The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-04-11
CRIMINALS SENTENCED.

The April term of the criminal superl'
 or court convened at o'clock yesterday
 afternoon with Judge George W. Wheel CT on the bench. The Rev. MT. Scoville of Trinity church said the opening pray
 er The dock had thirty prisoners.
 Frederick M. Davis, the conductor
 burglar, charged with numerous burg laries in this city, occupied Clerk Gal lagher's attention for several minutes while score of burglaries were read in legal phraseology. Davis was ex- tremey nervous and was in apparent mental agony with the several hundred spectators staring at him. He pleaded guilty to all charges without any com ment.
 State Attorney Williams made a statement to the court giving the infor- nation which the public has already been given. He asked the court to con- slider seven of the twenty-two charges. State Attorney Williams recommended a sentence of ten years in state prison. He admitted that but for Davis confess sion conviction would not have been possible on all charges.
 Judge Wheeler sentenced Davis to seventeen months on each count in state prison, to begin April 22, total of nine years and nine months.
 Councilman Edward Clifford, charged with burglary in the house of Edwin Goldenblun on January 5, plead- ed guilty. Clifford told the court he had never been arrested before. He was given one year in the county jail.
 Frederick Beehler, the West Havener who assaulted c. H. Lum. pleaded not guilty. He was the first prisoner put to plea.
 Archibald Brown, aged twenty years, charged with burglary at the Foskett & Bishop company on March +, pleaded not guilty. L. D. Jacobs was appointed guardian ad litem.
 Theodore Burrelle, colored, charged with burglary on February 6 in the sta ble of Lemuel G. Hoadley, pleaded gull ty. He stole a harness and tried to sell it. He had police court record He was sentenced to eighteen months in state prison after May 31.
 James Cannon, a dwarfed degenerate fellow, aged twenty-four years, evidently q hobo, was charged with being a tramp. He pleaded not guilty.
 James H. Carey, aged thirty-four, an- other man charged with being tramp, pleaded not guilty.
 Sylvester Chatfield of Seymour, col ored, charged with assault with intent to kill Edward H. Washburn, pleaded not guilty Charles H. Fowler was ap- pointed counsel.
 Patrick Cody, charged with burglary on, January 27 In the house of Charles H. Bower, pleaded guilty and was sen tenced to two years in state prison.
 Bernard Epstein, charged with burg lary on January Il in the house of Charles Borack, pleaded not guilty. Jacob P. Goodhart was appointed at- torney.
 Samuel G. Parker of this city, who was arrested a short while ago for forging several names on bank notes, was sentenced yesterday to a term of ten years ill state prison by Judge on pleading guilty to the oharges against him. Jacob B. Ullman. Parker's attorney made an earnest plea in his favor just before the sentence Waa passed.
 He said that three years would suf- ice to make'th prisoner better man and that q sentence of six would do 10 more good than one of three years. Mr. Ullman stated that MT. Parker'S ,rimes did not warrant sentence of I nore than three years and that he hoped the judge would be easy with Jim.
 Judge Wheeler heard the plea and 'aid the charges would all warrant a leavy sentence. There were five counts against Parker and he was given two ears in state prison for each count
 Mrs. Parker was then called and pleaded guilty to the four charges against her. The charges were for for ,ery and she was given one year in the ounty jail for each count.
 John Kennedy of Ansonia pleaded ;uilty to the charge of burglary and vas sentenced to one year in the county ai.
 Michael Rafferty pleaded guilty of a burglary in Milford, February 22, and 1 vas sentenced to a year ii; the. county aii
 William Russell of .Wallirgford plead |