Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-02-28
SENT TO THE "PEN. :"
A Respectable Young Hans DOVE
fall Through Drink.
AN ExpEnESCEIy TUE CITY JAIL.
six weeks Sentence for Juvenile
Houscbreakor-Martln Seeks
Sew Trial In Vain.

Judge BaItch sentenced couple OF
prisoners gilug delivering his decision
in tho Tnlfd precinct election casrs
this morning, and then listened to tho
arguments OF counsel on motion Tor
new trial Ia criminal case tried last
week.
DRINK CAUSED ms rALL
a. l.. MaiE who had been found
guilty by jury % housebIcaking-
cnlcuug a certain building belonging
TO iuddonham d Brain ON April q.
1894, aud stealing st VI carpenters
tools, thu property Of Daniel u. Nc
Bdiu-camo up Tor sentence,
Attorney 3. y. Armstrong, on behalf
Of tue defendant, Urged that Msir had
been drinking a5eut tho time hc com.
miIlcd tho oilcuIn. Ate. hisarrest ho
assisted the prosecution all no
possibly could. This man had
wife and family dependent upon him
ior support and the case, counsel urged,
was not an agg nvatod Que, amounting
TO little more than petit lafcouy. Ho
thought o bhcrt seuteuc, 500 eaaolo
INC defendant 20 sobof Up little"
would meet tho ends VI Justice.
Prosecuting Attorney HoWH,, while
NOT insisting upon tho extreme pt nGlty
Of thu law, diu not think tho Ilt htrsJ
sentence should be- Imposed.
Tue defendant, q well dressed and
ven spoken young man, apparently
Nulut twenty-five years OF age, aUemeu
lp ioul greatly HE present position. lie
luiJfmud The court that no had earned
hla own lyUllhUlG from his uJyhu0u
aul mad lived ga his city all his life,
having been employed at u. G.. 81. L.,
AuerbaCh Br0t, Cohn Bros. And
other eHiabiiahtau nts, wording his
way up uuaiutd all through. Nom.
ing but drink MAJ brought him
into hla present trouble, this being
ms bret ollenac. MAR complained
bitterly OF tue way IN which he al.
legged no had boon treated 10y the local
police force. lie had been "vaggcd,D
hu declared, anu trumprd up charges
brought against him several times. On
one occasion, he informed the court, he
Wgs hau4Cuucu 20 "the notorious sam
Grico anu exhibited aTounu.n Aewas
held 40 tho city hail tor TIRES days,
until ho became uli Of yormin, and had
10 burn MS clOghing. Hc had now
learned very severe lesson, and
trusted the court would BE- murcliul
toward him.
Judge Howat said BIO had good roa.
son for stating that tho defendants al.
legation as % police persecution was
untrue. Some time ago lac confessed
10 having stolen 81 500 worth Of prop.
efiy, but was VA that occasion allowed
10 go, On account Of his family. Now
ho turned round aud unluHuy accused
the police OF penecuting HIN,
Judge BArteh pointed out the great
dlHgr1co which MAR hHd br0ugh upon
both himself ana hlb family, auu said
hu had been cDuiesselly the cause Of
hl6 own downfall. Taking the plea Of
hls counsel int0 consideration Judge
bafirh passed sentence u one year Ia
tue pUulIcntlafy.
LET oTF EASILY.
Jhin1s Wih0r, the youth who had
pleaded guilty 90 n charge a house,
breaking nj the dwelling II Timothy
Lgpu, next appeared Tor sentence.
Tanner, said Wilson was a Transient,
dropped down here without money and
without work, anu was tempted, Ia
consequence, 10 commit this Oilsuac.
lie Afterwards aided tue officers Ia the
recovery OF the stolen property.
In answer 90 the court the defendant
saii he came from Seattle, Wash, was
a tesmster, and arrived iu Salt Lake
about three weeks before his arrest.
sontence-six weeks IN .,hs peni-
,rntiary.
WANTS A NEw TRIAL,
The motion Tor new trial ia the
case Of T.. VI. Martin, convicted VI
adultery with Christina FJJblJm, waB
argued aad submitted.
The motion was OyGrruled and an
exception entered, ami this afternoon
the defendant was sentenced " hvo
mOnthB IN the ptniienliaIy.
ALLEGED ELECTION FRAUDS.
The ca6es OF tho People VI. Alex.
Wilkinson, Gordon and EdmOnIs, iu-
dicled Tor alleged ballot box sluiilng &C
Ogden, were mentioned this afternoon.
Tho gtraigument Of tho defendants YVES
SAT for Mach on