The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-17
CALLEDA 'D-DOUTRAGE'
PROSECUTOR WIDTsIE SPEAKS OF
MCRAY's LAST OFFICIAL ACTS.
In Open Court, Tco-COurt's Peculiar
Dealing with Wife
Beaten.

Fremont Afford will take the oath of office
as judge of the Criminal Court of Marion
county this morning. Judge McCray's time
| expired last midnight. His last official act
as judge was to shorten the term of i'm
prisonment Of Mrs. Emma Craig, who is
serving time in the county Jail for grand
| larceny. Mrs. Craig, with her husband was
| convicted in October and Craig was sent
| to the workhouse. The woman was SEN
fenced to six months in the county Jail. She
had served four months in Jail while wait
| ing for trial Yesterday it was represented
that Mrs. Craig is not in good health and
the court decided to shorten her time in
jail. This was done by taking sixty days
off the original sentence
Judge McCray was on the bench nearly
all day yesterday disposing of cases and at
o'clock last night the states attorneys
were Of the opinion that the scnool fund had
suffered considerably on account Of this last
day of McCray. John Jackson, an incorri-
gible lad, who has been out on suspended
judgment was ordered committed to the
Reform School for Boys. Joseph Tobin,
charged with intent to murder, was found
mot guilty" The same finding was made
in the case against William Hartman,
charged with burglary. In the case of the
state against Richard Shackleford and Mar
garet Roy a motion to modify the decree
was sustained and the fines assessed against
these people were reduced. The court also
sustained a motion to modify judgment
in the case of the state against John w.
Purham, assault and battery. Purham's fine
of S25 was reduced to So In the case against
Edward Emanuel, charged with Decorating
the Sabbath, motion to quash was filed
MI to- bod or
from the justice court. Charles Helfenberg-
err, charged with assault and battery with
intent to kill, was found mot guilty.
over the protest of the prosecuting at
torney, Judge McCray granted a new trial
in the case against Jacob Cuetel charged
with assault and battery on his wife. In
the summer of 1897 Guetel was tried in
Police Court for assaultng his wife and
was heavily fined He appealed to the Grim
inal Court and the case was tried there IN
July of last year. A fine of 81 and costs
was assessed. The fine was stayed put
has never been paid Last November a
motion for new trial was filed In Guetel $
case and prior to that time commitment
had been issued for the man which should
have landed him in jail. But he dld not go
to Jail. The motion for new trial has been
pending for nearly year, but the court
did not finally pass on 1t until yesterday
Prosecuting Attorney Wlltsle IS usuaIly very
mild in his speech, but when the court acted
in this case yesterday the states attorney
was unable to conceal his disgust. Its a
d outrage" re remarked in open court.
Judge McCray threw off sixty days from
the sentence of Herbert Sickinger, the
Mount Jackson truck gardener who clipped
to ST. Louis last summer with the daughter
of a neighbor. The girl, who is very young
charged that Sickinger assaulted her ana
then compelled her to go away with MN
Sickinger was sentenced on sept Is last "
six months in the county jail
States Attorney Wiltsie remained IN the
court room until o'clock Yesterday even
ing. Judge McCray left about o GIpeN W.
cutor said he did not like to go away until
court was adjourned and remarked that ne
home to sumner. however, and did not re-
turn. Judge McCray came down last night
and reduced the sentence of Emma craig