Arizona republican., 1906-11-29
FINE AND IMPRISONMET
 tORCONSTABLF RfDWINE
An Effort Being Made to Secure a
 Conversion of the Days into Dollars.

The case of Constable Lee Redwine who pleaded guilty day before yester- day to a charge of extortion in taking from J. H. James cash bail of slO without color of law, came unexpected ly before Governor Kibbey yesterday afternoon.
 The defendant appeared in Justice Johnstone's court in the morning for sentence. He was fined S30 and sen tenced to thirty days in the county jail. At the conclusion of the sentence he remarked to the court that he suppos- ed that that was equivalent to s6O The court replied that it was not; that the time sentence was not alternative, but would have to be served.
 | The constable at once began seeking for a way to evade the jail sentence He asked to be taken to Justice Bur nett's court where he had been offic- ially serving. and Judge Burnett in consideration of his family undertook l to see if the sentence would not be modified as to the imprisonment fea- tpre of it.
 He saw Assistant District Attorney
  objection to a modification and that Justice Johnstone could modify it with the consent of the district attrney's office. A proposition was made to the justice that the constable should sub init his resignation to the board of supervisors, after which the days of the sentence should be coined into dollars. The justice saw a serious diff ficulty in the way. That was that the commitment had passed out of his hands and he therefore had nc further | jurisdiction in the case. He said how ever, that if the district attorney or the assistant would come into court and suggest this modification, or even 1 let the record show that a representa- | tive of the office of his legal adviser was present and assented to the mod ification he would modify the sem tence.
 | He said he would be more inclined to change the sentence by the fact of the offering of the defendants resignation. He said he had imposed that thirty days for the purpose of destroying him as a peace officer by removing him ! from the active field until the end of l | expire.
 Mir. Bullard stated that the district attorneys office could not formally en- ter into such an arrangement and the negotiations were therfore brought to an end. The only hope then seemed to rest in the governor and Redwine was assumed to be in jail, whence he would | only be released by a pardon. A peti- ! ton for a pardon or communication was l signed by Justice Johnstone. Justice | Burnett and Assistant District Attor- | ney Bullard and was presented to the | governor late yesterday oy JuGge Bur nett.
 II It was stated in the petition that the l signers were moved by consideration only for the family of the constable. and that they would insist that before the pardon should be granted that the full amount of the fine should be paid. and the resignation of the constable should be in the hands of the board of supervisors.
 The governor did not take any action on 1t and did not signify that he would do so. It Is only known that he is not regarded as a pardoning governor and ne WOULD ptrHdpS ltcl greater heSitd- tion in this matter because a plea of guilty had been entered.
 In the meantime Constable Redwine is in the custody of the sheriff, though he has not been locked up pending the efforts to secure the removal of the | jail sentence.
 It was stated yesterday that he had intimated that he was possessor of in- formation which would involve other officials in unlawful transactions and that if he should disclose it as he might later do. there would be a sensa- Il tion in Phoenix.