Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-12-17
SEVEN MEN SENT
TOSTATE PRISON
BY TWO JUDGES
Many Must Pay Penalty for Va
rIous offenses Against
the State.

Seven men were sentenced TO State
prison by Judges Harry v. Osborne
and William P. Martin in the Court of
Special Sessions, Parts 1 and II. to-
day. All were for burglary, larceny
and: carrying concealed weapons. and
all admitted their guilt.
Two of the men sentenced by Judge
Osborne broke open q slot machine
and stole thirty-twofcen They got
terms OF not less than two nor more
than three years each because of pre-
|vious bad records -Four OF the men
were sentenced by Judge Osborne and
three by Judge Martin.
brooklyn Man Fares Worst
OF those sentenced by Judge Os-
borne, Johan sKamblis, alias Smith,
twenty seven years old. of Brooklyn,
Jared the worse. He got not less than
three nor more than seven years for
carrying gun and having burglar
tools in his possession. He. was ar
rested on Frelinghuysen avenue No
vember 3.
The two men who broke open the
slot machines were Charles Engea,
twenty-five. alias Ragtime Charlie.
and Charles Stauss, thirty-three, of
106 Badger avenue. Both had served
time before. George c. Roberts, no
home, who was arrested in BIillburn
on complaint Of William Fellows
Morgan for soliciting money for the
Volunteers of America without au-
thorization, was sentenced to serve
not less than two nor more than three
years. The charge was obtaining un-
der false pretenses. He worked the
game before.
Those sent to State prison by Judge
Martin were: Antonio Scoca twenty
two years old. OF 1s9 Forrest street.
Montclair for attempted murder,
burglary, larceny and carrying con-
cealed weapons on two occasions; An
tonic Sole, twenty-seven years old. of
96 High street, for carrying a loaded
revolver, and John Fleming. twenty
eight, Of Paterson, for entering and
petty larceny.
Member of Burglar Gang.
Scocoa was member of gang of
burglars, according to his own ad-
mission to the police. and tried to
shoot Patrolman Mechler, of Mont
clair, when that officer chased the
gang. On the charge of attempting
to murder the policeman he got not
less than three nor more than twelve
years. On the two concealed
weapon indictments he got terms of
two to three years and on another
charge of robbing q roommate in q
house in this city of $500 two years
ago he was given three to seven
years. All the terms will run con-
currently so that, in effect, his sem
farco xsyiJI he fl1a bjoheaf- ona tlrae
to twelve years.
Sole was arrested on October Is,
when he had loaded revolver in his
Possession. He was only released
from States prison after serving four
years last October His resentence to
that institution was for not less than
one nor more than three years, bat
he will also have to serve the re-
nainder of the maximum term i'm
posed on him in 1911. thirteen years.
Fleming is an old offender. having
served time in New York, New Jer-
sey, Pennsylvania aud Ohio for burg
larry In the last eight years. He was
given one to three years. and will
have to serve in addition four and
one-half years of a previous term,
which he got out of by good behavior.
FIe was caught robbing a house on
Seymour avenue, and had some small
articles and a few dollars in cash in
his possession.
Biosi Albano, twenty-three, OF S85
Tyler street, and Gero Siano, twenty
five, of is Malvern street, both OF
whom pleaded non vult to an assault
and battery and robbery upon wom-
an in Montciair, in which Scoeoa was
implicated. were sent to the reforma-
ttory, They obtained only SO cents and
a piece Of garlic as their booty in this
robbery. The police chased themsand
revolver duel took place between
Scocoa and the policemen.
of seventeen law violators to face
Judge Harry v. Osborne for sentence
yesterday all but four were under
twenty y-eight years of age. Nine OF
the seventeen offenders were placed
on probation, the others were sent to
1.-THE reformatory, penitentiary and
States prison.
The oldest men to face the court for
sentence were George #. Grantzow
land Herman de Nalliere, the latter OF
Plainfieid. Grantzow's age was given
as forty and de Valliere as forty-two'
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