Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-30
SENTENCE
STAGGERS YOUTH
M0NRIAL GIVEN TEN YEARS
FOR PERJURY
Judge Scores Young Man for Falsely
Testifying in Case Where Wo-
mans Character Was

"The testimony you gave at that
trial was vicious and false, and you
knew it TO be false. 1t seems to have
been procured and obtained for hire,
and the people who paid for it should
now be in the state prison."
Thus did Judge Smith numerically
fay Leo Monrial when he was ar
raigned for sentence in the superior
court yesterday, having been convicted
of perjury in the Arnaz divorce case
in January.
For three hours the court had listened
to an argument on a motion for a
new trial made by the attorneys for
the defense The motion was denied,
and it was stated by Attorneys Allen
ger and Sturgis that an appeal would
be taken.
1t lacked but a few minutes to the
time for adjournment at noon when
the new trial was denied. The judge
commanded Monrial to stand UP for
sentence, after declining the request
of the defense that sentence be de-
ferred until new affidavits relating to
the case could be filed.
In his ordinarily genial tones the
court read the lengthy information,
and it was not until after the prisoner
had protested his innocence of the
charge in response to the usual ques-
tion whether he had any legal reason
why the judgment of the court should
not be pronounced that Judge Smith
waxed very wroth.
"Mr. Monrial. it is impossible that
young man of your age and intelli-
gence should not know the sanctity
of an oath.
"You swore on the witness stand to
certain things that you knew had never
rod IoO In yfNtITs
testimony would wreak utter ruin to
woman's character
II do not know of the present re-
lations of that woman and her hus-
band, but by all means we should have
absolutely honest testimony in court.
Now how can you pretend to be in
nocent of this crime?"
Prisoner Makes Plea
"Your honor, no one asked me to
state the things 1 saw" the prisoner
replied mo one asked me, and no
body paid me to do it," he asseverated.
while 1 was in the county Jail l
was approached by certain persons who
promised that / should be set free If
would tell who hired me to testify,
but how can 1 when 1 was not hired
do you think, your honor, if L had
been guilty of the charge l would have
| been fool enough to stay here In Los
Angeles when 1 knew a day before
that a warrant had been issued fol
my arrest?
IT stayed because I knew I was in
nocent of anything wrong, when
could have gone away where the Off
GERS couldn't find me-"
"That will do, Mr.. Monrial," sal
the court, who then sentenced him t.
serve ten years at San Quentin.
Monrial staggered as if he had beel
struck, and would have fallen to th'
floor had he not clutched at the cor
ner of the clerks desk for support.
But he quickly recovered, and throw
ing back his shoulders, looking square
ly into the courts eye, replied in
firm voice, THANK you, Judge"
"You can say for me that this case
will be fought to the bitter end, nc
matter whom it hurts" said Attorney
Sturgis, after the prisoner had beer
| led away.
"There is more to this affair thar
appears on the surface, and if certain
people are shown up in an unenviable
light, that is their own concern"