Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1910-09-17
MUST SERVE
TWENTY YEARS IN
STATE PRISON
FRANK WHITE is SENTENCED
FOR THE MURDER OF
CHARLES BLACK.

Twenty years Imprisonment in
the state penitentiary at Carson City
was the sentence pronounced upon
Frank White in the district court
this morning. White was found
guilty about two weeks ago of MUIR
der in the second degree, after a
jury trial, but the pronouncing of
sentence was delayed owing to the
absence of his counsel, Judge ]. A.
Sanders. White was charged with
the killing of Charles Black at
Manhattan on the 18th day of
April, this year, following a quar-
rel between the two men.
When the prisoner appeared be-
fore Judge Averill this morning, he
was asked if he had anything to
say before sentence was pro-
nounced. He asked for leniency on
the part of the court and concluded
his remarks by thanking Judge
Averill for the fairness of his trial.
The court then proceeded to render
the following judgment:
THE defendant, Frank White,
came into court at this time, in
person and with his attorney. ]. A.
Sanders, and appeared for judgment
herein, this being the time hereto
fore fixed by the court for render
ing judgment against him.
'Mr. Horatio Alling. deputy dis
trict attorney of the county of Nye,
appeared as attorney for the state
of Nevada
THE defendant, Frank White
was thereupon duly informed by
the court of the nature of the in
dictment against him by the grand
jury of the county of Nye, towit:
"A felony, towit, the crime OF
murder, committed on or about the
18th day of April, A. D. 1910. al
Manhattan, Nye county Nevada, by
the killing of Charles Black, hui
of law and with malice aforethought
by shooting him with a gun loaded
with powder and shot.
The defendant was also duly in
formed by the court of his plea Of
not guilty to the offense charged il
the said indictment, and of hi!
trial and the verdict of the jury
rendered on the LIST day of Septem
Der. A. D. 1910. finding the defend
ant. Frank White, guilty of murder
in the second degree.
THE defendant was thereupor
asked by the court whether he hat
any legal cause to show why judg
ment should not be pronounced
against him, and no sufficien
cause being alleged or appearing t.
the court why Judgment should mo-
be pronounced against defendant
and all and singular the law an(
the premises being by the court seen
heard, understood and fully con
sidered;
1T is therefore hereby ordered
/ adjudged and decreed, that you
the said defendant, Frank White
be punished by Imprisonment in thu
state prison of the state of Ne
vada for the term of twenty years
for the crime of murder of tn,
second degree; of which you hav,
been duly convicted as aforesaid
and 1t is
Further ordered, adjudged an
decreed that you, the said defend
ant, Frank White, be forthwith com
United to the sheriff of the count
of Nye, state of Nevada, and b
him promptly conveyed to the war
den of the state prison of the stat
of Nevada, at Carson City, Nevada
and in execution of this iudgmen
and sentence that you, the said de
PENDANT Frank White, be impris
oned and detained in the said stat
prison of the state prison of Ne
vada until this judgment shall hav
been fully complied with and sal
isfied.''
White thereupon thanked tn
judge for the lightness of the ser
tence. The penalty for seond de
gree murder ranges from ten year
to life Imprisonment, but the coul
stated that the minimum sentenc
could not have been given as TIL
jury had made no recommendation