New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-14
SASONEFF SENTENCED.
Penal Seruitude for Lfe-Troops
Guard Lac Courts.

=. r,..e-sburs Dec 13-Sasonen, VINO thle"
-. bomb which killed the Minister Oh inc IN
.a-,or y. PIehve. or July -, ana olNoi!i'
sc eccompl.ce in the crime. were To-Day Iou'N
lily bv the Court of Appeals Ss-soiieh "9
So, r., ~ irnrisanment for life with HARD
labor. and Sikorifsky to twenty years mp -
emf The trial had been expected TO last a.
- +zo DAYS. but it was rushed to speedy
a-.n,A+ion. in view of the possibility of revoiu
+ionarv demonstrations.
--..-oor4nar, nrecautions were taken to pre-
=. -he demonstration planned by the reVolu-
.,o7arv organization in favor Of the man WIZ
.sad Russia from a tyrant, for whiIn ne wa
ot he subjected 10 trial. but to an lnqulsi'ioi'
an Ire entrances TO the Law Courts were ioche0
ara guarded. and only persons who could pro-
a,ce s,lmmonses were admitted. Even hei"-
re If the bar were treated as outsiders. Lale &c
,olice reserves were stationed within the Ou'iu-
- snd IN the courtyards OF the ordnance fac-
.,-r opposite. while mounted gendarmes pa
.-oued the front and sides Of the building
reward noon. the hour set by the 2roclama-
,on several battalions of infantry marcheo
tbrough the adjoining streets, and exactly at l.
o'clock a company with a band of music al us
head playing, strangely enough The Stars ana
c.-inss Forever" swung through cross street
The effect Of the nxed bayonets was enough 10
deter the crowds Of students and WorKnleh
streaming along the sidewalks.
POLICE CHECK DISORDER AT NIGHT.
--~, NIGH, when the shops and factories
- o,oeed tbe size OF the crowds increased
"a .bore were occasional shouts Of "Acquit
.bs-,,- but there was no attempt at an actual
a,,,,s+ratior the police easily handling the
o,,.7r without resort TO violence or calling out
,be reserves only few arrests were made.
,rta accused men were brought 10 the court
room from the adjoining prison through rear
door. The bench appointed TO try the case con-
sisted of the president, Senator MaXimovitch,
and four associate judges. Selivanof. Wilken
De1aroT and Remezoff. On a separate, raised
rlatform We're the following representatives of
the various classes, whose presence is a guar
artee that Justice will be administered in ac-
cordance with the law and as required by the
Russian statutes: Count Goudovich. Marshal of
the Nobility Of the Province of St Petersburg;
N. Drouzhiniu, Marshal OF the District of Gdoff;
The Mayor of St Petersburg. NJ. Lebanon. and
the elders Of the metropolitan communes.
u Reimbursement. Procurator Of the Court of
Appeals acted as prosecutor and NM. Kara end
schevsl1y. TWO of the most prominent criminal
lawyers Of the empire, appeared for SasoneH
Il KazaTinoff defended Sikorifsky. Twenty
eight witnesses and four experts appeared
Sasonens father, a merchant of Ufa, was the
only outsider present. The lawyers wore even
ing dress. in accordance with custom, and had
on the left lapel their coats the badge OF their
Profession column of the Palace of Themis
with the scales of justice.
THE COURT PROCEDURE.
The procedure followed closely that of the
French courts. The prosecutor presented the
case for the government, the indictment was
read and the prisoners We're arraigned, pleading
justifable homicide. after which the witnesses
were examined.
Sasoneffs apologize. which he was not allowed
10 present, is said TO be a remarkable document
II MS several closely written pages, and sets
forth the aims and purposes of the social revo-
lutionary party. the fighting organization, his
connection herewith. the reasons and motives
fer the murder Of NJ Plehve and also his YER
sion Of the crime itself