The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1902-03-29
now IN THE PENITENTIARY.
HOrSe-ThleYCS Who Had in Their
Possession Property Stolen
IN LAFAYETTE COUNTY DOING TIME
In Nebraska-Bad Nest Of Criminals Has
Been Broken Up Effectively.

ANNANAAAAE w ohS NCAHASNAtAA Va
Nebraska horse-thieyes whose arrest
was brought about by Lafayette
officials, the Nemaha (Neb.)
County Herald of recent date says:
The three Goldsberrys, Lemuel T.,
and his two sons, Guy and Melvin.
were sentenced last Saturday after
noon in district court by Judge lessen.
The father received ten years, Guy
four years and Melvin two years.
In passing sentence upon the father
Judge Jessen said he had very little
sympathy for violators of the law, that
the defendant could not accidentally
have become owner of the large num-
ber of stolen horses that the evidence
showed passed through his hands, and
that if only a small portion of what
the evidence showed was true, the
maximum sentence for such crimes
was not sufficient in this case. He
then sentenced him to ten years in
the penitentiary at hard labor, Sun
days and legal holidays excepted.
Goldsbury stood erect before the
Judge and when sentence was pro-
nounced it was observed that Colds
berry turned shade paler, his lips
quivered, and be said to the Judge, sis
that your sentence?" The Judge an
swered in the Affirmative. Goldsberry,
with considerable vehemence, shook
his fist at the Judge and said, "You
are a rascal fSr doing You are not
a gentleman. The ire Of Judge
JesSen was raised but he maintained a
calm composure and reminded Colds
berry that his remarks were very much
out of place, and but for the fact that
he had already given him the maxi
mum penalty he would give him
longer term because of his insulting
remarks.
Guy was the next to receive SEN
tence. The court said in kindly voice
that the remarks of his father would
have no influence upon him in the
sentence he was about to pronounce,
and made the prisoners term of SEN
tence four years.
In sentencing Melvin the court said
that the evidence showed that he was
less implicated than the others but
that damaging testimony was intro
duced at the trial which showed that
he was not entirely innocent of the
guilt of which they were charged, and
term of two years was hisallotment.
All three prisoners protested their
innocence of the crime for which they
were convicted. They declared that
conviction was due to prejudice in the
county, and that the evidence did not
SHOW them guilty Of receiving and
concealing stolen horses as charged.
The court house was crowded with
spectators, and after sentence had
been passed the sheriff and deputies
marched the prisoners back to the
county jail where they had been con-
fined since their trial and conviction.
The attorneys fqr the prisoners filed
and argued a motion for new trial,
but Judge Jessen overruled the same.
They then gave notice that they would
appeal to the supreme court, and the
bill of exceptions has been ordered
and is now in course Of preparation.
In the former case Of Lemuel Colds
bury, in which conviction was return
ed by the jury aud Goldsberry SEN
fenced to five years in the peniten-
tiary, Judge Stull set aside the verdict
and proceedings and granted new
trial.
The three Goldsberrys and Noel
Martin were taken to the peuitentiary
last Monday evening. A large crowd
assembled at the depot to witness
their departure something unusual
in the criminal history Of the county
Honor to the jurors that returned a
verdict Of guilty: IN the Goldsberry
trials Men who receive stolen prop
eaty, knowing IL to be such, and dis
pose or it are rs bad as the man who
did the stealing and should be pun
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