The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1919-12-04
JUDGE WILSON=
PAROLES YOUTHS
COMMITTEES EEP0RT Is ACQPID
Boys Pledge to AlS,a.H irtn Lq1o,, 10
Nogk Hard AID Il mtaise
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~ tptluG kte recon mcUUtt 0rS CT
an advisory ,omm,tee wnich ht ar
p nted last week, Cig,u.t Judge VII.
son Tuesday paroisi Albeit Mcienrv
and Peter @. Alexander aged % anu Il
respectively, VINO plea al guilty to a
cnarge IT stealing vVetul hu,dred noi-
lars worth Of farm tools fium the L g
Sue farm OF r. p, Friday and A. !.
Williams
Under the existing statutes Judge
Wilson had to pronounce sentence f
10 years. But the laW provides. as
Judge " lson pointed out, that the ser-
tence IN ELECT woIii be FIR et IL =
year or a fourth oi the sentence im-
posed from the bench, as an automatic
parole issues after the LAPSE Of such
period provided the prisoners conduct
has been good.
The cases. because Of the prominence
of the boys parents. McHenrg's Of
Corvallis and AleXauder'S of Forest
Grove. and the innovation on the part
OF Judge Wilson IN calling on ald from
a committee OF citizens, has created a
widespread attention. Precedent TO the
pan ole taking effect the youpg men
had to sign a pledge agreeing 10 the
following terms imposed by the c3uit:
They both agree to " tain from tie
use of alcoholic liquors for the full
term Of the parole, set az 10 years un-
les. future release Is gwen by court
order. They mus not loIter a.ouud
pool halls or similar resorts. The youag
me1 must return to their respective
homes aud remain under control Of
their parents. The boys must rot
leave their communities permanently
without an order from the court If
they leave temporarily they must have
written consent of their fathers, and
the requests must he filed with the
court. For the FIRST six months OF the
parole the young men must write ev ry
two weeks to Judge Wilson, reporting
their employment. earnings ald saw
lngs. 1t is required that both imne ti-
ately get respectable work. After .he
slX months IS up the boys mu wr,te
monthly to the presliing Judge OF the
circuit court here. The boys are re-
CURED to pay by monthly instalmeats
the cost the county ha, been put t. in
their ar est and conviction. The O ch-
ardlst- frnm whom the tools wee stolen
will hkeWi,e be reimbursed for any
expense IN connection with their appre-
hension by monthly payments.
Inc committee composed ~ W II.
bGddN, Truman Batle' and Mrs. a u.
Lewis, pieiated It's report by tbe dec
laration that the Investigation had been
exhaustive The boys, their pareats,
thelr attorneys, reiat yes and employers
Were lntefVle vel ne q my reeoi@ q
IN young me- was 6 ne INTO.
The committee made eipht fad pps
as follows: That all evidence p4iats
to the charge "a a first off s1se, n II her
Alexander nor Nj nry can he Ga ed
IS transient. susmc.ous tuat Alexarier
had committed other local chaYggs ere
investigated ana fou d lr9u de, a
check of stories tu.i hV the hovs
| showed them true. botb boys are SIGH
school graduates, iHiicMing some G ar
actef, that court should cons der nat
mobilization If the army threw volng
men into environments utterly foreign
to them and the Willingness of prom
inent citizens III lie re.ueetive CON.
munites Of the boys to receive them
back impres ed the committee. The
committee suggested tie following:
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o' .'io ~ H., o? s'I"tt eNeiy 'wo
t. "4on' ~ ',io - .. ga ll'o','"9 l"r'e
al eel M d nun U'''ii ''e t'le Vi
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49, ,'I',',S' i.'"i' - ieaHg ms
tomili'u,ntk ~ tny eA'rIII'Cu io' ss' u
cou,t
"An estimate is to be made of the
cost to Hood River c,untv of their ar.
ret and detention together win the
eynense incurred bv M William. or
Mr. Friday in their detertion and tba
vonnp men TO nav the definite sum do.
cided unon Inv The conrt earh n,nnth
from their own earning. until fnll ras.
titntion has heen made i"
The committee declared that Il ,uas
the feeling of the mamhars that soriatv
\ would he moro greatly haneGted hv tba
narole of the hoys than nv tbe noeeibiI.
itv Of their uttey min from ;nrarcera-
tion in the penitentiarv The renort
continued.
"We svmnatbiza with tho court in
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