The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17
PRISONERS SENTENCED
roRrY-srx PERSONS GIVEN THEIR
 TERMS.
Four Negroes Get Life Penalty and Two white Men Receive Severe sen- tences on Charges of
 Murder.


 rorty-six prisoners convicted during the October term of the criminal divis- ion of the City Court of Montgomery were yesterday sentenced to various terms of Imprisonment and hard labor by Judge William H. Thomas.
 Tn sentencing the prisoners, Judgs Thomas expressed regrer that ne nad to consign them to prison life just as the holiday season was opening but ne urged them to conduct themselves well and shorten their terms.
 J. b. Glass, the young white man, who was convicted of the murder or 1dorris L. Rutherford in West End, was sentenced to fifteen years imprison- ment. He took an appeal but his sem tence was not suspended.
 William T. Sheets. the aged carpcr- ter, who pleaded guilty to killing his son. Claude Sheets, was sentenced to a term of eight years Four negroes were sentenced to life Imprisonment. Each man was convicted of murder. They were, Jim Burks. Richard Young. Hen " Bird and Ebb Butler.
 The prisoners sentenced were: Andrew Johnson. violating prohibi- tion law. ten months. costs, twenty days fine.
 Prank Jeter. assault and battery. s15o. fifty days fine. lss days for costs.
  S15o fine. fifty days fine and ninety-two days for cost.
 Mary Matthews. grand larceny, four years.
 J D. Glass. white. murder in the second degree, fifteen years. Appeal taken. but sentence not suspended James Reynolds, grand larceny. one Harry Hudgins, grand larceny. new trial granted. Alive Robinson. assault and battery, fined $500. ninety days for fine and lsf for costs.
 Henry Cook. manslaughter in the first degree, new trial released on bond. Jim Burks, murder. life.
 Richard Young. murder, life.
 Henry Bird, 63 years old, murder. life. Ebb Butler. murder. life.
 William T. Sheets. white. man. slaughter, eight years.
 Sam Brown. grand larceny, one year and one day.
 J. M. Bradford. white. grand larceny. two years, appeal sentence taken. Albert cade. grand larceny two years
 VIII Dupree. burglary and grand lar ceny, two cases. six years in one and four in the other. appeal taken. Dave Haney, grand larceny two years.
 December Hunter. grand larceny, two years.
 James Harris. grand larceny. l79 days. costs and two years for County. John Harris. burglary, two years. George Harris. assault and battery, fine st00. fifty-three days for costs. thirty fdr fine.
 Floyd Addie, assault and battery. fine Sf0o: ffty-three days for costs and thirty days for fine.
 Sam Cross. assault and battery, $50 fine. forty-three days for costs and twenty days for fine.
 Andrew Johnson, grand larceny, two years and eleven months.
 Will Jones. grand larceny. four years. Frank James, grand alarceny, two years and TOT days.
 sam Harvey. grand larceny. two years and 107 days for costs.
 Morse Lide, assault and battery. $500 fine. 252 days for costs and ninety for fine.
 Glenn Love, grand larceny. three years. C., H. Middleton, grand larceny, one year and one day. < c. H. Middleton, grand larceny, two years. 4G M Rolin Mason. grand larceny. one year Rolin Mason, grand larceny. one year and one day.
 Annie Bell Tucker. assault and bat tery, fined cent, three months addition. Annie Bell Tucker, assault to murder, two years.
 Annie Bell Tucker. grand larceny, two years.
 James Madison, grand larceny. three years.
 Beuiah Pullen. grand larceny. passed until another day.
 Wesley Rouse, burglary, two years Tom Kirkland, two years, burglary. John Henry Squire, assault to ravish, three years.
 corrie Thompson, burglary. one year and one day.
 George Tarver. grand larceny, three years.
 George Tarver. grand larceny, three years.
 George Tarver. burglary, four years, Anderson Duncan, grand larceny, eighteen months.
 Frank Adams, grand larceny, eigh- teen months.
 George Williams. murder in the sec- ond degree, fifteen years: appeal taken, but sentence not suspended.
 Henry williams, assault and battery, fined $500; 14O days for fine. ten months for costs of court and six months ad- ditional.
 Ed Williams, assault and battery. fined $500; i40 sdays for fine and 196 days for costs.
 Roxey Walker. grand larceny. at in- Armary. sentence suspended.
 Ann Hale, grand larceny, at infirm- ary, sentence suspended.
 Greene Atkins. burglary, sixteen months.
 Joseph Thomas, aftray. $5, ten days for fine and sixty seven days for costs.
 
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