The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-04-17
YEARS The
PENALTY FIXED
Judge Speer Sentences
Greene and Gaynor.
FINE IMPOSED
This Equals the Amour. Embel2Ied
Judge Speer Delivers a Strong De-
nunClatlon OF Men in Public Works
Who Abuse Confidence Re-
posed in Them.
posed in Them.

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So fenced ~ Judge SGesr III tU+
federal c.,,rf fa1.t 7 r..s
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sa4.go. tia amounf t,,e, .F. #fI#rg.4
With having .mb-zzIea.
Upon one indictment ia. ~.4t.n#,
Vas two years and upon each If TIE
other indictments four Years bat th.
court directed thar IT,. eanf.p..@
might all IL served .ane0rr4atf4
which reduced the TORN IL foar y.af-
With the ALLOWANCE III ,br,e fs..t1.
off each year lurinp u.r4.1 III. g.
haVi8r If me prieaaars f,,4.
the sentence may ~ fu.fI., ,..Iu..t
lo three wears
The fin. rpsd moi Il. rsf4 III -. ..r,
Dletiug the sentence. 49,. ars~.f.re
make afflda>lt thar they H.. 800 80.
| sessea of rnor.. fb4n go ~ tf.' =
| paving he fine thee tba,, ,5,y So.
thirty dave lanaar
Counsel for prisoner announce .bat
AZ arnaal ,,fl 80 go. i.
eonrf Grants t.n lays ~, - t5fI,4
bill of ~4xcentione l,nan o.Gict, -
ton for - new trial ,,i0 i. ,t..4te.t.4
Inc Judges sentence.
Judge Spetr iii sentencing TN. mis-
GuprS said said.
."I'ne most painful 4a1ieial 3af,- ILL.,
the imposition Of i sentence, 10 penal
serNitudc. This is ptcnliar}y trgt
uhen those convicted are m.n IL tIn.
Intelligence. men Of affairs men ,yha
have had the opnortnnities OF eauea-
lion. o. Who have been trained bE
the t~eachingS Of experience. petn-
liarly painful Il thai dDty when lb.
convicted have filled la.ifians nf ~
sponsibility If homer a.d IF t,,tef An
OF these conditions a,a rreeant ~ 49,.
duty before me one af tbn ,'is.n-
ers has been DISTINGUISHED III his
state. has been al. Important offieiaI
OF one OF the great political pal1fes
Il man Of large acquaintance perhape
with multitud4s Of earnest frienje
The other is of disIInrfinn
Of our military academy RI N..s,
Point. and he al one time N,:ts > cam
tain in That famous .nrns ~ anainsats
whose roster hears eY.h names ~
Robert i. Lee and Georoa Got5an
Aleada > corns whose record ~
stainless before the oecurrenrcs which
have been developed in evidence here
n am told that il has been cynicalIv
said THAI 4 lannon's New yafk man
Who has n million dnllals raD naf b.
convicted Of i crime II, America III.
verdict Of this iary 81 nIain ,1.ar-
sighted honest Americans has fatei-
ned such pessimism. or that flIy II
lnaN be said that there is .eTEaBS mot /
q man who cannot trace his ancestry
10 a patriot Of the rey.iution which
established American indapendenra u
is true. as | have often deelared that |
to the homogeneous Ame5Icani-In af
these Southern states when thev are
plainly shown their duty oal ea4ntI--
NAV ever look with for IN. +
enforcement Of it's laws and for the
maintenance Of its Institutions Nor
can it be questioned that these in
are in jeopardy If sueh tla-
giant s%poliation IF the public treasury
proven in this case could 90 nm
Whipped az iustice
The settled policy Of our n~ationaI
legislature 10 a~pproprfate lare.
sums for the IF
the avenues Of interstate and
foreign trade and which I
are under the express control Of thatI'
makes it suprelnely important
honestly expended ana guarded with /
rigid fidelity with which our
has ever defended the
moneys If the reoDle gathered into
the Golfers of the treasury by the ex-
ercise Of the taxing power 81 the Con
n successful ana unpln-
Spoliation Of the public treas
ury is perhaps the surcst sign Of ma
tional d~ecadence. The magnificent I
contributions from the national treas
ury made BY Congress for the velI4r.
Of the people, for the erection Of
rablic buildings. for construction or =
sreat navy. for defensive u-.r,,1 AZ a44
-ailab.e points. for er.at r-aseIyaiT.
canals fot. the irrigation Of arid
Iands. FOR such project. rs thu nm
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