The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-01-24
MARKS "SASSES"
D|STR|CTATT
And is DiSreSpeCtfuI to
The Court
AS A RESULT HE GETS AN EXTRA
YEAR IN THE "PEN" Tackled
ON TO HIS SENTENCE-HAS A
RAD RECORD.

William Marks, convicted OF lar
ceny and receiving stolen goods in
connection with the Dymond store
gun robbery at Waymart on October
19 last, was brought into Court Sat-
urday morning, by Sheriff Frank G.
Kimble, and sentenced to the Eastern
Penitentiary for two terms of not
less than one year nor more than
three in the first charge, and of not
less than two years nor more than
three on the second count.
Judge Searle interrogated the
prisoner, saying:
self?"
The prisoner made no answer. The
Judge repeated the question:
Have you nothing to say for your
self?"
mo, SIR
How many times have you been
arrested?" No answer. Don't you
remember how many times you have
been arrested?"
Sure, l remember"
Were ou in the Penitentiary?"
mo, sir"
Haven't you been arrested a
couple of times for stealing?"
mo, sir, for scrapping."
Haven't you been in the County
Jail in Lackawanna county?"
Yes, sir"
How many times?"
Twice.
District Attorney M. E. Simons
took hand in the questioning. He
said:
You were in the Penitentiary at
Wilkes-Barre?"
Never was. l beg your pardon.
The man who gave you that idea is
a id liar!"
81 think this man ought to get the
full benefit of the Law" said Dis
trict Attorney Simons to the Court.
How old are you?" inquired the
Judge.
'Twenty-seven."
What were you doing when you
were arrested?"
Il was breaker boss at the time l
was arrested"
Attorney Chester A. Garratt was
say for his client.
He seems" said Mr.. CARAT, ITO
be a very unfortunate individual,
1t would seem cruel to sentence him
to the full extent of the Law. The
Court ought to give him good NOR
al lecture"
Hes a pretty bad man." said
Judge Searle. The family is a bad
family. They've been coming over
to Wayne county and stealing right
along for years. They certainly
haven't the sympathy of the Court.
He has been using the best years of
his life in dissipation and stealing.
He has been in the Lackawanna jail
a number of times. He's certainly a
bad man and a bad lot. We don't
propose to let people living in Lack
awanna county come over here and
commit these thefts with impunity. |
know the character of this man and
his past life. We believe he should
be sentenced under both indictments,
and we have very little discretion in
the matter. All we can do is to
make the minimum sentence.
THE sentence of the Court is
Stand up!"
During all of this colloqucy Marks
had remained seated. Unable to
look the Judge in the eye, his gaze
roamed to the ceiling, the audience
and all over.
In response to the Courts COM
mand, he got up.
THE sentence of the Court is that
you pay a fine of $50 to the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania; that you
restore the stolen goods or their
value if you have not already done
so; pay the costs of prosecution; and
undergo an indefinite sentence OF not
less than one year, and not to exceed
three years in the Eastern Peniten-
tiary. On the second charge, that OF
receiving stolen goods, the sentence
of the Court is that you pay fine OF
$50; the costs OF prosecution; and
that you undergo Imprisonment in
tn Eastern Penitentiary for not less