The Mena weekly star., 1913-05-08
TWOSENTENCEDTO
 PEN FOR PERJURY
|. R Lyman and Harye Riding Con- xieted on Confession That They Had sworn Falsely in Gambling
 CaSe-0ther Court News.

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 E. R. Lyman and Harve Riding were Saturday given a sentence of year iu the penitentiary for per jury both pleading guilty to the charge before Judge Bowling that morning. Both men are well known citizens of Nena. Riding is the proprietor of the Postofiice Cafe and Lyman has been engaged in the saloon business since the first of Ahe year.
 The circumstances under which ihe men were indicted are as fol- lows.
 Dr. r. A. Lee. Dr. J. R. Davis, Ed Lyman and Harve Riding were charged with gambling and were called before the grand jury to tes- sify. Lyman and Riding denied that they were gambling. Later Dr. E. 4. Lee was called and told the whole story to the jury, stating that a poker game had been played by the four men.
 The grand jury again called Rid ling back to correct his statement, but in the meantime Dr. r. 4. Lee met Riding and told him that he Lee had stood pat and not to shau-t h-s statement.
 Both men were given the mini mum sentence lf one year ID the peuitentary. The statute under which they were indicted imposes q penalty 1f from one to fifteen years.
 Before pron9uncinE the sentence apou the prisoners, Judge COWlng asked Nr. Lyman whether he had anything .1 say as 10 why sentence should not be passed. Nr. Lyman said. yes. 1t is unjust. Mir. Riding. 9heu asked the same question: stated that he had nothing 10 say.
 Judge Bowling then pronounced khe sentences upon the two men. and stated in substance as follows: {:
 T do not know of a heavier cross s1r me to bear than 10 tear you Hen away from your families and send you to prison l am an of- 1cer 0f The law, and under my oath Lu dO my duty while holding this official position. ani no matter Aov my feeling and sympathy eX- lends t1 you in this unfortunate matter, l am compelled to carry the laW into effect.
 You men are rather the victims of circumstances and environment. more than anything else. You have been influenced by your surround ings. and had you been under bet ter moral influences would never have been tempted. or. if tempted. would have resisted such intlu- snceS. The prosecuting attorney nor none of the officers or jurors have any malice towards you. but are only doing what their oath re- 4uiFes. Now. I want you men to some back to your friends, who will do al. that they can to help you after your term is ended. This is I severe lesson, and hard to bear, but We must have our laws for the protection of society, and perjury attacks the very foundation of our courts of law and justice, and if the statute is not enforced we may as well do away with all courts and laws governing society"
 After Riding was sentenced he asked privilege to make a statement % the court, the gist of which is as follows:
 T had been talked into the no- lion of going before the grand jury and saying that we had been play ng a game of pitch. and did that when I was first called before the Tury. Afterwards I saw Dr. Lee and told him I had done the wrong lining. and that we both should go up and tell the truth and settle filings up the best we could. The following afternoon. After returning from a trip to the country. Dr. Lee was called, and at that time evi- dentIy told the whole story cor FectIE After he had left the jury room I was called back again and started up there with the intention sf telling all I knew about the mat Ger. I met Dr. Lee in front of Badt's store and asked him what