The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-13
PLEADING FOR A BRUTE
Pitiful Scenes in the Sessions
When Offenders Are Sent
to State Prison..

perform yesterday afternoon. He had TO
mete out proper punishment to an un-
usually large number of criminals, and
the chief difficulty was that those who
had committed the most heinous offence
had the most friends to plead for them.
This was specially demonstrated in the
case of James H. DAILY, who had pleaded
guilty of assault and battery on his wife.
his mother-in-law and his father-in-law.
The assault was of a most brutal char
acter. While he was beating his wife her
mother endeavored to protect her. The
brute turned on his wife's mother and
beat and kicked her until she became
unconscious. Then his father-in-law in
terfered and he. too, was made q victim
of the ruffian's brutality. N~otwithstand-
ing all this Daly's wife and her mother
pleaded with the Court for l~eniency for
the brute. They said he was a good man
when he was sober, but had to admit
that he was seldom sober.
.'In all my experience on this bench.
said Judge Hudspetheto DAILY, mo case
has excited my indignation SO much as
this. From what | have ascertained you
are an uncomfortable ~scoundrel. You are
a coward without any redeeming quail
ties. You beat your wife. a delicate
woman, to such an extent that it is a sur
prise that she survived it. You also beat
your mother-in-law most cruelty, and II
is remarkable that she ESCAPED with her
life. And yet these two women come mere
and beg and plead for you-your wife, be-
cause she loves you, and your mother-in-
law because you are the husband of her
MY child You beat YOU father-in-law
almost to deaths door. and yet his wife
comes here to intereede for YOU h
softness Of Il woman's heart passes the
comprehension Of this Court. DAILY was
then sentenced to four years IN STATE
Prison on all the charges.
There was a pitiful scene when John
Mcclure. John Fisher and Frank 3.
Smith. who were convicted of atrocious
assault and battery on John Henry Of
Gutenberg. a brother of Constable Henry,
were sentenced. A delegation of women,
relatives Of the defendants, had been
pleading with the Court for them.
IA large, numbe of friends have seen
the Court in your behalf said Judge
Hudspeth, addressing the prisoners,
people who stand VIGIL in the community.
You two, Smith ana Fisher. have good
regulations. Your employers speak high
IN of you. They say that you are the
most trusted men in their employ NC,
C5li;re seems to have been in several
brawls. He seems to revel in trouble. 1
have given a great deal OF thought 70 TINS
case. | nave endeavored to see Wnstaef
there was any. justification Tor your COT
duct and whether any one of you is more
to blame than the other. | am convinced
that YOU had no provocation and that you
are all equally to blame. 0 victlnl IS
injured for hfe.lt is a dlfncuIt tnilis ~
deal with young men of such respectable
connections. but the Court has a duty 70
perform. The Court only regrets, IN I'M
nosing sentence upon you, that there are
wives and mothers who will suffer. Ihey
will be rendered penniless and that IS one
of the sad results of your conduct
The prisoners were then sentenced 70
eighteen months in State PRISON. IheiI
female relatives began to cry aloud ana
sob and some of~them became hys'eiicai,
creating quite a scene.
Emil Brassen of HobokeIi, WHO was
convicted of having policy Slips IN ms pos
session. was sentenced to Two years IN
State Prison and a fine IF sec. fhe mani
mum penalty. Judge Hudspeth tried 20
nersrade Brassen TO divulge the name OF
his hacker, but the prisoner persisted that
he only knew him as Charlie. The Judge
said he thought that the game had been
suppressed. but evidently that impression
was erroneous. - 80,
II eI1il fl1SC LILY
ty of assault and battery, was sent to the
county farm for six months.
Ochilto Amoroso was sent to the penn
tentiary for six months and lined Si0o lof
atroeious assault and battery on FRANK
,Jorio. of No. 1914 First street. The tine
was the most severe part Of the penaity.
AMBROSE was in a festive mood on May
81 and made Jorio the butt OF his prac-
tical Jokes. Jorio resented it, and AM
oroso proceeded to slash him with a razor.
Judge Hudspeth said that the propensity
&c : lilo nc 10 tcp deadly weapons OH the
provocation at all, must be checked.
George McI.eer. of Bayonne, VINO insert
ed his teeth in the nose Of a man named
Stewart. and pleaded guilty OF mayhem,
was sent to State Prison for a year and a
half.
John Hopkins, who pleaded guilty of as
sault and battery, because he is the only
support of an aged mother.
case Of George Conklin, the policeman
who in an excess of professional zeal on
the night of September s, neld up Joseph
5. Dewitt and Constable In3inas Gaiaen
ConkIin will have to pay the costs, row
ever.
Kalinski with a knife, was sent to the
penitentiary for n year:
william Thompson and Thomas Mitchell,
the two thugs who wantonly assaulted an
old man named Pe ;te re SchIeimei ~ e lfa Mn
bing him, was sent to State Prison tor,
three years and a half.
Christopher w. Hanofel, who said he
stole some jewelry because ne was hun
gry. was sent to the penitentfary for six
months.
James Hayes. a .pickpocket, told Judge
HlIdspefh that he had never been in Jail
before. and the Judge remanded him for
the purpose Of making an Investigation
you won't forget that I'm IN jail
Judge. will your said Hayes. as he was
being led away. Il don want to stay
there, you know
Il won't forget you, remarked Judge
H~udspeth.
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