New-York tribune., 1896-05-26
denies the charges Of the plaintiff. and asks that his
complaint be dismissed
JUDGE ASPINALLS DEGREES.
A SERIES OF UNUSUAL SENTENCES IN THE
COUNTY COURT.
TWENTY YEARS WAS THE LONGEST TERM M
POSED AND ONE YEAR THE SHORT
Esr-cLEMENCY FOR AN UN-
FORTUNATE WOMAN.

FORTUNATE WOMAN.
Judge Aspinall. OF the County Court passeu
some heavy sentences yesterday ana sho"eu
mercy in two conspicuous cases Inc ione''
term of Imprisonment was imposed on 1oiiii ID an
Ton against whom five indictments had been
found one for forgery and the others lor ou
lary Branton pleaded guilty rev oa9 "s0 ~
the Indictment for forgery and to one OF '"et7 io
h,rc,orv When he was arraigned yesterday ne
,,o, - Tho oues,,on as to whether he had any
thing 10 say why he should not be sehtehceu '''"'
.hoa ooros IN the strait in which he was placed
through bad company.
"Y homo your Honor will not send me away ior
,h. rest NJ nv life" he continued, "and oeseech
vou 10 send me to the penitentiary ana hot ~
Sing Sing. | ask this that may sometimes see
NV old mother who Is too feeble 10 WISH me up
The State but who could see me occasionally out
at the penitentiary. s
"pranton " replied the Judge. "if you had plead
ed guilty TO all the indictments against you ne
Law would have compelled me to SEND you u
prson for fifty years and might nave sent you
N prison for twice that length OF ume. iou
have pleaded guilty to but two OF 'ne ona'
against you. and the law has so oecreeu '""'
NAV NOT comply with your request that you be
sent 10 the penitentiary. On each OF the charges
AGAINST vou YOU will go to Sing Sing at nara
80 o.. ton years making your total sentence
labor Tor ten years H'""''o
twenty years" T..
u-hor nartba Neverman was brought up FOR
.,,snco she was CRYING bitterly ana would nave
fauan 10 the floor If a chair had not been placed
For her Bertha. who Is young and pretty, con-
,.ssad a few days ago that she killed her infah''
and pleaded guilty 10 a charge OF mansiaughter Ill
the second degree. On her arraignment yes'ei-
dav her counsel, George Alexander askeu '"e
Court 70 be mercifu to her. saying that she came
Of a good family, that she had been ruined py d
voung man who had afterward deserted her' anu
that doctors had testified that she was not III Ne
r,oht mind q, the time Of the commission of the
crime. .,ox 90
this case" said Judge Aspinall, ana ain -"
fed bv the testimony of Drs. Plympton and A.
C. Brush that this girl did not know what sue
was doing She deserted by man VINO
,.od himself worse than a dog, and who, in
INV oninion. should be here instead Of her pro-
nose to suspend sentence in this case. she may
60"
Peter McC;inley a fifteen-year- boy, on whoh
yuaoa Asninan suspended sentence last Wedhes-
day under conviction of burglary, was pioue"'
up again yesterday on bench war; an. an. ,o,or
'"McGinley" said the judge. you nave silah N =.
my faith in human nature. You stood mere Ias.
wednesday and solemnly promised me tha' @ Uu
would be good boy and yet w,,h,m hrrIerv 49, I've
iooked IN your record, and find II is bad You
have been arrested on six or seven charges III t4,e @
last two years. | think that Is a remal lhaoie
record for a boy of your age ana II you are az
lowed to keep you will develop INTO lhe pr %
of burglars. / am sorry cannot send you 10 'ile
nenitentiary, but you will go to the House VI
Refuge ., l., tho
Something Of a sensation was created IN the
courtroom when Daniel Sullivan was sentenced
He was convicted Of a felony a few days ago, anu
when he was asked yesterday II there was any
reason why sentence should not be prohounceu
ne replied that he was innocent of the crime.
"Fifteen years in Sing Sing at hard iaoor, saia
the iudge and a murmur of surprise went AROUND
the courtroom ., 4. ~
William Mccarthy, the third Scotchman TO De
arraigned In the court in twenty-seVeh yea. .,
was sent TO the penitentiary for four years Tor
grand larceny and Lem Kee, the Chinaman VINO
pleaded guilty to an assault on Paulihe uluck-
mann received a sentence of year IN the penn
tentlary. u
George Hedden, respectable-lookinS man
about fifty years old arraigned In the aIter-
noon Hedden had pleaded guilty TO an assault
upon Robert w. Mabie with pistol The as
eault was committed under extreme provocatlon'
and when the man was brought before tne par'
Judge Aspinall said TO him: ,
"Iiedden I have looked into your case. and
nnd that hitherto you have borne an excellent
reputation. You have six motheriess chloren,
and believe that they would starve II you were
sent 10 prison You were sadly provoked TO the
ASSAULT and | believe that you hardly knew what
YOU did am going to suspend sentence on you.
and / want you TO promise me to try 10 DO better
In the future go -
Hedden promised. and went away with tears
in his eyes.