The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-02-20
Supreme Court Amrma Sentence
in Forgery Case.
yzI;dtf, of an Old Criminal sfatufe
sussaiaca-Atfenps sf Defendant
to- Escape On Terhnfenlity Fnsis
Five Years at Hnr1 ssas.r Vas
rhs Judgment Aepesf~d From
Case May To sfiii higher


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teria3aSa u ssosassBE state 1sss9ss o. Nr8a
% iAe naoes Fseryai iaraases satsss FEef fflfa1
.n the criminal gossff ef ~--attfe. ttsFItas.
is how q prisoner "a ts4s esspt9 isil. ~a. -
ie has already serves 90 thf ns- ~ EeF-
tson of tie srsi sess " ass sauirnee.
TaseA Is PROBABILITY tisat 81 sil aaE
take AZ appeal 70 the "a pgessse court u tl.e
United States.
Newspaper readsFa Mi sasstsly reeaa
1IaF1 us aa the praoGeF wao ''#Soosi mute
before JUdav Aosrs ard. was aeatsneed
without trial under halt f5gg gotten
pyUv4#sun of she criminal ooae #
1ssI Harding refused "a p.sasi u8s-
On the a9Ygee of his E@yeg taeTeoY
taking laag saot Al obtaining hs .4b-
esty uSan a Ieehniealsty iu t3e FGpfcme
eours upon spa~sal. Tie 5ees3on affirming
Judge Aosore cause to blm - ssd sslr-
prise. lie lad never anticipated that she
sentence ~qisld oe allowed - stand. aua
'Fii confident u 9o0n osinR free maB
again.
Charge Against Harding.
HarGsng NFs charged siih obtaining
s. go ffpm the banking boass of Dexter
Horton & Co ~ means 81 forged draft
The alleged crime vas committed Ia ps~
nbeF. 1877. Harding had hsn BEEN u
tbs city hat 81 naarl time. se a4a D,eanse
well heNwn - a real estate dgssr no@-
ever. and hAs Sudden iisgat aeg9es the ga
madam border and the discovery t3at ene
az the most Conservative Bs4tsss ~ tge city
lad SesPu e'ca5nl 2ed ip a MS, gsrE 5ct3iaflg
6kaIfni fofEcfk- CAME ~ = sr98t FuTpflss
Tie fugitive MSS making Mia Nay last
ever tae Canadian Pacific when ~ w4a
evsrhafsed A. tealns and hrssugtss back
10 seslftie ly Deputy Sheriff Lame. II VII
fie remembered tlfaE lfe eaAe -itfaetea
wide attention a. tire tigae ou accaau; 81
The faes isfat bartlnE claimed hr @as
fcbbed 81 sls1I- Sa.fan while la shs sall ~
jtss1fst aANsSgiog The arrival as she Seattle
officer
ilpon his rciuru 50 Seattle. Harding set.
tied With the bank ~ paying over some
money and Transferring certain property.
1'aa bark thsreusrtn .tiiowe "a the alleged
forged draft whlgIt van thc UFiueiTai eg-
tdeuee against tbe prisoner 30 pass into
tho poSsessiDIs 81 IfaruiuEs representa-
jail awaiting trial
The iirHt lntinea,iion the prosecuting At
torney'a 0fiice had az tbs fact ghat tae
sattiefnn0t Dad beer made was when the
taDk fefNafSi H. prosecute HARDING Prus-
eeutinv Attorney NcEiroY Wa rfttaer ia
the prosecution anyway. lie brought uut
- Seattle frou NpFth Carolina aA "a wiz
nsss the bauA cashier ~ aoae nsna MAS
ALLEGED 90 baNe .feen forged, aunsnoasd
Oh The bank e(0cisis lnta court ana save
tan defense nss{fDe thai i es3fsv gf gee. al
iesed fogsed instrument s0ula ba used
IN evidence.
Refuses Co Plead
Thia vas the status ~ the case last
April. when tE.e trial was called Al that
tune Harding apfaha surprise by fa-
npan che advice of his attorney Juiaa
Richard Winsor. Harding demurrer to
the Information against him had pr-gi-
"tiSiS been oteFFuic1 and deputy PROSE
cutting ATTORNEY Hart asked Judge Moore
70 sentence the prisoner under a peovI-
zion III the law ~ iS9I giving the court
sufh INV sn THAI ease
Harding lawyer allowed the sem
fence t. i,e pronounced and AZ once gave
notice q an appeal Nuie the apnaaI
was pending Harding changed atturatg4
Rnd employed as his counsel Attofu.,>
John y. parf. The lEtter made an IL
eor' IN oataia his clients release utsou a
wit 9f hni}eaS rorlis claiming that he
bad Been refused t51' constitutional right
~ A trial nv AIRY. The application for d..
writ waa argued before Judge Jacolss. ~
the superior court WHG ia a lengthy spfn~
ipn held IN effect that Harding sentence
haze eesn Imposed without sufHriaut au-
thefltY IS law at,d in accordance wish "a
tar9atie provision 0t fise old criminal
code f.ff aleu- nv aA @s7f Faascd ia ls4t
Aut refused - NEEDLE xlfh t@e rfas-,,s...
en the ground thar hia eaileaene Ju5r.
Maefe. bad Imposed - &na upau f7a our
Their sTennl that iar same question was
then pcuding before tne supreme caugf an
anpral
There were MARY iawysrs who hela
with Judge JagrAa. Eut tA" arrieIew ~
ths supreme court via ennae auWti 44 Ia
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rays office cona}iers tte wiuusug 80 t5e
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