapon committed last month at Mesa upon the person of Benito Almanero during a drunken TOW. The jury returned a61er 8 minutes consultation with verdict of guilty. He will be sentenced today.
 Susie Smith, the colored woman in dicted for receiving stolen goods, was arraigned and admitted to bail in the sum of $1,G00, which was furnished