Arizona republican., 1895-05-19
The Least Unfortunate
 Gets Five Years.
PatricIo Leon's Lust ProcureS Him a Decade at Yuma,
The HadSell Case Continued to June 10 for Evidence from Ohio
 and Pennsylvania.

Yesterday was sentence day in dis trict court. The unfortunate gentle- men who have been convicted of crimes were more profoundly impressed than ever with the weight of their crimes and the dignity of the territory of Ari- zona. If they are not now forever de- tered from repetition of their of- lenses, they will certainly not soon have an opportunity to fall under the displeasure of the law again.
 The measuring up of the criminal business of week in court began in the afternoon. The convicts were lined up in front of the district clerks desk. The first called was Benjamin Earle for burglary in the first degree. His at torney, H. M. Willis, moved for a new trial on the ground of insufficiency of evidence and the fact that evidence concerning another burglary for which Earle had been indicted had been ad- mitted over the defendants objections. The court agreed that it was con- trary 10 fundamental principle of law that evidence in one case could be used to convict defendant in another. The court reminded the attorney though that the several cases against Earle were connected by the circumstance that goods stolen at the various places burglarized were found in the prison. er's possession. The motion was over- ruled and Earle WAS ordered to stand up. He received severe lecture on the bioot of hf, rvj oh ao,o would be followed by murder if the burglar should find it necessary to con- mt murder. A sentence of seven years at Yuma was imposed. &
 1 The next victim was Daniel Ryan, also convicted of burglary. In this case, too, the prisoners attorney, G. P. Bullard, offered motion for a new 1 trial, alleging in the first place that the burglary had not been established and in the next that, admitting it's estab- lishment, there was no testimony to show that it had been committed be- tween sunset and sunrise, upon which supposition it had been classified as burglary In the first degree.
 As to the first objection the court said the burglary had been established by circumstantial incidents. Clothing had been missed from building. The building had evidently been entered by the breaking of pane of glass. The defendant had been found disposing of clothing at ruinously low prices and this clothing had been. identified as the missing clothing.
 | Concerning the second objection 8 witness had testified that he left the stock intact at sunset. "But," said MT. Bullard. She did not say what time he discovered the burglary next day." "No," interjected the district attorney, "but the prisoner was at the Agua Fria the next day. designing to show that he must have had an early start. This settled 1t and Ryan was requested 10 stand. He made such good show ing in reply to the usual question if he had anything to say why sentence should not be passed upon him that he got off with i've year.
 Carlos Aldai convicted of aggravated assault came next. Sentence in this this case was preceded by motion for new trial which was overruled. His attorney then reminded the court that year ago the prisoner had been con- victed of a crime and after five months service his innocence was discovered aud he was pardoned. On this was based plea for leniency in this in- stance. On the contrary the court be- lieved that the prisoner ought to have learned something by his former ex- perience. He began to deliver the sentence and Aldai asked for an inter- preter. The judge then abandoned the judlciaI form and addressed the priso- ner through the interpreter in a colo- quial style.
 Hell him." said he, "that last sum- mer he was before this court for & crime. The summer went and winter has gone and the flowers have begun to bloom agaln and here he is.
 The interpreter told him.
 "Tell him." continued the judge, "thafhe has started out to be bad man the court is determined to stop } him and will send him to Yuma for seven years" The interpreter told him thls and Carlos sat down with an ugly scowl.
 The last was Patricio Leon found guilty of rape. The judge painted to him the enornity of his offense 4
 man lad taken him in and fed him. They left to cut wood and that night Leon left the camp and returned to his