The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-22
FATE OF PRISONERS
MEN AND WOMEN
 HEAR SENTENCES.
Judge Thonnas Fixes Punishment Of These Peruons Convicted at Last
 Term of the City Court.

tf Thirty-nine prisoners, convicted of various crimes during the last term
 of the criminal division of the City
 Court passed. received their sen-
 tences yesterday
 Men and women, who had been ad-
 judged guilty of crime during the many hard struggles of legal counsel during the last six weeks were brought to the bar, and from the lips of Judge
 William H. Thomas. they heard the
 punishment which 1t had been constd-
 cred was meet for the offenses which
 they had committed.
 One by one the sentences were read to the guilty ones, white and black alike, and then they were sent away to
 meet the fate which the justice of the law had imposed. Of the number sen-
 fenced. three only were white. All
 the rest were negroes. and four of
 them women. Their crimes ranged through a long list from murder in the first degree to an attempt to es- cape from the clutches of that law which had brought them to justice. Six of the prisoners were sentenced for more than one crime. Thus, Reu- ben Huckabee received two sentences. Charlie Hawkins two. Will Hawkins four, John Moore three, Walter Sam uels five and Lester Yates two. The majority of sentences were for long and short term incarcerations, al- though several were for Imprisonment | for life. One hanging sentence had been decided upon by the jury, in the case of John Haymon, adjudged guilty of murder in the first degree, but this sentence was postponed, pending the granting of a decision on an appeal for a new trial The list of prisoners, their crimes. and their punishment. fol- lows: Will sankey. negro guilty of man. slaughter in the first degree. Sem | tenced to four years in the peniten- | tiary.
 Sydney Davis, negro, guilty of man. slaughter in the second degree. Sem tence of twenty years. Frank Rochelle, negro, guilty of as- sault to murder Sentence Of two years and 239 days at hard labor. Henry Ellis. negro. carrying con cealed pistol Sentence. 249 days and three months at hard labor. Ben Pratt. negro. murder In the nrst | degree. Sentence. Imprisonment for | life
 Nathan Lamb. negro. manslaughter | in the first degree. Sentence. three years imprisonment Maggie Weaver. negro, burglary.
 Sentence. three years imprisonment. |
 tence, imprisonment for life. 1 Jake Dean, negro, grand larceny. | Sentence, one year and day impris- l onment
 Jesse Beasley. negro, manslaughter ! in the first degree. Sentence, ten years 1 imprisonment
 Jack Grant. negro, robbery. Sem 1 tence, ten years Imprisonment. Henry Johnson, Degro, attempt to
 have carnal knowledge. Sentence. $40
 days and six months imprisonment. l Ed Sankey, negro, manslaughter in the first degree. Sentence, five years | Stella Williams. negress, arson In
 the first degree. Sentence, fifteen
 years in the penitentiary. This sem tence was suspended, pending an ap- | neal to the State Supreme Court. | Sarah Rayford, negress, man slaughter in the second degree. Sem tence. one year and ten months, ana
 140 days at hard labor. J. M. Bradford, white, attempt to
 escape. Sentence, one year and 142
 days at hard labor. This sentence was suspended, pending an appeal to the State Supreme Court Bud Baisaw, negro, escape. Sem I tence, IA days and six months at hard | labor.
 Jeff Cooper, negro. grand larceny.
 Sentence, one year and day, Joe Davis, negro, grand larceny. Sentence, two years J. J. Dolan, white, grand larceny. Sentence. one year and day. Rube Gibson, negro, grand larceny. Sentence, five years. Richard Henry, negro, grand lar ceny Sentence. two years ana zi6 days at hard labor Reuben Huckabee, negro, burglary. Sentence four years. IT.xnl hna chief. Sentence. 2s2 days at hard la bor.
 Charlie Hawkins. negro, grand lar- ceny Sentence, five years. Charlie Hawkins. grand larceny. Sentence, one year and a day. Will Hawkins, negro, three convic- tions of burglary Sentence one year and a day in each case. Smith King, negro, burglary' Sen- | tence, one year and a day Jim Mccall negro. assault 10 raVlsh. Sentence. twenty years | John Moore, negro, two convictions
 of grand larceny. Sentences or two years for each conviction. | Will Neal negro, grand larceny Seh- tence, two years.
 r Joseph smith. negro. grand larceny.
 Sentence, eighteen months and 169 days at hard labor.
 Will Spear, negro, grand larceny. Sentence, two years. An appeal mas been taken from this conviction to the State Supreme Court. Sam Stafford, negro, grand larceny Sentence, three years. Walter Samuels, negro, i've conVlc- tions for grand larceny. sentences imposed of year and a day for each conviction. s.
 Sentence, two years and 197 days at
 Robert Williams, alias Rob McCul- lom. white, bigamy. Sentence three years. An appeal has been taken m this case to the State Supreme court Sylvia Vaughn. negress, grand lar ceny. Sentence, two years Lester Yates, negro, grand larceny l Sentence. three years.
 Lester Yates. grand larceny. sen tence, two years. | Spencer Webb, negro, duelling. Sen | tence, two years.
 John Haymon at his trial was con
 victed of murder in the hrst degree'
 and sentenced to be hanged. An ap-
 peal for another trial was made betore
 Judge Thomas yesterday morning' ana
 a decision on the appeal will be maae | next Saturday. Until that time, the