The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-11-11
Admitted in Court That
They Had Used Other
Peoples Motor Cars
is WERE FINED $50
IN COURT TODAY
Three Others, Being Minors,
Were Put on Parole Pend
ing Good Behavior

Fifteen respondents admitted n1isde.
meanors in the matter Of borrowing
,..41u ...... ID. II t,f,,xa a. I'LL ~
au'os "hei = - 80. m
a. ". Scott ~ city court Inis 1orsl,oon'
and three minors, brought INTO court on
juvenile processes, also acknoWieaeeu
complclty ~ tne practice oi s1at,ne cals
that did not belong 70 tnem. Lach v.
the ID was Hned @ou ana costs anu Pus
on probation, execution q sentences ps-
ing suspended pending good nenav'oI-
Inc tnree Juveniles were put on pa'o,'
and told to report At frequent Intervals
TO Probation Oincer ehaIies Al smi1n
But for the fact that - lacked tno
fervor and intensity "a coniessions Ine
gathering OF borrowers recalled the oid-
time testimonial meetings, Wnen Ioiks
marched forward 70 the mercy seat and
unfoided their stories o. de1ecLion Irom
the straight ana narrow. Inc court
room was crowded, and q was Win
difficulty that the court oincers 1ound
seats enough to accommodate the re-
spondents. Grand Juror William Wish
art represented the state, and the boys
in every instance appeared without
counsel. Replying to the formal fsaes-
tions put by the magistrate, majority
of the boys furnished the information
that their occupation was that Of attend
ing school Two or three pleas OF not
guilty were recalled by as many respon-
dents on their own initiative when II
became evident that their comrades were
bent on making a straightforward state-
nent Of their transgressions.
There were those who intimated that
immunity would be welcome on the
ground that they were virtually inn
pressed as passengers Of the borrowed
cars, that they showed all the anxiety
in the world to leave the autos when
they learned the real state q anans;
but the court was not inclined 70 accept
any introduction Of extenuating citSSin-
stances, and, as i transpired, cuipaDliity
seemed to be pretty evenly dfyided
among the Is youngsters.
Parents and guardians had Their turn
at testifying, and among those who
spoke were Angelo Scampini, Edward
Burke and j. Forbes Mr.. Scamp'ni a.
lowed that the outlook for the borrowers
was rather dark and didn't show much
sympathy for the respondents, although
he thought they had all been taught =
valuable lesson. ar. Burke thougnt
that the arraignments would nave = SAL
utary effect on the respondents ana 70
certain extent his opinion was shared ny
Mr.. Forbes. Grand Juror Nlshart hk-
ened such examples OF outiawry, as ne
described the borrowing Practiee' 70 tne
tactics OF Jesse James ana ms protnefs'
and to the east side thugs who consiscr
wheeled property as their own IN New
York. He did not think that anyone
was anxious to zee the boys Swing JAN
sentences.
In his statement TO the respondents,
Judge Scott gave the boys stern lee
Iure on their future courses, rec5mmend-
"a closer application to studies on the
part of those who had described them
selves as schoolboys and told ts- otherr
10 look for work at once Most OF the
boys gave ~ and IS years as Their ages.
X. ID. Graves, an employe OF the Bennett
suto agency, said that one car which the
bows took had been damaged TO the ex-
tent of 500 and that the Cory car,
.ide-wiped by the Bennett car. woald
probably need an expenditure OF $50 TO