Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-18
FORCES CHECKS
AS RETALIATION
WIFE AND CHILD HEAR MAN
DENIED PROBATION
TRIALS OF ALLEGED ROBBERS OF
BANK CONTINUED
Calendars in Both Departments of Su-
perior Court Crowded and Many
Gases Are Disposed of or
Postponed

Judge Davis short term on the crim-
inal bench in the superior court was
marked by a touching incident yester-
day when he felt called upon to deny
the application for a probationary sem
tence in the case of Thomas Penny,
convicted of forgery, and sentenced tne
young husband and father to three
years in Folsom penitentiary. Pennys
wife listened to the sentence with head
bowed in grief, while little child of
years, seated on her lap, regarded the
proceedings with puzzled and curious
eyes, unable to understand the cause
of his mothers tears or his fathers
evident remorse.
Penny was convicted on charge of
forging the name of S. Daniels TO q
check for $21 drawn on the Commercial
National bank February 8. lie ac-
knowledged his crime after the jury
returned it's verdict of guilty, and ap-
piled for probation This led TO an
investigation into his past life, the dls-
coVery being made that he had COM
mtted three other forgeries, at least.
His purpose, was, according TO letter
to o. A. Lingott, painter living on
harvard DOuleNdruJ W ItNeHSC iliiiiSSiI
upon the latter, who had refused to give
him employment.
Penny's letter to Lingott is undated.
1t reads as follows:
Tells of Revenge
"Perhaps you will not remember me,
but / asked you for job about three
months ago. / did not get 1t, so | be-
lieved my duty was to have revenge. L
got your name from the permit on your
house. and also saw one of your checks.
made three checks, and got $100. am
leaving Los Angeles today for British
Columbia, and if you can catch me you
will be the first one who ever did. l
will tell you my name. My name has
been r. H. Ormsby, II. r. Porter and
j. o. Azher. Take my advice and pay
cash; don't give checks-it is bad busi-
ness"
r. w. Richardson, Penny's attorney,
made an eloquent plea for lenency in
behalf of his client, but to no purpose.
The calendars in both criminal de-
partments We're crowded yesterday, hf-
| teen persons charged with committing
| felonies appearing to plead or to receive
sentence.
| George Allen Beatty, one of the lead
| ers in the robbery of the First National
| bank of Monrovia, December IA, when
nearly $50, 900 was stolen, was among
the first to appear in Judge Willis
court. Beatty, whose confession after
he was brought to Los Angeles from
Ohio, resulted in the arrest of several
other participants in the robbery.
pleaded guilty yesterday and requested
that he be sentenced as soon as poSsi-
BILE. The disposition of his case was,
however. continued to Wednesday on
request of John North, deputy district
attorney.
Cases of Others Continued
'CharIes S. Martin and Ernest w.
Sundin, alleged to be implicated in the
robbery, declined to enter plea, the
former stating he was arranging to
have lawyer take care of his case.
while Sundin's attorney was not pres
ent in court. The arraignment of both
men was continued to Tuesday.
On account of the absence of Earl
Rogers, attorney for J. F. Bushnell.
against whom six charges of embez-
zling. money from the E. K. Wood
Lumber company have been filed, ar
raignment was continued to Tuesday.
Bushnell was collector for the lum-
ber company and the funds he is SAID
to have taken aggregate thousands of
dollars
A motion for a new trial in the case
of Charles MolyneauX, convicted on a
charge of assault to rob, was filed by
his attorney, L. D. Cannon, and pend
ing Judge Willis decision on the mo-
tion Molyneaux was released on his own
recognizance. The attorney contends
that the testimony was conflicting and
that his client had not been sufficiently
identified. Molyneaux was charged
with assaulting Alton Fl. Vaile Febru-
airy 4, and robhing him of a small sum
of money while Vale lay unconscious.
Placed on Probation
Reed Reynolds, who pleaded guilty to
a charge of passing a fictitious check
and acknowledged he had cashed seven
others of the same character while ont
of employment, was placed on proba
tion for three years.
Motion for a new trial in the &c W ~
Charles McCarty, convicted of pa e
fictitious check, was filed and VIII De
argued May l.
Mike Lorenzo, charged with statu-
tory crime, pleaded not guilty. His
trial was set for May 10.
The sentencing of j. r. Veach, con-
victed of forgery and L. Wilcott, who
pleaded guilty to grand larceny, was
continued to April 10 and April "a. re-
spectively. by Judge Willis.
Other cases in Judge Davis court
were temporarily disposed of as follows:
F. P. Swinney, convicted of an Of
fense against Hattie Williamson a
young girl sentence continued to
April "a.
Will Ask for Probation
Harry Murphy, convicted on a charge
of assault to rob, sentence continued to
Monday when an application for proba-
tion will be made.
The sentence of James Carroll who
pleaded guilty to a charge of burglary.
was continued to Tuesday. Bert Car
ter, who pleaded guilty to robbing j. S.
Watkins of a purse containing Is cents
and two foreign coins, will be sentenced
next Saturday. The sentence of John
r. Waehrer, who pleaded guilty to pass
ing three fictitious checks, was also con-
tinued one week.