Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-11-10
BOYD SENTENCED
TO THREE MONTHS.
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Once Well TO Do and Influential.
Business Man Goes
TO Jail.
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HE MAKES ELOQUENT PLEA.
Formerly Had Scat on the Chicago
Bpard of rTrnfIe and Was
HE MAKES ELOQUENT PLEA.
Formerly Had Scat on the Chicago
Board of Trade and Was
Official of Bank.

| There was a pathetic incident in the
criminal division OF the city court this
| morning when Judge @. Il. Diehl sen
| fenced r.. S. Boyd to serve a term of
three months In the county JAN for ex-
hibiting a deadly weapon. Boyd was
arrested several days ago at the in
stance OF Brig West and u Mr.. Walk
or. The latter claimed that boyd owed
him board bill Of more than $50 and
when he went to collect it Boyd drew
Il knife and threatened TO use 1t on
Walker. The latter knocked boyd
down and then had him arrested. Three.
witnesses testified they saw Boyd with
the open clasp knife in his hand adj
Vancing toward Walker.
In passing sentence upon Boyd this
morning. Judge Diehi said.
..At first was inclined to impose a
severe sentence, one of six months In
the county jail. but | find that your
trouble was due more to drink than to
anything else and that perhaps you
would not have acted as you did had
1t not been for the fact that you have
been drinking excessively for some
time Judge DIehi then imposed a
sentence of three months in tho county
jail.
Before sentence was pronounced,
however, Boyd asked permission to
make statement. This was granted
him and he made an earnest plea for
mercy.
FIRST TIME A PRISONER,
Your honor said Boyd, Il wish to
state that ] am Il man of 40 years of
age, and this Is the first time in my life
that I have ever been called upon to
defend myself IN ii court of justice
for any crime or miSdemeanor what
ever. realize fully that l have not
many more years upon earth and that
the remaining years are shortening
and ! know what 1t means to have
the stigma of conviction for an Of
fense against the law hanging over me.
1 want chance to retrieve my losses
and hope you Will be as easy with
me as possible under the circumstance
es.
II am frank to say that We're IN
your place and you in mine, could
have done nothing else, rnder the cir
cumstances, according to the tes-
timony, than have found you guilty rs
YOU have pronounced judgment upon
me- OF course. to me. the crcum-
stances look differently than they did
to the three witnesses who testified
against me, and I realize that there Is
the word of three men against that of
one.
aa 33e9i NttBUsINEss MAN.
II wish also to state that have
been q business man all my life, and
Just before this troublesoccurred, l had
been offered and accepted Il lucrative
position In Chicago, therefore ask you
to be lenient with me.
Boyd seemed to feel his position
keenly, The man Is we'll educated and
apparently comes from, good family.
There are none OF the earnarks of
criminal about him. but rather the air
of refinement and business ability Be-
fore being taken to the county jail by
Deputy Sperry, Boyd said that he was
a native OF Tennessee and resided in
that state most of his life, OF late
years. he said, he was a whisky drum
mer but was not addicted to the use
Of liquor and had not touched any for
Il long time until Just before he got
himself into trouble.
Boyd said he was born in Johnson
City, Tenn, and assisted in laying out
that city and that large addition was
named after him. He said further that
he was an official in the First National
bank there but that a few years ago no
lost several thousand dollars in a bank
failure at Knoxville. He said he was
in the real estate business and not
many years ago occupied a seat on the
Chicago board OF trade. After losing
many thousands of dollars he started
out as whisky drummer but after
coming to Salt Lake had worked as a
+ bartender. He declined TO discuss his
family affairs beyond saying that his
relatives lived In Johnson City and he
sincerely hoped they would not hear of
the disgrace that has befallen him. The
prisoner says he Is a graduate of King
college at Bristol Tenn.