The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-04-15
SEARIGHT ALSO CONVICTED.
IEROY'S YOUTHFUL PAL WILL
GO WITH HIM.
The Honda and CroIy Thugs Ger
tain OF Long Terms in the
State Prison.

If no mistakes were made in the pros
ecution of Charles Leroy ana James
Starlight for the robbery or the Japa-
nese. Honda. and there seems to be no
reason to suppose any were made-lhey
will soon enter on good long terms OF
Imprisonment If they ever get out II
win probably not be until their locks
are white with age.
Leroy was convicted on Wednesday,
and yesterday the jury IN the oeaIlghI
case brought in a verdict OF the same
character-"guilty as charged
The defense offered no testimony, but
the prisoners counsel, S. Luke Howe
and J. H Liggett, argued IN an aole
manner to the jury that II the oeLehu-
ant was guilty Of anything at all II
was Of burglary, but as he was not
being charged with that onense, out
with the crime Of robbery, the jury
could not bring in a verdict Tor the
lesser offense. It was either ROBBERY
or acquittal.
The circumstances of the crime OF
which these two young men nave peeh
convicted are too fresh in the minus
of the public to warrant repetltlon Oh
the facts in detail. They entered a
Japanese lodging-house a few weeks
ago. robbed one of the inmates named
Honda. and because he awakened ne
was beaten on the head with an iron
bar and nearly killed
A week or so later the same pair OF
scoundrels entered the residence OF T.:
]. Croly. at Twelfth and z streets, anu
being confronted by him while in the
act of robbing the house, one or potn
of them shot him twice, and then mace
their escape, but were arrested peIore
morning by two vigilant and ener-
getic officers.
IT was feared that Mr.. Croly's
wounds would prove fatal, but BENG
a. man of sound constitution, he is re-
covering from his injuries. whether OF
not the prisoners will be prosecuted 1or
this latter crime has not yet been an
nounced. though they are regularly
charged with burglary.
The crime for which they have both
been convicted (robbery) carries with
1t a maximum penalty Of Imprisonment
for life, and it may be deemed unneces-
sary to prosecute them on the lesser
charge. and such will probably be the
course pursued.
Neither Starlight nor Leroy are new
in the ways of crime. In september
1895. James Starlight and a young man
named Oscar Brown burglarized Grit
ith's grocery at Seventeenth and M
streets, in this city. Brown pleaded
guilty. and is now serving five years
at Folsom Prison. Starlight, however,
escaped punishment altogether. The
prosecuting witness, owing to the sud
den death of Searight's mother, relent-
ed and the charge against him was
dismissed.
He then went to San Francisco.
where he was arrested for vagrancy
and later on drifted to Los Angeles,
where he was arrested under the name
of Jimmie Welch for picking mans
pocket. This was on October 23d, last.
The complaining witness, failing to put
in an appearance when his trial came
on, the charge of grand larceny against
him had to be dismissed.
Leroy also has been in the laws
grasp before, having been held to an
swer before the Superior Court of San
Francisco for the crime of burglary on
February %, 1896 but the jury disa-
greed and the indictment against him
was dismissed.