The Alaska citizen., 1916-03-13
SENTENCES OF IMPRISONMENT
 ARE IMP POSED
SATURDAY WAS SENTENCE DAY JUDGE SENTENCED FOUR
 TO IMPRISONMENT


 of court Saturday morning And the greater part of the morning seq sion was given over to the passing of sentences and further remarks by the judge and to the remarks of the attorneys in the various cases in relation to the crimes of which their clients had pleaded guilty or had been convicted. In every case a sentence of imprison- ment was imposed.
 The first man called to his feet by Judge Bunnell was "Cheechaco John," a native who had previously pleaded guilty to rape, the crime having been committed at Ruby last summer. He was given 10 years at McNeil's island In passing sen tence the court stated that he was taking the circumstances and facts of the case into consideration, but that strict sentences were neces- sary in order that the Indians of the Yukon valley should he made to realize the enormity of the crime of rape. He further said that he wished that number of the natives were present in order that they might see the result of the commis- sion of crime The Indian left the court room crying.
 Charles B. kincaid, indicted by the grand jury for assault with in tent to kill, but convicted by tho jury which sat on his case of the crime of assault with a dangerous l weapon, was next sentenced. Asked by the court if he had anything to say as to why sentence should not be passed upon him, Kincail said that he wished that the court would take into consideration the fact that he had been in jail fer nearly a year Cecil H. Clegg, his attorney, repeated his remarks, add ing that he hoped that the court would take into consideration the iapparent weak mindedness of the defendant. The judge then sen fenced him to two years, stating at the time that he was taking all of the facts, as produced at the trial, into consideration, and those pre- sented by the defendant and his attorney. together with the recom- mendation for judicial clemency pre- scented by the jury when the yer dict of guilty was returned against kincaid.
 Harry M Badger who pleaded guilty to the three counts con aimed in the indictment returned against him by the grand jury, charging assault on the person of a ten-year-old girl was given an a" eregate sentence of six months in the federal jail and a fine Of $75o On the first count the court i'm posed fine of s25O; the second, a fine of $500, and the third, a jail sentence of six months. When he imposed the fines the court also stated that In the event that they were not paid, the defendant shoul serve them out in jail at the rate # $2 per day.
 eloquent appeal for judicial elem ency for his client before Badger was sentenced. He said, in part, that he did not consider the defen- dant a criminal in the sense in which the word is generally consid- cred, and, going further, he quoted tbat men who commit such crimes are diseased and that some day science will find a cure for them The cure, he said, does not rest in long prison sentences. District At, torney Roth then stated that lie agreed with the remarks of the counsel for the defendant. He further stated that in his opinion the defendant had been punished more on account of his former po sition as an esteemed resident of this community, by the fact that the indictment had been returned against him. than could be possible under any prison sentence which could be administered Badger him self formed an inaudible mo" with his lips when asked by the court if he had anything to say.
 In passing sentence, Judge Bun. nell stated that when he first came to Fairbanks. he carried letter of introduction to MT. Badger, and that he had always heard of him a" an upright citizen of the communi- ty, excepting once, and that was when an anonymous communication had been addressed 10 him concern ing the defendant He further sat ei that he had heard tbat the de fendant had always borne a ], cd reputation in the community in business way and that several prominent business people of the town had approached him In Bad gers behalf since the plea of guilty was entered. Bagder has already was entered Badger has already commenced serving his sentence