The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-05-21
NAVAL STORES
MEN SENTENCED
Case Will Be Appealed and
Defendants Now Out
on Bond.

the OnllSQ OIdtSS EOuTI
yesterday afternoon Judge Sheppard
pronounced sentence upon the verdict
of the trial jury in the American
Naval Stores case. The court fined
the Ave defendants, VINO were de-
clared guilty of the charge of conspir-
acy in restraint of trade, and at the
same time imposed Jail sentences of
three months on tWo-of them.
Sentence was pronounced a few
minutes after o'clock. The fact
that the court would sentence the
defendants was carefully guarded, an
nouncement having previously been
made that it would take place this
morning.
Mr.. MolIer, stand up, please" said
the court. This was the first intima-
ton from the bench that sentence
would be passed. The defendant COM
piled
Your name is Carl MolIer?"
Yes, sir"
Have you anything to say why the
sentence of the court should not be
passed upon you?"
L haven't done anything wrong
that / know of" replied the defend
ant.
Mr. Moller. you have been tried
and convicted sor violation of inter
state commerce laws; the jury are the
sole and exclusive judges of the teS-
timony, and the court is concluded
thereby; it is therefore the judgment
of the court that you pay a fine of
$4,000 and your proportion Of the
costs, including the expenses of such
witnesses only as were actually
sworn in the trial Of the case"
Mr.. Myers, you will stand up,
please
Have you anything to say why the
sentence OF the court should not be
pronounced upon you?" continued the
court, when the defendant had com
piled.
Il have nothing 10 say, sir"
The judgment of the court is that
you pay fine of $500 and be con
fined in the county jail of Chatham
county for three months
How long?' inquired the defend
ant
Three months"
Mr.. Nash was then requested to
stand up and was asked the same
question that the others had been
asked He replied that he had moth
ing TO say further than what his
counsel had said in his behalf.
The judgment of the court is that
you pay a fine of $4,000 and your
proportion of the costs, as taxed by
the clerk
Mr.. BOardman was next asked to
stand up After the usual inquiry. to
which Mr.. BOardman replied that ne
had nothing further than what coun-
sci had said in his behalf, t1e court
remarked:
j have no comment to make on
the testimony; the facts are detern1- |
ined by the jury, and although the
judgment of juTieS is not infallibIe.
FnHFtG
The sentence of the court is that you
pay a fine of $4,000 and costs, as /
taxed by the clerk"
Mr.. ShOtter, when asked if he had
anything further to say in his own
defense. replied that counsel had said
everything which was to be said IN
his own behalf. This caused the court
to observe:
Your counsel has been very earn
est. They have done all that counsel
could do ] have been very much
impressed by their fidelity, earnest
ness and interest. It is a pretty sol
emn thing and always very painful
duty for the court to impose sen
tence, but the courts owe the law and
the community A debt watch they
must discharge, and sense of duty
is the only guide 4 court can have
Judges may be faIlible: often are, no
doubt: this court may make mistakes:
the jury may have made a very grave
mistake, but if a wrong has been
done in this case it is within your
province to have the mistake review
ed by the court above and the mis-
take corrected. The court Will i'm
pose a fine Of $4,000 and costs and
three months in the county Jail of
Chatham county"
Immediately after Judge 5. 3.
Adams. Cor the defense rendered a
petition for d writ OF error and asked
that the amount OF bail be fixed. The
court INQUIRED as 10 the aggregate
Of the fines imposed. and being in
formed that ii was s17.5nO. ordered
that a joint bond Of $40 900 be given.