The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-02-28
FOUR CRIMINALS
SENT To PRISON

Sentences were pronounced upon
four prisoners in the superior court
this morning, two more being con-
tinued until Monday morning. wnen
their motions for new trials will be
heard
| Foley, the man who passed the bo-
gus check on K Falkenburg, made
motion for a new trial, as did also
| George Beaman. Both will have their
hearing Monday.
Charles Johnson, convicted of burg
larizing section house, was sentenced
to an indeterminate sentence of from
one to IA years in the state penitent-
iary. He had nothing to say and Judge
Brents made few remarks in passing
sentence.
| To F. Kenealey, convicted of obtain
ing money under false pretenses from
Masons and Presbyterians, the judge
was not so merciful Kenealy plead the
| fact that this was his first offense and
asked for mercy on that account. This
Judge Brents did not feel like giving
saying. in passing the sentence:
| Il think you are a hardened criminal
and are used to a life of crime. I 10
Ia1i affn
Your sentence will be from one to five
years in the state penitentiary."
Fred Reder, convicted of petit lar
ceny, having stolen a saddle, accord
ing to the findings of the court, was
sentenced next He hired a horse and
saddle at Wallula. When he came to
,Walla Walla he adopted an assumed
name and sold the saddle saying the
horse belonged to a farmer near here.
To him the judge said:
One Year for Reder.
Il do not think you should have
been found guilty of anything bat
grand larceny. The jury found you
guilty of taking merely the saddle but
j. you brought the horse here under an
assumed name and if the one was con-
version. then was the other also. 1
think you are guilty of grand larceny
and l am sure the jury misunderstood
my instructions or they would have
i found you so. However. as you are
| found guilty of petit larceny. your
sentence will be one year in the Jail of
| this county"
Peasner Gets a Year.
George Peasner was the last one
brought before Judge Brents for SEN
tence Charged with larceny from the
person. he was found guilty Of petit
larceny. To him the judge addressed
|; few scathing remarks, his attorney
having asked for leniency becasue he
mitted !
THE fact that the prisoner was
lis no expiation for it," said the judge.
Rather it is an aggravation. Be-
cause a man commits crime when he
is drunk is no excuse of that crime.
He is guilty then of two crimes, that
of getting drunk as we'll as the other
he may commit. For getting drunk is
against moral law if not against one
in the criminal code.
There is NO doubt in my mind but
that you stole the watch from the
person of the complainant. as was
charged, but the jury found different
and you are an extremely lucky man.
You are sentenced to a year in the
Jail of this county,
Further the judge said, addressing
the prisoners:
Il am sorry for you. But the, law
must be enforced and it is my painful
duty to enforce it, 1 do not believe in
| sentences of extreme severity. 1t would
be a great thing if all criminals coul1
/ be caught. The certainty of punish
ment would be much better than the
| severity of punishment"
| Charles Johnson and Frank Kenealy,
sentenced this morning to the peniten-
tiary. were this afternoon taken to that
place to begin serving their time.