The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-16
SHREVES ARE
 FOUND GUILTY Sentenced to Jail for
 Three Days. BAR ASSOCIATION CALLED ON Transcript of Evidence to Be Sent It for Disbarment. George shreve Says He is Not Afraid of Such Proceedings-Both Broth -l.-s CTS Take Result
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Attcr f1ou. william n Samford nad
 pleaded eloquently for the defendants. following a stirring prosecuting speech by Solicitor Dent. Judge William H. Thomas yesterday found George H :. Shreve and Jesse Shreve guilty of con- tempt of court and sentencd each of
 them to be imprisoned in the County jail until 10 o'clock Friday morning. The finding of the City Court jurist
 was announced in the presence of an
 immense crowd. composed largely of lawyers. The Shreve, brothers, one 26
 years old and the other 22 years of age. are now confined in the County prison.l 5- 70.
 In transmitting his verdict to the
 public at 12:t5 o'clock yesterday after
 noon, Judge Thomas declared the duty
 he was about to discharge. the most
 unpleasant during his six years on the
 bench. He wished it could have been
 spared him, but he could not escape the
 conclusion that the defendants. were
 guilty.
 He therefore directed their impris-
 onment for three days. and further or
 dered that a copy of the stenographic
 proceedings be sent the President Of
 thee State Bar Association. for action,
 1t Is i. presumed toward disbarring George Shreve, the attorney, from the
 further practice of law. The matter
 
 State Bar Association.
 When the verdict of the Judge was
 concluded, the Shreve brothers dis
 played no emotion. They remained as
 firm and as composed as they were
 throughout the proceedings from the
 minute the trial began early Monday
 afternoon until the final argument was
 submitted by the prosecuting officer.
 A. number of friends shook them | t.x %AA n a VninHfAQ
 thereafter the prisoners were sitting in the County jail ready to begin serving the sentence imposed upon them by the court. They were taken to prison by Deputy Sheriffs George Wilson and George Lamar.
 At the jail, both of the brothers talked of their case lightly. Mentally
 they did not appear perturbed. They were seemingly in excellent spirits. A
 number of friends visited them and they conversed on various topics of the day.
 Does Not Fear Disbarment. 'T do not in the least fear disbar- l ment," said George Shreve, the attor- | ney, to an Advertiser reporter, I must | be tried by a jury before my license | can be revoked and do not think any | twelve ir-fninded men would convlc'
 me on that evidence"
 By request of counsel for the de- | fendants and officers of the court, the | prisoners have been provided comfort 1 able quarters at the prison. They are not confined in cells with confirmed | criminals but have a room on the first | floor containing comfortable beds and | mattresses with convenient toilet. | The prisoners are allowed certain 1 privileges and liberties and they have l provided themselves with reading | matter to while away the seventy-two | hours which they will spend in the cus- | tody of the tailors. Their meals are sent to them from a restaurant. | Must before Judge Thomas announced
 his decision, an unusual scene occur | red. immediately following the speech | of Solicitor Dent. Georre Shreve arose from his seat
 and declared to the court that the tes- | timony he had given was true ana | exact. and if the court thought ne was l guilty of contempt. he had not ln- | tentionaily violated the ethics. He, 1 however. insisted that he had follow | ed the law and his duty as a lawyer. | And. if the solicitor or anyone else | said anything to the contrary, 1t was false.
 shreve spoke in unbroken voice. . The Shreve brothers were accused or sniritinw Mre. M. Johnson and Hattie | Brown, principal witnesses in the caffey prosecution. away from the N
 1 StatN Y .. It was shown by the prosecution, | through the evidence of the women, 1 supplemented by the circumstances in
 the case, that the defendants had con-
 cocted the scheme for the flight of the witnesses. They had matched out | the plan by which the witnesses had | left Montgomery, went to Electric l Park, thence by auto to Cheehaw, ! from there to Atlanta, and thence to | Dallas, Tex, where they were arrest | ed and brought back to Montgomery. | For the defense 1t was claimed and l urged that the Shreve brothers did ! moi advise the women to leave. The ! women had been frightened because of l probable prosecution and, in such a l dilemma, they went to Shreve for ad l vice and paid him a retainer fee. be- | sides giving him $700 to keep in trust for them.
 | CaRey Deeded Property. It came out in yesterdays testimo- nv that Caffey had deeded a piece of nroperty to Jesse Shreve in trust. There
 was a mortgage of $2,60O hanging | over the property and 1t was to DC sold by Jesse Shreve for $5,600. After paying the mortgage off, Hill | S Hill were to receive S2,00O fof at | torneys' fees and the remaining $l.- | 900. 1t was claimed by the prosecu-
 tion, was to go. to George H. Shreve | The defense, though. insisted that the | $1, 900 was to be the realization of Jesse |