The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-18
PRISONERS SENTENCED
FORTY-TyvO HEAR THEIR FATE
 FROM JUDGE THOMAS.
Two White Men in the Batch--More Penitentiary Prisoners from the Montgomery City Court
 Than Heretofore.

Two white prisoners and forty me- | groes, convicted of criminal offenses during the term of the City Court just closing, were yesterday morning sem
 fenced to various terms at hard labor
 or in the penitentiary by Judge W. H. | Thomas. It was noted that there were more
 penitentiary sentences than usual, the
 number of prisoners sentenced to hard
 labor being few. The white prisoners who were ar-
 raigned at the bar were Walter Boyd, a young boy. and B. O. Thorsgaard. a
 man. Boyd pleaded guilty to assault
 to murder and was sentenced to three years at the East Lake Reform School.
 Thorsgaard was convicted of grand
 larceny. He will serve a year and a day in the penitentiary. | Notice of appeals was given in the
 cases of Will Gaines, sentenced for life; Tobe Williams, sentenced to twelve years. and George Bardell sentenced to ] eleven years The sentences of Gaines I and Williams were suspended pending the appeal. Bardell elected to begin | serving his sentence. The prisoners sentenced were as fol-
 lows: Will Gaines. murder in first degree. | sentenced for life; appealed. Patsy Davis, assault and battery, | three months and s16 days hard labor. Willie Wilson, alias Willie Cham | bers, embezzlement. 222 days hard la l bor.
 Billy wiggins. forgery, three years iu | penitentiary.
 Dan Kemp. grand larceny, two years | in penitentiary. Howard Mann, manslaughter first de- gree, one year and ten months hard la | bor.
 John Williams, murder first degree, 1 penitentiary for life. Tobe Williams, murder second degrea. twelve years in penitentiary; appealed. Marion Matthews. robbery, hfteen years in penitentiary. John Lee, manslaughter second de- gree, sixteen months and ninety days hard labor George BardelI, robbery, eleven years
 in penitentiary; appealed. Willie Baldwin, burglary. three years 1 in penitentiary. George Williams. grand larceny, hf- | teen months in penitentiary, John Dickson, burglary railroad car, two cases, three years each in peniten- | tiary. Arthur Grimmett grand larceny, three years in penitentiary. Arthur Grimmett, embezzlement, Ill | days hard labor. Pleas Echols, grand larceny, two
 years and 2o2 days hard labor. Willie Green, burglary, three years in penitentiary. Tobe Howard. grand larceny. one year and one day in penitentiary. Mack Henry, grand larceny, three years in penitentiary. Tom Hill. grand larceny. four years | in penitentiary.
 Will Hin grand larceny. five years in penitentiary. John Hamilton, grand larceny, two and a half years in penitentiary. Lewis Jackson, manslaughter first
 degree, one year and ten months hard
 labor.
 Harry o'Hara, burglary, seven years
 in penitentiary. Lewis Robinson, two cases of bur glary. five years each in penitentiary. | Charles Reed, grand larceny, two
 cases, one year and one day each in perjtentiary.
 Walter Boyd, assault to murder. three years in Alabama Boys Industrial
 School at East Lake. -----. 1 Henry Greeter, burglary, three years
 in penitentiary.
 Will Gunter. presenting fire arms, | 157 days hard labor. vassar Holmes. resisting an officer,
 197 days hard labor. E. O. Thorsgaard, grand larceny, one
 year and one day in ponitentiary. Charles Thomas, alias Lowry. bur- | glary, two years in penitentiary. Tilda Mcqueen, grand larceny, one l year and one day in penitentiary. Joe Lewis. assault to murder, two
 cases, three years each in penitentiary.
 Cato Harden. forgery, two years In
 penitentiary.
 Cato Harden, forgery, two and nall
 years in penitentiary. Cato Harden, forgery two cases, two
 years each in penitentiary.
 John Woodley. burglary, two years In | penitentiary.
 LIttleton Allen, burglary. four years
 in penitentiary. l Charles Hannon, burglary, four years
 in penitentiary.
 Leon Paxton, burglary, four years in
 penitentiary. l Willie McCoo, burglary, two cases. three years each in penitentiary. | Willie McCoo. grand larceny, three
 years in penitentiary. l Willie McCoo, grand larceny two
 years in penitentiary. | Willie McCoo, grand larceny, two years in penitentiary. John Harris, grand larceny, one year | and 16O days hard labor. | Willie Jackson, grand larceny, hVe
 years in penitentiary. | Willie McCoo, the negro who received
 A total sentence of thirteen years, was notorious chicken thief. He stole | chickens on the wholesale plan. The prisoners will probably leave for the penitentiary today.