The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-03-14
REACH FOUND GUILTY.
Sentenced to Jail and Fined by Judge Brxant tYesterdnY-Cnse Appenled

William Y. eBach was found guilty in the Orange town court yesterday ana sentenced to six months in jail and S20O fine by Judge Bryant. The case was
 appealed under $500 bonds.
 The proceedings in the case were re- commenced in the West Haven court at
 10 o'clock in the morning. Attorney
 Goodhart made motion that the pris-
 oner be discharged. Attorney Bush op-
 jected stating that the case was not
 civil one, and that the motion was out
 of order Judge Bryant would not list
 ed to an argument on the question at that time. Attorney Bush opened for
 the Law and Order league. He said in
 part
 "The facts for your honor to decide
 are simple. Has this man violated the statute passed in 1895, comprising seV-
 eral offenses? This man is accused of
 taking a young lady, one Clara Hoogh-
 kirk, for immoral purposes. There is no enticement here. The party receiv- l ed and taken knew what he was after
 ''The fact that she was taken by him,
 and received by him is beyond all ques- | ton. The act is innocent in iself, but | when coupled with criminal intent is criminal That intent may be shown | by his language, his actions and a long | chain of evidence. He doesn't commit any crime in the attempt upon this | young lady, because she would not let him. There were no other means, l say. of bringing this man to justice
 other than by those that were employed n,,In 1o,r I n nm,
 sorry to say that when letter written for the purpose of ascertaining his mo- tives the answer discloses that these
 motives were bad. Not a word in this letter of the League indicated the de- sire of his correspondent of anything
 but legitimate work.
 Then followed a long arraignment of Beach for his methods used in enticing the young girl from her home. In clos ing Attorney Bush said That Beach offered whatever temptation he could to induce this poor young girl to his home there can be no doubt Here is the trap. If he has walked into any trap, it is the trap that he has made for himself He kept up his hunt for victims with the tenacity of blood hound.
 For the purposes of this case it doesn't make the slightest difference whether the woman he met was or was not the one he had corresponded with. To him she was what he supposed her to be. The instant he took her by the arm and led her away, the intent was fastened upon him. The criminal in- tent was clearly shown. The offense was complete the instant he received that woman"
 Attorney Lynch opened for the de- fense. He said that the authorities quoted by Attorney Bush were of cases of crimes against statutes of he United States concerning the use of the mails for obscene literature. The act is one concerning abduction, and nothing else. The complaint fails to show that this woman was brought to or received at any house in this town for the purposes of prostitution or anything else. There can be no intent shown by MT. Beachs letters. MT. Beach must have the ben eft of every doubt The Law and Or der league has failed even to establish a crime. The question then is, what is the crime, and is Beach guilty of it?
 MT. Goodhart in making the closing argument said he proceeded with the case in the West Haven court with the expectation that it would be finally dis posed of there. He had nothing to say the defense of the Law and Order league. It looked to him to be an effort to do something and show the legislature that the league was still in existence.
 He said: "If Beach has committed | any offense it is inveigling girl, and | that is covered by another section of | the statutes. He has not been charged 1 with this by the prosecution, or by the 1 Law and Order league.''
 MT. Goodhart said there was a differ ence in the statutes of Connecticut | and of the western states, where under l such circumstances Beach might be ! guilty of concubinage, but under the l statutes of this state he was guilty of | no crime. He cited many cases from law reports bearing out his statements.
 He insisted that the case must stand 1r fall on that very point, whether the defendant, Beach, had or had not been suilty of crime. Under the laws, MT. 9odohart declared that Beach was en- irely innocent and could not be held 1nder the complaint that was made by he Law and Order league.