The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1914-12-22
ALEXANDER
CONVICTED
PariS Banker Convicted and
Sentenced to Penitentiary
at Special Term.
SAYS NOT NOR
ALLY GUILTY."
Nov Occupying A Cell In
The Bourbon County
Jail.

u,
lu- still defiant and proclaiming his
innocence, Geo. Alexander. the Presi-
dent and wrecker Of the bank which
bears his name, is to-day behind the
bars of the Bourbon county pail,
Convicted felOn. 1t was generally be-
ieved by the public that something
il the nature OF surprise would be
sprung in the case when Mr. Alexan-
der appeared yesterday morning to
plead to the eleven indictments upon
which the prosecution had elected
TO try him Consequently the court
ro3m was crowded when both prose
cution and defense announced they
were ready for trial.
Tast four minutes were consumed in
obtaining jury, and after Prosecuting
Attorney Victor Bradley had read sew
en- of the indictments to the jury he
announced that the defense wished to
enter a plea of guilty to each, which
had been accepted by the prosecution.
The first of the seven indictments
charged Mr.. Alexander with unlawful
" and feloniously altering and erasing
a book owned by the bank by erasing
an item of $4,000 from the debit side
Of his account and placing it to his
credit. The other six indictments
charged him with placing dead notes
in each instance and placing them
among the assets of the bank, placing
the amount of each note to his indi-
vidual credit To all of these Mr.. Al
exander entered plea OF guilty, after
z. general demurrer to each isdictment
had been overruled by the court, who
also overruled a motion for arrest OF
Judgment in each case. Upon peremp-
to-- instructions from the Court the
Jury rendered a verdict of guilty in
each of the seven cases.
n pronouncing sentence the Court
said:
George Alexander, you were in
dicted BY the Grand Jury of the Bour-
bon Circuit Court, at the -June term
1874. charged with unlawfully and
felc,niously altering and erasing a
hook owned by a bank with the lnten
ton of cheating and defraudlng SAID
bank. To this charge you entered a
plea of mot guilty" and afterwards
withdrew that plea and entered plea
Q. guilty" whereupon came a jury
and found you guilty of the indictment
Have YOU any legal cause or eX
.cllse TO offer or TO show why sentence
should not be pronounced agalns'
you?"
Mr. Alexander replied: oul
Honor. in the opinion of the Court,
nav have been guilty, but / have ney
er believed ] was morally guilty
believed | was good for all l did.
The Court then continued:
The excuse you offer going int
the morals of the crime is rot lega
one. The crime is illegally commit
red. and the explanation and excus'
Won offer is not a legal one, although
II NAV be. and undoubtedly is, on
which would acauit you in the forum
q. vour opinion asd that is grea
satisfaction. | have no doubt, tn
--latest satisfaction you have unde
these circumstances. 1t is my duC
nnder the law to sentence you for al
irdeterminate period OF not less tnal
two nor more. than ten years III III
Denitentiary. under Indictment numpe
527.
The other six indictments Deln
numbers SIG, 519, 81, $40 ana 4't
charge you with empeZZleiien
Have you any legal cause or eHcus
to show why judgment OF the coui
should not be pronounced against w
under these indictments?
Nothing more than have alread
said" replied Mr. Alexander.
Then it is the order of the Coul
that YOU be taken to the penltentlat
and there confined for an indetermn
ate period of not less than one yes
and not more than ten years. Fac
term to begin at the expiration Oh III
former term. 4.
The prisoner was then placed !
The custody of Jailer Jos. Farris.
.9npany with his wife, daughters an
eiatives, they entered waiting au9
,nobile and were driven to the Jal
y. alexander will occupy a cell In tn
roper portion of the Jail, which ne WI y,
ave comfortably furnished, ana u
meals will be sent to him by reiatlve
The base will be taken on appea,
the Court of Appeals by MI. Ale
aader's attorneys.
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