The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-19
GETS A LONG Term
Leary Pays Penalty
For Burglary in
Fitchburg.
ON MERCY OF COURT
Lawrence Confesses and the
Judge Gives Him Over
Two Years in Prison.

The state prison is receiving a large
delegation of Worcester county crimi-
nails, and yesterday Judge Hopkins SEN
fenced two to the prison.
John Leary, found guilty of burg
larizing the house of Mrs. Louisa A.
Woodbury. of Fitchburg and the larceny
of d gold watch, ETC., from Miss Millen,
who cared for the old lady, was SEN
fenced to the state prison for term
of not less than five nor more than
seven years at hard labor, the first day
of his Imprisonment to be in solitary
confinement
Leary received his sentence without
a smile. He belongs to gang from
Lowell that operated in Fitchburg
David /. Walsh appeared for the de-
PENDANT.
The second criminal to be sent to the
prison was Joseph Lawrence, who re-
ceived term of not less than two years
and a half, and not more than four
Lawrence retracted his plea OF not
guilty, and threw himself upon the
mercy of the court The charge against
him was of breaking and entering the
barn of the Worcester Consolidated
street railway at the lake, and the lar
ceny of kit of tools from the dummy
station. A brother of Lawrence was
first arrested for the job, but Joseph
Lawrence, who was then in Jail, told
enough about the case to clear the
brother and he was indicted for the
offence himself. Sullivan & O'Connel.
appeared for the defendant.
John Mclaughlin and Edward Du-
gan of West Gardner were charged
with larceny of sos from the person of
J. G. Brown. Mr. Browns story was
to the effect that he had been robbed
of the money while intoxicated, the
sum being taken from his shoes. On
the way to a barn in Gardner in which
they were to indulge in a drink of whis-
key. Brown took off his shoe and put
his money in it. When he awoke the
next morning his shoes were gone and
the money had been taken from his
feet. Both were undefended and claim
ed that the money they were spending
the next day was earned by them. The
jury was out but a few minutes and
found verdict of guilty, upon which
Judge Hopkins sentenced each to the
house of correction for the term of one
year at hard labor.
Antonio Rubbo, an Italian, indicted
for assault and battery upon a fellow
countryman, by hitting him over the
head with a beer bottle necessitating
six stitches, was tried and found guilty
in three minutes. and sentenced to the
house of correction for Is months.
Jennie Bennett, retracted her plea of
mot guilty" and entered a plea of
guilty. Lawyer Thomas c. Carrigan
said that a good home had been pro-
missed the girl, and that she would give
up her ways She was allowed to 90
on probation, her case being filed.
In the case of Judson S. Woodman,
indicted for an attempt to break and
enter a fish market in Blackstone be-
longing to John Kelley the jury found
a verdict of not guilty and he was
discharged.
Charles E. Sampson of this city
pleaded guilty of embezzlement from
a local store, and he will receive sem
tence at a subsequent term of the
court. Judge Geo. S. Woodward APP
peared for the defendant.
Thomas Linton of Clinton, indicted
for the larceny of a pocketbook con-
tanning $40 and the property of g. A.
Fitch of Sterling, was tried. 1t devei-
oped in the testimony that he found
the pocketbook and failed to return it,
according to the testimony submitted.
The Jury YVES charged by Judge Hop
kins late in the afternoon, T. F. Larkin
appearing loE the ueleAudnt. liilol,
who is a young fellow, was found
guilty, and was sentenced to the house
of correction. for six months.
The last case of the day was that of
James Welch of Clinton, soldier Of
Co. K, Ninth regiment. who saw SER
vice in the Cuban war. He was charged
with assault and battery upon David
E. Brown Of Clinton, and at the close
of the afternoon evidence was COM
pleted. and Lawyer T. F. Larkin. who
appeared for the defendant, had made
his argument District Attorney Hoar
will address the court this morning.