The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-17
JUDGMENT DAY N
THE DISTRICT
COURT
Four Criminals Get Terms in
Penitentiary While Piggers
Get Jail Terms.
GRAY HAIRED PRISONER
Plead Guilty and Got Off Easy
Other District Court
Matters.
GRAY HAIRED PRISONER


far as are concerned the prisoners
who have pleaded guilty during the
present term of court or who have
been found guilty by juries of their
peers-pretty tough on the juries. At
2 o'clock this afternoon the sheriff
and his deputies lined up eight VIOLA
tors of the law in front of the judy
ment seat of the court, and in a few
minutes the court entered, and at once
proceeded to deal out punishment in
accordance with the crimes committed.
States Attorney Wineman occupied
the centre of the stage and at once
moved that the court impose sentence
upon Frank Nelson. Nelson stood up
and mumled a few sentences about
his home. He was accused of grand
larceny, and seemed to have fonder
feeling for himself and his home ties
than he did when he was attempting
to annex the other fellows money.
He had no excuse to offer why judg-
ment should not be passed and he was
sentenced to two years and nine
months in the penitentiary. John Car
roll, found guilty of robbery, stated
that he had never been in the pen
itentiary before, but that he had been
arrested. He had nothing to justify
the suspension of the sentence-a fact
to show was ever successfully Of
fered by prisoner. He got two years
and nine months in the penitentiary.
l.. Strickling, found guilty of grant
larceny, and who was recommended to
the mercy of the court by the jury
which tried him, said he was guilty,
and the court replied that there was
some conflict in the evidence, and gave
him one year and six months in the
penitentiary. D. A. Carothers, charged
with grand larceny, had nothing to
say, and received sentence of one
year and five months in the peniten-
tiary.
The four prisoners found guilty CT
felonies having been disposed of, the
court proceeded to pass sentence ON
the ones found guilty of misdemean-
ors, all of which were violations Of
the prohibition law. Albert Demers,
found guilty of having in his possess
sion intoxicating liquors with intent
to sell the same was sentenced to four
months n the county jail, and to pay
a fine of 5000 and in default of the
payment of such fine, to serve an ad-
ditional term in the county Jail of not
to exceed forty days. Louis R. john
son found guilty of selling intoxicating
liquors, was sentenced to term OF
four months in the county jail and
to pay fine of 5000, and to serve an
additional term of not to exceed forty
days in Jail in default of the payment
of such fine. Anton Rood, a sleek and
well groomed fellow, having been
found guilty of keeping and maintain
ing a common nuisance, consisting of
place where booze was dispensed to
the thirsty, was sentenced to serve the
maximum term of four months in Jail
and to pay the customary fine of 5000,
with an additional term in the Jail in
default of such payment of not to eX-
coed forty days. N. P. Slade, a man
with gray hair and broken form, sew
enty-five years of age, was the last of
the get-rich-quick crowd who was
called. He had pleaded guilty, and
States Attorney Wineman in view of
the fact that he had saved the county
some expense, recommended to the
court that the maximum sentence be
imposed. The court remarked that he
was old enough to know better than to
attempt to sell whisky in North Da-
kota, but in view of the recommends
tons of the states attorney, he was
sentenced to a term of ninety days in
the county Jail and to pay fine of
5000, with an additional term in Jail
of ten days in default of the payment
of such fine.
The time of the court today has
been occupied in the trail of the j. B.
Streeter, Jr company against Andrew
G. Carlson. This is the first case on
the civil calendar and has occupied
the larger part of the day. 1t was an
nounced that Judge Goss of the
Eighth district would sit on the bench
during the remainder of the term, but
he was unable to reach here today and
Judge Fisk is still hearing cases. The
court deferred sentence in the case Of
the State against G. A. Smith until
Saturday at 10 O'Clock a. M