New-York tribune., 1901-08-13
BISSERT GETS FIVE YEARS
HIS COUNSEL. AFTER INSISTING on N,
MEDIATE SENTENCE, OBTAINS
A STAY

George Bissert. the wardman Of the Fifth-s,
police station. who was convicted ten davs ,ro
of receiving bribes from Lena Schmidt ~
keeper of a disorderIy house at No q stuv-
vesant-st-. sentenced yesterday by Recorder
Gof TO five years and six months in Stat.
pris son and fine of $1,000 imposed on him.
The sentence was imposed after the Recorder
had denied the motion Of Assistant District Az.
torney Howard s. Cans for further postpone
ment Of sentence Abraham Levy, counsel for
BiSsert. insisting on the Immediate sentencgn-
of their client. In imposing sentence Recorder
GofT said:
Bissert. the crime Of which you have been con-
committed against society. A sense Of hunfia
tiOn must be felt by the people of the city Of New
being Convicted Of receiving bribes from the -s
of women's shame Undoubtedly. there are honest
feel that the uniform that they wear is dsgraesS
by your act These cannot sympathize with YOU
nor can the department itself, and they must feeI
that such practices are to be condemned by word
1t is to be hoped that your conviction will pro-
dUce good. not only to the police force in par
New@York would much prefer to have condepSs SIs .,
IN their police force than to regard it with aversion
penalty for the offence which YOU have committed
but it reposes discretion in men which I viii
tion the fact that your conviction deprives YOU OF
vour office and all its err0luments and ftI1re osts
and advantages. most mindful OF the fact
that it prohibits you from ever holding public Office
again l must, however, impose such punishment
upon you will prove substantial admOniti0n
TO all like YOU in the department II any such there
be that when they come into court OF Justice the
law will deal with them severely but justly.
Bissert looked steadily at the Recorder
throughout the sentence. his face slightly
flushed and at the completion of the sentence
turned immediately and accompanied the deputy
sheriff back to the Tombs
Levy & Unger. counsel for Bissert declined
to make any comnnent on the sentence. They
served notice of an appeal the District At
torney Mr. Levy fled eight objections to the
verdict ard asked that it be set aside. The
Recorder denied the motions. and allowed the
defence exceptions.
Captain Diamond. in whose precinct Bissert
se.ved was not present in the court. and Alder
man Fleck. Bissert's brother and a number Of
his friends who had come TO the court building
were not allowed to enter the room They
felt very bitterly about this. but the court off,
GERS said their orders were positive.
Notice was served on District Attorney Phil
bin in the afternoon by clerk in the Office Of
Levy & Unger that Justice Warren B. Hooker.
OF the Supreme Court. now sitting in Fredonia,
had granted a temporary stay in the Bissert
case. This proceeding overrides all others
The application was made by Louis J.
EorhaCs. of the firm of Levy & Unger. and IS
70 show cause why a certificate Of reasonable
doubt should not issue The order is returna-
BILE August u. There are fifteen grounds on
which the application was based
II Is said that. anticipating that sentence
would oe pronounced by Recorder GofT yes
terday, Louis ]. Vorhaus had been sent ahead
TO Fredonla. and that Immediately sentence had
been pronounced Levy & Cnger sent word of
u over the long distance telephone TO Mr.
TOrnaus who Immediately appeared before JUS
tiCe Hooker. and obtained the stay 4 certified
COPY of the papers which had been placed be-
fore Justice Hooker was then sent TO the Dis
trict Attorney, accompanied by the information
that the stay had been granted.
AS the announcement OF the tempo
raTy stay had been made. there some speeu-
lation as 20 whether Bissert would be admitted
To bail. but under the law the stay does not
operate as TO permit OF the prisoner being
hailed