The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-30
BE GETS THE LIMIT.
FRANK ROBERTSON WILL SERVE
SIX MONTHS IN JAIL.
The Fellow Who Guided Josephine
LittIefieId to Life of Shame
Minor Offenders Before Judge
Wenger.

Frank Robertson, the young man who
guided Josephine Littleied, the Morgan
City girl, into a life of shame was sem
fenced in the police court yesterday to
80 days Imprisonment and to pay fine of
$780, which is practically six months. as
Robertson is hardly to be expected to
find anyone willing to put up the amount
of the fine.
session of the police court, Prosecutor
Shoup was given permission to withdraw
the charge of vaSrancy which had form
erly been preferred, and charge of fire.
quenting houses of prostitution for inn
moral purposes was substituted. The
defendant had prepared to fight the
charge of vagrancy and had demanded
jury and he'd witnesses summoned When
was directed to plead when he asked per-
mission to read the ordinance under
which the charge was brought. After
perusing it carefully, he pleaded guilty,
realizing the city had clear case against
him.
Prosecutor Shoup did not propose to let
the offender get off easily by pleading
guilty or that the court should sentence
him without a knowledge of the case,
however, and securing permission, put
Detective Sheets on the stand. Mr.. Sheets
related the circumstances of finding the
defendant in the room with Miss Little
field at a house of i'll fame and all the
attending incidents Of the shameful affair.
The defendant took the stand and testi-
fed that the girl entered the house OF her
own accord and that she had expressed
preference for the life to one Of working
for 81 a week.
in passing sentence Judge Wenger COM
mented on the case with much feeling.
charge should have been for committing
a felony, as the state prison was the
proper place for such offenders. He said
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all the law allowed and regretted he could
not make the penalty more severe.
ROLLERS BOUND OVER
r. w. Sweet and J. w. Whitlock, the
young men arrested early Thursday morn
ing for rolling a besotted ruralist, were
given a hearing before Justice Wenger
yesterday and bound over to answer to
the district court in bonds of $500 They
were committed to the county Jail to await
trial.
The victim of the robbery was Joseph
Herman of Lehi, who was too drunk and
the time to know his name rbut he had
sobered up yesterday morning and ap-
peared in court and identified the watch
taken from him. The only other value
they secured was 81 BILL which was also
recovered, and the victim testified to hav-
ing had such a bill in his possession. The
evidence was so conclusive that the
hearing was very brief. Whitlock is one
of the foot racers who engaged in race
here recently. and by a cleyeriy put up
gun play did, a local sport handsomely.
He has wife and family at Manti and
is said to come from a very respectable
family. qo@
MINOR MENTION.
William Sanborn and Teddie Daniels,
two young toughs who have been several
times before the police court, were
brought in again yesterday. They had
stolen 1880 feet of copper wire from the
city and pleaded guilty to the charge.
They had been previously sentenced and
sentence suspended, and Judge Wenger
sentenced them to 80 days in the county
Jail. Samuel Jones, another youngster,
was arrested with them but as it was
his first offense. sentence was suspended.
Eph Kelly, a cronic drunk, who was
once more and was given so days.