New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-22
Says Judge MuIqueen, Knowing
His Record, Suspended Sen
tenCe on Confessed Thief.
POLICE CITE OTHER CASES
Commissioner Williams Attacks
Mulqueen for Trial Where
Factory Inspector Alleged
Attempt at Bribery.

and publication of facts concerning the
working Of the principle of suspended
sentences by the judges Of the General
Sessions Court, under a slightly different
method yesterday from the one he had
been following previously.
The one case into which he had time
to investigate fully yesterday he made
public in a statement handed out at his
Office. Previously he has been reporting
daily by letter to Commissioner Waldo,
each letter containing the details Of one
or more instances Of what Mr.. Fosdick
termed Whimsical" interpretations of
the principle Of suspended sentences.
Commissioner Waldo although assert
ing that it was not the province of ,
Police Commissioner to make cam
paign against the judges, seemed to be
moderately but not hilariOusly pleased
with the general airing of the matters
pertaining TO the court incident TO tho
daily bombardmcnt by Fosdick. The
Police Commissioner, however, thought
that the Bar Association would take
care of the case TO the satisfaction Of
every one, and it was rumorcd that the
daily letter 1rom fosd''k 10 "a'u' "o"i
not be continued.
MT. fosdich statement went ll'o 'ilo
details Of the case OF the People against
Francis J. Bowling, alias John Frici.
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tba 7arss,. ri+,. ard which annarantI,
bad hear ao,,,ired i, the same manner
at least one OF which had been brought
there by Dowlng.
Mulqueen Knew Of Conviction.
"On June o, 1913 Dowllng was arrest
al IN 1una II he rlead4d suiltv and
- r1roa,dod 20 Aue,st ~ ,rber no
,,,as nsroled Finally on August 1S.
1000 Tudoa N1uIouean suspended sem
tenca with fuu knowledge Of the for
roar conviction as is evidenced by MS
declaration in open court.
ON Nav 1901 DovIing in company
nth t,,.o otbore held m and robbed
pbuir ,1rIa~ane of No 322 yast 17th
e,ra.+ Eo. ,,,is crime ba ,yae convicted
I'D s.rtanced to civ vears IN Sing Sin,
rrieor nv Judge Cowing
Section II Of the Penal Code re-en-
acted as Section 2.1SS Of the presen;
penaI law. reads in part as follows:
Such court may, in it's discretion, sus-
uend sentence where the maxi
mum term of Imprisonment prescribed
bv law does not exceed ten years and
such person has never been convicted Of
q fa1onv'"
Commissioner Waldo agreed with the
roipt of the Fosdick statement that the