The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-02-12
.SCOUNDRHLS SENTENCED
Judge Hudspeth's Severe Words
to 4 Brute Who Beat
His Mother.

Judge Hudspeth regretted exceedingly
yesterday afternoon that the limitations
of the law would not permit him to in
fiict adequate punishment on John Roach.
the rufflan who beat his aged mother in
most brutal and shocking manner.
Roach" said Judge Hudspeth, when the
prisoner was arraigned for sentence, II
have had some miserable culprits before
me since have been ON this bench, some
Of whom I felt compunction at being
obliged to punish. In your case,
however, / am so Impressed with the at
rocity of your crime that ann filled with
regret that my hands are SO tied by the
law that cannot do full justice to your
case. man who will beat his old moth
er, the mother who bore him, is unworthy
of the name Of man. She was brought in
here all covered with bruises, and her
face was SO battered by the heels OF your
shoes, and so discolored that Ut was al
most impossible to tell whether she was
white or black. You are a brute, a coward
and loafer.''
Il ain't no loafer,'' interrupted the pris-
oner sullenly, 81 work for a living" Roach
then went en- to say that the had been
was last Saturday, the day he assaulted
his mother, the boys were so glad to see
him that they had numerous drinks.
When he went home his mother was full
and she fell and hurt herself. Judge
Hudspeth intimalted that he was liar as
well as "a brute, coward and loafer, and
sent Constable Wise to bring him the
Grimes Act. After looking over it for
fox Il, wo111 ~
years at hard labor in State Prison, fine
of $780, and to remain in prison until the
costs of Court are paid.
Otto Pasbach was next disposed OF. he
is the contemplate rascal who sWdndled
Christina Peyser, poor old woman, out out
of seventy cents a week for about two
years by stealing the money she supposed
surance Company for insurance on her
own life and the lives of six of her chill
dren. The insurance was for sufti-
case of DEATH
your crime is Of the most contempti-
BILE character" said judge Hudspeth.
Pasbaeh WINGED and said. Il didn't do 1t,
The Jury said you did. replied Judge
Hudspeth, land believed the evidence
he e aqa1 s
man Of ability and education, and you
could &, make good living honestly t q
chess psep but your 0 s swn nns
months in the penitentiary, and thence
until the costs of court are paid.
John Clifford, who broke into Thomas
Donohue'S room and stole his trousers
which had $a5 in one of the pockets, was
sent to State Prison for two years. Frank
P. Labert, the New York sneak thief who
broke into Mrs. Hecker's house during
her absence and was in the act of rum
maging the bureau drawers when she re-
turned, was sent ITO the county farm for
nine months.
James Murphy, the enterprising thief
who stole a coat and hat from an Office
and was wearing them when he was
nue., which had been broken into and
looted, was sent to State Prison for two
years. John Dwyer, a wife beater es-
capped with a suspension of sentence on
account of his wife and two children.
James O'Brien, burglar, who broke
into Waters place, No. ga Madison street,
Hoboken, and stole a lot of cigars and
other things, including a demijohn of
whiskey, was sent to State Prison for
Of the court room he turned and shouted,
Before you send me away why don't t
you get the man that bought the ci-
gars?" His conundrum was not answer
ed. Ella Johnson, the colored woman
who kept a. disorderly house at No. SO
York street. was sent to the County Farm
for three months.
James J. Mulvaney and Bridget Nc
Cormack, who is also known as Mrs.
Mulvaney, were sentenced to one year
and six months, respectively in the Pen
itentiary for selling mortgaged cash
register. James Murphy, the tough who
punched Conductor Ketcham in the eye
because he refused him transfer, was
sent to Snake Hill for sixty days.