The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-03-26
5Iury55 Deals Leniently With 't tl7.$.D[-' De
faulting Life Insurance ran; 3i5.:
Cashier.
q sTRoN G PLEA FOR i /. MERCY II J 4
Mi. Meredith Touches Jury, and and
They Express Desire to Ask A1iss
s.3sss58 for Communications.

n 5,rheron Brown late cashier of5it Ltl
e - Insura nee pany Of vir "a tr
vas charged with ern be 4
from that stitution was the mini
= UNI punishment OF one year IN the peah'1
tentiary BY a jury Of the Husting SGourt
70 terd az Upon a plea OF guilty "a! ana tof
I, 10 the accused and sentence was
s,,snenled Until March 3lst. !, ordera5 70
allow t,is counsel to prepare peti ~ n
forl - n rnr ia ton ofBsentence 70 con
Sment M 3aii, which the jury expreesss e
mai. Willingness to sign, and Wnlcn Wal ~
Gehnrtlv be presented to the Gover no s s
,The "a se was called at II O'Clock De.
i,ora Iudpe Witt, and the trial consumed
lass than an hour. the jury having oeenI
readily secured, and no witnesses havins
been examined in consequence OIL D pr. WI .
plea OF guilty.
The prisoner, showing In his expresslNoul.-
the heavy marks Of his tr ' = g
a ccomna MED in courtIb his wife ana E a
:, :, ra,. "a friends. IT was mani
q, Ill hands that he was deeply
~ Of his sins, and his del1cat,ot
tstnS's, q court and all along SINCE llls
~ 80 ~ ha d. great weight with me 9ul Wy:
e-mh - fixes the punishment ZOE sr i'ioa
y al confinement in the peA..en-
E.aar,, ~ not less than one nor more man
- -. and defines the crime " ~
~, Wing as much as Soo s, 9 r t'9es
- lie thereof at any one TIN ~ 3s
Rrown was defended by MY
4 M eredith, and Judge s !, .sp
resented the commonWeallthu o. Z. VS., VS.
speeches consumed less ti'an Yen 11'stu
each. 5 ~ 3sis3 Y 90 ! ~ II his
u y ant eclared that II necessar ~ ne s
en,,ld move that Brown took as *mucn [; W
% M 1t a given time thereby gbr y,
H. "a se clearly WithI the deflnltion5 o.
4 he law as to graQd larcen . n J. .s
sneech the attorney for the Co ,li,ls,
svea IN Expressed the hope that Wnile 90
INC their duty they would temper s'u l's1t
with mercy. B u 5li i !.
Eloquent Plea Made.
49, 49, m eeech 81 Mi. Meredith was brief.
80 a,onment, and touching to a degree
liz nl,oted President NJ alker, OF he Lie
insurance Company as having expressed
the belief that Brown must not NAYS, , nav
No ra3 control 5lof his mental facu!lles
when he committed the deed. si e al
M, Meredith read q Joint letter from
president Walker and President !. ~.
Rovd q Of the Virginia Trust Company
which company bonded BroYn, u strongly
urging that the prisoner y u r ~,
mercifully, and stating that ~ tne ena
nai ther the Trust Company nor the 1n-
s usrau Company would lose anything.
Both Messrs Meredith and Richardson IN
alluded 10 the latter fact, dnd they made
reference to- the giving up " py MIS-
Brown Of her husbands life insurance
amounting to $500, as we'll as the pro-
ceeds Of the sale Of her household fu ll
ture, VI M !, !, II, ~,
and the deepest sympathy for the prrjl!s-ss
nnar was manifested on every hand,
Brown was remanded to jail, and y isl
expected that In a. few days q petition
for the Communication OF his entence Will
be presented to Governor Montague.
1HThe jury that tried the case consisted
Sof Messrs. n. 4 D. Neale, Linden IS. shep-l
| herd. w, ID. Rice, T, 4. Howle. Warner
81. Roane. s.. H.. Cottrell, Ira r, Bland,
III. Nv. Eubank, G. s., Gates, g, II Cadot'3
John IT, Gardner and P,sD. o over
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