Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-06-03
MISUNDERSTANDING
upon, THOSE CONVICTED
SATURDAY WAS JUDGMENT DAY
IN DISTRICT COURT OF BUR-
LEIGH COUNTY.
Several Sentences Will Not Be Passed
Until Next Week-kany Recon-
mendations for Leniency as Usual.

Saturday morning was judgment
| day in the district court OF Burlelsn
county and there were many prison
ers who had been convicted who
were lined up before the bar of justice
to await their fate. There were the
usual pleas for leniency on the part
of the attorneys for the defense, some
OF which bore weight with the court
and some of which were of no avail
| In some of the cases there were rec
concentrations from the jurors for
leniency. The sentences passed were
as follows:
Fred Kraft, found guilty Of unlawful
cohabitation. The court had decided
to impose the maximum sentence, but
a recommendation was received from
eleven OF the jurors which sat on the
case asking that leniency be shown
the defendant This came as a sur
prise to the judge and changed his
Judgment. The defendant was SEN
fenced to serve six months at hard
labor in the Mclean county Jail.
Mary Wey, found guilty of unlawful
cohabitatiOn. In view of the fact
that the defendant was woman and
that she has four-months-old baby
girl whom she is still nursing, the
court was more lenient with the de-
PENDANT than with her co-defendant,
Fred Kraft. and imposed sentence
of three months at hard labor in the
Burleigh county Jail.
Frank FinlaysOn. found guilty OF
keeping and maintaining a common
nuisance Judgment of the court was
that the defendant serve 100 days in
the Burleigh county Jail and pay
fine of $500. In case tie fire. is not
paid he will serve an additional num-
Der of days in Jail at the rate Of o~a
day for every 81 of the fine. The de-
PENDANT is already under sentence on
charge of contempt of court, which
he has appealed to the supreme court.
In case he loses his appeal the SEN
tence passed Saturday morning will
not date until after the sentence for
contempt has been served.
Fred w. Shearer, found guilty of
bastardy. Until further order of the
court, will be required to pay So per
month to complaining witness for sup
port of child.
Clyde Townsend, found guilty of
second offense of keeping and main
tanning common nuisance. Upon
request Of attorney for the defense
the time for passing sentence was
continued unit the converting OF court
Monday morning
John Myers, pleaded guilty to a
charge of keeping and maintaining a
common nuisance. Sentenced to serve
80 days in the Burleigh county Jail
and pay a fine of 5000.
John Garrett. found guilty of keep.
ing and maintaining a common null
sance. Sentenced to serve 80 days
in the Burleigh county Jail and pay
fine of 5000.
Claude Rossen, found guilty of keep
ing and maintaining a common nui.
sance. Upon request of attorney for
the defense the time for passing of
sentence was continued until the con-
vening of court Monday morning.
Emil Froemmig. The court upon
it's own motion continued the time for
passing of sentence until the first day
of the next term. Mr.. Froemmig has
had many prominent men of the city
intercede for him and a new trial will
probably be asked
Immediately after sentences had
been passed, those who were SEN
fenced to serve period of days In
jail were remanded to the custody
Of tho sheriff