Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-11-18
WOMAN FINED $500
AS A LOAN SHARK
Costs of Court Also Part of Sen
tence for Miss Frances
Hyland.

A fine of $500 and costs, amounting
to S106O9. was the punishment melted
out to Miss Frances l.. Hyland, man
ager of the State Brokerage Company,
convicted several weeks ago for main
f, tanning a disorderly house at $50 Broad
street. The sentence was imposed
late yesterday afternoon by Judge
Harry V. Osborne.
The charge of maintaining a dis
orderly house in this instance arises
out of the charging of usurious rates
+ of interest by Miss Hyland in connec-
ton with loans made to clients of the
+. State Brokerage Company.
b Tho fine and costs, amounting to
, s6o609, was paid in court today by
& MISS Hyland, being taken out of a
sum of $1,000 that Miss Hyland had on
) deposit as cash bail for her appear
ance in court during the tendency OF
the charge against her.
e The charges against Miss Hyland
: and John +. Crater, associated with
her in the brokerage company, arose
I out of a campaign against loan
Z shark" concerns conducted by the
/. Evening Star about one year ago.
Crater was Jointly indicted with
/. Miss Hyland. but at the time of her
: trial severance was obtained and
. Miss Hyland was tried alone. Crater
is out on bail awaiting trial.
George Wilson. convicted last week
on two charges of robbery in the day
time, was sentenced to not less than
three and half or more than seven
years in the Trenton States prison.
On July IS last Wilson entered the
jewelry store of Mrs. Johanna Soft,
/ In Broad street, and stole iewelry
valued at $500, and on the same day
made away with $S4 In cash from the
hardware store of Buob Brothers, in
Springfield avenue.
Charles Jeffries, whom Judge Os-
borne stated had a record bad enough
to make sentence for him possible
under the habitual criminal act, was
given not less than three and a half
or more than seven years in Trenton
on each of two charges OF burglary
As the sentences will run consecu-
lively, 1t means that Jeffries will have
TO spend at least seven years at hard
labor Charles CORDIALLY. alias Howell
sSampsell, was sent to Trenton for not
less than one or more than seven
years for robbery.
Stephen Bogost, guilty of breaking
and entering, will spend one year In
the county penitentiary. while James
Fay will spend six months there for
the same offense. Lawrence Jack
son, who after being placed on proba-
ton for wife desertion, violated the
terms of his probation. goes to Cald-
we'll for one year. James Bruins will
spend eighteen months there for
maintaining a disorderly house. Terms
in the Railway Reformatory were
given Charles Lasso, William Cyman-
ski and Phillip Billand, breaking and
entering Louis Libello and Carmine
Maccutuo, same offense.
John Walker, convicted of assault
and battery, Is now sailor in the
United States navy. and Judge Os
borne suspended sentence on him and
turned him over to an officer of the
receiving ship Hancock, who was on
hand TO receive him.
The following were placed on pro-
baton: Samuel Mitchell, atrocioue
assault and battery; George Rldgley,
maintaining disorderly house;
Harry Schwind, william Wagner and
james Greenwald. larceny; Joseph s.
Lanning, wife desertion; Filoneno
De Pretis and William Stokes, re-
ceiving, and John Kirchgessner, wife
desertion.