The San Francisco call., 1909-03-14
dunno SCORES men
WHO HAVE 'PULL"
Gives Jolt TO Gentry Who
Claim to Have influence
With Judges
John BacigaIupi Is Sentenced
and His Friends" Are
ExcOriated

4 rude jolt to the gentry who claim
to have influence with judges by the
exercise of which they are able to get
criminals out Of trouble. and still
ruder Jolt 10 the judges who lend them
selves To the schemes Of the influence
mongers. came from the lips of Su-
perior Judge Dunno yesterday while
sentencing John Bacgalupi to Is
months Imprisonment
The man who asserted he had infu-
ence with the judiciary by which he
could save man from the punishment
his acts merited was more dangerous
10 society than the criminal himself,
and ought TO be in jail. said Judge
Dunno. and in significant tones he
added:
1T may be said also in connection
with this so called influence that the
Judge. no matter Of what jurisdiction,
who lends himself to any such scheme
ought TO be in Jail with all the parties.
He is still more dangerous than even
the original offender or the go-be-
tween
TRUST ILL PLACED
Bacigalupi is young man who has
been in trouble several times Always
until this occasion he has managed TO
escape punishment The last time he
the good fortune to get out on proba-
tlon, although his companion. Arthur
Dippel. was held TO answer from the po-
lice court, and afterward sent to Jail
Tor year BacigaiUpi and Dippel last
August broke into the saloon of J. Pera
and j. Perotti AT 733 Montgomery street
and We're arrested in the place and
charged with an attempt TO commit
burglary Police Judge Conlan was
persuaded to allow Bacigalupi to go on
probation, while Dippel was held
Ihe trust reposed in Bacigalupi was
III placed He recently was arrested
on two charges of petty larceny. The
orlglnai charge of attempt to commit
larceny, upon which Judge Conlan had
admitted him 10 probation. and TO
Whlch ne had pleaded guilty. was re-
NlYeo and IL was for this offense that
Judge Dunno yesterday sentenced him
- le months in the county jail. The
tuu text OF the courts remarks TO
Bacigalupi is as follows:
BacigalupL YOU have been skirtinr
around on the outside Of the law for
some time. The trouble with Won ie
tnat you have too many influential
Trlenos-or, at least. they think they
are lniuential-and they have been
able 10 keep YOU from being actually
confined Ia jail. Like most beople en-
gagged IN that business. you have final
~ come 10 grief / am going 10 send
you 10 the county Jail for term long
enough 10 enable YOU to think il over.
II when you come out YOU have not
prohted by your experience. YOU wiz
probably go to the penitentiarv. be-
cause / am going TO keep track OF your
case, and / am going to DO il as much
Tor your own sake as for the sake Of
society II you want 20 be a decent
man. you can You viii find it far
better than speeding away from po-
licemen, scurrying down back allevs
and dark streets, in the belief that you
VIII have somebOdy-who ought to be
in jail with you-exercising so called
influence TO keep you out. Any man
who makes you think he has influence
enough to keep you out OF trouble is a
more dangerous criminal than YOU are.
He is more dangerous to society
don't care who he is"
JUDGES ARE SCORED
The judge then imposed sentence. af-
ter which he added the remark that
judges who lent themselves TO such
schemes should be in Jail.
When spoken to after court ad-
5ourned, Judge Dunno would not men
ton the names Of the persons referred
70 in his remarks. Il understand that
some North Beach politicians have been
sQuaring things for this young man.
he said. This morning there was a
detective here TO tell me about the eff
forts that had been made on his be-
half TO get him off Such activity on
the part OF persons who claim to have
influence with judges does more harm
than results from the work of the
criminals. The police do their duty
in arresting offenders, and then this
vicious pull comes into play and the
man is set at liberty. In this way
criminals are made and crime is en-
couraged."