Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-02-13

Harry II. Rosenberg, proprietor OF the
Star Shoe store at % Church street, was
placed on trial Monday in the special
session of county court on charge Of
receiving stolen property. Rosenberg 5
case is the second to be reached among
those on the docket in which several
other Burlington dealers are involved
The respondent is represented by V. \
Billiard and NJ. q. Leary. and states At
torney r. T.. Hopkins Is conducting tn
prosecution. assisted by II. i. Shaw
Rosenberg is charged in the information
with having received IS pairs Of Bass
shoes from car burglars and to have
known at the time he received them that
they were stolen goods. The shoes were
stolen from car in the Rutland railroad
yards by George Hooper. now dead Jonas
+. Howe and Frank NJ. PORTER. The re-
soondent claims in defense that he bought
the shoes of Hooper in good faith, the
latter having claimed that the goods he
longed to his brother in PlattsburSh who
wished to dispose Of them
The Rosenberg case began about
three O'Clock. The drawing of the
jury required about one and onc-half
hours and the first witness was called
to the stand at $50 o'clock. sixteen
talesmau had been summoned but all
Of these we're not needed and some
were excused Tho remaining jurors
on the regular list were excluded from
the courtroom while the case is In
progress.
The first witness called by the state
was f. j Rolin. a freight conductor
on the Rutland railroad. who testitie |
concerning the time of arrival and
departure of his train at Burlington
on certain night last summer The
testimony of this witness had to do
for the most part with the record book
ing trains, etc
SENTENCES FOR DELARGE AND
MCGOWAN.
When court convened at two
O'Clock states Attorney Hopkins
moved for sentence in the case of Eu-
gene Delarge. convicted OF robhing
Joseph Gero of $3.50 The court sem
fenced DelarGe to serve not less than
five nor more than eight years at hard
labor in Windsor.
Willard MCGOWAN, one of the men
glaries carried on by Poirier and
Hooper was the next one up for SEN
tence. MCGOWAN had plea led guilty
to car burglary and was a witness in
the Alpert case. In the latter case 1t
developed that MCGOWAN was intoXi-
Gated most of the time that the bur.
glaries were being committed and did
not have much to do with them. Mr.
Hopkins explained that while there
were two informations against Nc
/ Gowan, he was satisfied that the pris-
! oner was not the primary mover ir
the robbing expeditions He recon-
mended a sentence of not less than
! four years on the two informatiOns
sherman Il. Moulton. who had been
assigned to represent McGowan, stated
! to the court that he thought mellow
an was a tool in the hands of other
men ana an unfortunate fellow who
had fallen into bad company. SEN
tencc of not less than three years noi
more than six years in Windsor was
| imposed on MCGOWAN. The difference
between the maximum and the mini
mum sentences in both cases is ex-
planned by the fact that good behavior
on the part OF the prisoner reduces
the sentence. while behavior that is
not mp to standard makes it necessary
for the prisoner to serve a longer time