The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-11-07
SENTENCED TO PRISON
Mrs. Castle Convicted in London
Of Shoplifting
BUT HER upsBiSD IS AcQrITEb.

when sentence of-rhree Months i"pris""-
ment Is pronounced by the Judge Mrs.
Castle Goes into Mysteries. shrieking "Oh
NV God for About Ftve Minutes-im'
pressive Scene in the Court-Iestiniony
of Physicians-May Be Released.
London. Nov. The trial OF Mr. and
Mrs. Walter NJ. Castle OF san fran
cisco, charged with shoplifting. TOOK
place in the sessions house at Cierken-
well Friday. and resulted in Mr.. Castle
being acquitted and Mrs. Castle being
sentenced TO three months imprisoh-
ment without hard labor. There was
much interest taken in the case es-
pecially among the members OF the
American colony, and several ladies ar
rived In court together at s;4o a. m.
They included among their number the
wife OF Chairman Mcconnell OF the
ClerkenweIi sessions and a Miss Chap
man of Kentucky II was noticed that
there were quite number Of Hebrews
present. and during the morning
goodly number of artists representing
| different newspapers put In an appear
ance for the purpose of making sketch
| roundings. The jurors were Of what Is
| known as the middle class, mainly
| shopkeepers.
| Hystcricai sobbing "f Mrs. Castle
| At 10:3O the case was opened with the
| names OF the Castles being called by
| the court 10 surrender To their bail OF
sl5O. goo Then counsel for the defense
| took the floor although Charles Mat
thews. senior counsel for the prisoners
| was not present. The decorous quiet
! of the courtroom was broken by the
sound OF hysterical sobbing 10y Mrs.
| Castle. whose husband supported her
i'm the dock Both prisoners were at
tired i'm black and seemed 10 pe
weighed down with sorrow. Traces OF
deep suffering were visible on their
faces. Mrs. Castle especially, appear
ing to have aged consl lerably since
her arrest a month ago at the Hotel
| Cecil on the charge of having stolen
| various articles, such as furs. etc
| from different stores In this city.
When Mrs Castle had become some
: what more composed the business OF
the day was resumed Mr.. Castle stood
up calmly as the clerk of the court IT
, monotonous tones. read the indictment
I | and called upon the male prisoner 4
2 plead.
Mr. Castle Pleads Not Guilty.
. mot guilty" answered MIR. Castle n
a strong voice, as flush passed acros
I his face. only To leave him paier thai
e ever Mrs Castle was then called upo'
e 10 plead, but Mr.. Clarke arose and SAT-
| that his client, Mrs. Castle. would plea
E guilty to all the indictments. whic
: were then read separately. Mr.. Castl
G pleading at the same time not guilt
e TO each separate charge. The seen
II was a distressing one. The sobs o
: Mrs Castle were heartrending In spit
s of the efforts made by her husband
Y sooth her distress She was heavii
Il veiled and rocked to and fro. moanin
< and hysterically sobbing. She Kept
70 handkerchief up TO her face through
"a out, concealing her features from IN
'e inquisitive searching glances OF IN
Is newspaper artists and others preser
II I'm court to illustrate or describe IN
n. proceedings. After the wearisom
work of reading the indictment ha
been completed. Horace f. Avor
opened the case for the prosecution
y Testimony of Physicians.
'e Testimony was introduced by ph,
ie sicians who had examined Mrs. Cast
L
~ for her action. and was suffering fro
disease which caused nervousness
and hysteria. Also that confinemei
~ might render the prisoner insane. Sci
tence of three months impr'sonmel
~ was then passed upon Mrs. Caste II
III Judge added that he did so with u
gu knowledge that the sentence would
eu revised elsewhere and the general II
n' preston which afterwards prevailed
III court was that this means that q
home Office will shortly release MI
Z. Castle on her own recognizance. I
I'm unfortunate woman. on hearing I
,v sentence, went into Mysteries, shrie
n ing: "Oh. my Cod" "Oh. my God
no for nearly five minutes. She threw
h. her arms and staggered about. mt
no tering at times incoherently. and tn
av shrieked in wild agony. At 1:45 p.
,r. thanks to the attentions OF the phy
IT clans who had administered sedatiS
20 10 her. Mrs Castle was calmer, q
in fearful. and was able to enter a CT
or accompanied by her husband and
chief taller and started for Wor