The Dickinson press., 1910-12-24
Two BOYS
SENTENCED

AOOl III jail, JOSIII dHO
IS Months in Pen-Court
Adjourns.
Saturday. December II, was an event.
full day in the criminal line in judge
W. c. Crawford's court at Dickinson,
two men getting p%enitentiary sentences,
q boy q jail sentence and a South Side
woman beine brought before the bar for
selling intoxicants.
When court opened George Joslin and
Dave L. Rhodes were brought in from the
Jail.
Joslin is about 80 years of age and
has been around the world a good deal.
He was employed at one tim. by r.
E. Cobb & Co. in St. Paul and some
time prior to his scrape with the North
ern Pacific Co.. about September I, was
employed for a time as pumper here.
His only request of the court was that
the time he had served in jail be taken
into account.
In passing sentence on Joslin, judge
Crawford spoke of the time already
served, but he said that under the cir
cumstances he believed that the pun
ishment should be severe and sentenced
him to 10 months to 3 years at hard
labor in the p%enitentiary, dating from
December II. This means that with
good behavior Joslin gets out after IS
months and is on parole the balance of
the term. =
Dave L. Rhodes is about 40 years of
age and had been with the N. P. rail-
road Co. for some 70 years, as carpenter.
Previous to the cement deal. his con-
duct with the company had been good.
Rhodes was in bad company when with
Jos]in, and it cost him his previous
good name and his freedom for 10
months. His sentence was the same
as that Of his bad companion.
After the sentence of these two men.
States Attorney Mcbride stated that he
would not move the r. B. Pelton case
at this term. which will likely result
in nothing further being done in the
case.
Harold G. Poor came forward and
pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor, namely.
creating a disturbance and breaking
plate glass windows in Dickinson. He
gave his age as 20 the 5th of March.
He said that he was intoxicated when
he broke the dignity and peace of the
city and further than this he had no
excuse to offer and did not care for an
attorney.
The court asked Harold Poor where
he procured his intoxicants and he said
that it was in South Dickinson in the
fourth house west of the old German
Mercantile Co. store, and he believed
the woman's name was Mrs. D. l..
Adams. Judge Crawford instructed the
states attorney to file an information
and bring the oma forthwith into
court.
Judge Crawford said that it was one
of the hardest duties of his Office to
pass sentence upon youn9 men. He
said that he could not conceive of a
young man just upon the threshold of
life wanting or permitting himself to
do such a thing. There was no excuse
for such an unlawful act as that COM
mitted by this young a He should
have more respect for his family if. not
alone for himself. In conclusion Judge
Crawford said that he hoped the sem
tence would develope and ultimately
make a useful citizen of him.
The sentence was so days in the
Stark county jail, dating from noon of
December II.
On Monday Judge Crawford had
another young man, Hughie McKeever,
before him. He had been found guilty
of assault with intent to commit a
statutory crime.
When esked to stand before the court,
Huehie McKeever said that he was IS
on the 18th of July. Judge Crawford ex-
planned to the young man that the law
had a two-fold duty. to punish and to
bring about reformation. Life must be
protected and made safe in any COM
munity and in imposing penalties upon
the wrong doer, the law acts as an
admonition to others. It was the
sentence of the court that this young
man serve IS months in the state re-
form school at Mandan. Bail was fixet
at 81, 0C0. and Attorney Simpson wal
given until the morning of the oath t