The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-11-17
GETS EIGHT YEARS
Mr.. Clement Sentenced Today
in Federal Court.
He Was Convicted of Fraud
sulvent Banking.
Guilty on More Than a Score
of Counts.
His Case Will Be Appealed to
Higher Tribunal.
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st Paul. Nov. l3-Thomas B. Glenn
ent, president of the defunct First Ma
tional bank of Faribault, convicted on
more than a score of counts in an in,
dctment charging fraudulent banking
was today sentenced in the federal court
to eight years in the penitentiary. The
case will be appealed.
st. Paul, Nov. ia motion in ar
rest of sentence and for new trial
was made yesterday in the case OF
Thomas B. Clement, president of the de-
funct First National Bank of Faribault.
Mr.. Clement was convicted on charges
of misappropriating the banks funds,
making false entries in the books and
making false reports to the controller
of the currency.
Yesterdays proceedings were in the
United States district court before
Judge Page Morris of Duluth. The gov
eminent was represented by United
States District Attorney c. c. Houpt
and Assistant Paul A. Ewert, George
n. Baxter of Faribault and Daniel w.
Lawler appeared for the defendant.
The defense contends that the court
erred in refusing to grant the petition
for continuance on the ground of the
defendants poor health; that the grand
jury and the petit jury were not law
fully constituted, and on the ground of
errors i'm the trial of the case. The de-
Tense is making strong argument that
a continuance should have been granted
on the ground of the defendants health.
1t was claimed by Mr.. Baxter that Mr..
Clement was so feeble during the trial
that it exhausted him to be present in
court during the daily sessions, and that
he was not able to confer with his at
torneys nor render them any assistance
in presenting their defense.
Afridavits of several physicians and
others were presented to show that the
defendant was very feeble during the
trial. DIR. Henry Hutchinson of st. Paul
and Dr. Robilliard of Faribault affirmed
that they treated the defendant during
the time and that he was so feeble that
at the close of the daily sessions of the
court he would Immediately repair to
his room, and frequently retire a short
time thereafter, and that after resting
all of the time from the close of the af
ternoon session to the opening of court
the next morning it was great tax
upon his strength to get to the court
room
An affidavit of the defendant was
read in which he stated that if he had
been in more vigorous health he would
have taken the witness stand in his
own behalf and contradicted the evil
dence of some of the witnesses, mOdi-
fled that of others and explained some
of the transactions so as to show that
there was an entire absence of any in
tention to defraud.
The objections made to the manner of
selecting the grand and petit Juries was
the same as made prior to and at the
trial. 1t. is contended that all should
have been selected from the third dis.
trict, i'm which the trial was held, and
that in drawing the jurors from other
districts in the division there was fail.
ure to comply with the law.
Mr.. Baxter took up the various
counts of the Indictment upon which
conviction was had, of which there are
twenty five, and urged the grounds up
on which he claimed that errors in the
admission of evidence had been made, OF
attempted to show that the evidence did
not prove the charges contained in the
counts.
The First National Bank of Faribault
was closed Jan. 3 last and Lyman ID
Baird of Austin, national bank eXamin.
er, was appointed receiver. After the
receiver had made an examination oil
the books and accounts of the bank Mr.
bleHeHl, WHO Httu DeeH tne presluenC Ol
the bank from it's organization, was ar
rested and charged with misappropriat
ing the banks funds, and other offense.
against the federal national banking
laws. The grand jury returned an in
dictment against him containing TWEEN
ty-seven counts. After the evidence OF
the part of the government was all il
the defense demurred to the evidenc
under each count, and the court direct
ed verdict for the defendant on tw,
counts. The jury found him guilty OF
twenty-four of the remaining count
and not guilty on one count.
Miss Thomson Is Dead.