The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-31
JUDGES SEEK NEW
DRASTICLAWS TO
DISCOURAGE CRIME
Longer Terms for Gunmen,
Burglars, Holdups and
Bank Robbers.
WANT LIFE AS LIMIT
Jewelry Store Thief Gets
Sentenced and Policeman
Is Praised by Court.
FIGHT REVEALS CRIMES
Another Bank Raid Charged
to Men Caught in Taxi in
Broadway Tuesday.
WANT LIFE AS LIMIT
FIGHT REVEALS CRIMES

The Judges of General Sessions an
nounced yesterday that they will ask
the Legislature to pass eleven amend
ments to the penal code which will
extend the term of sentences in cases
of murder. robbery, burglary and as
sault The Judges said the present
sentences are entirely inadequate for
these crimes since the sentences now
are shortened considerably by statute
if the convicts' behavior warrants 1t.
Second degree murder now is punish
able by from twenty years to life. The
Judges are going to ask that the mini
mum sentence be eliminated, making
the punishment life imprisonment
For first degree robbery, now not more
than twenty years imprisonment 1t
is proposed to make life the limit
For second degree robbery the Judges
will ask that maximum OF twenty-five
years be set II is fifteen years at pres
emit The sentence for third degree rob-
berry now Is ten years and the Legis-
;ature will be requested to extend 1t
to fifteen years Burglary in the first
degree will call for life Imprisonment.
The O Their amendments will extend burg
larry in the second degree to twenty-five
years: third degree burglary to fifteen
wears; first degree assault TO twenty
years first degree grand larceny TO
twenty years. and second degree grand
larceny to ten years
Higher Petty Larceny Limit.
The jurists also Will ask the Legs
lature to amend the l."nal code so that
retty larceny will include all thefts up TO
800 instead of $50. This is proposed TO
relieve the pressure on General Sessions.
A bill amending the statute defining
first degree grand larceny viii be intro
duced The change viii be TO make the
property loss more than $4,000. AT
present the courts have to deal with the
thief who stole 100000 in the same
way they handle $500 thief. Second
degree grand larceny will be raised to
| not more than $4,000.
Garland Williams 81, a negro, Of 1858
Seventh avenue, pleaded guilty to first
degree robbery and was sent for from
ten to twenty years TO Sing Sing Prison
by Judge Rosalsky. Williams vent into
the tailor shop OF Harry Kantoquitz,
2499 Seventh avenue. November 1, beat
the tailor on the head and stole fur
overcoat.
Frank Connely, % years old, of S26
1 East Eighty fifth street was sent TO
the penitentiary for an lndeterminatt sem
tence by Judge Rosalsky for hurting
/ stone through the window of the Jewelry
store OF Morris Wartell, Amsterdam
| avenue and 164th street, on June 10.
| Connely and a man named kopp, who
now Is serving fifteen years. stole two
trays of rings valued at $500. Judge
| Rosalsky highly commended Policeman
Patrick J. Loughlin Of the West 1921
street station for Connely's arrest.
Five Accused of burglary.
Five men were arrested on charges OF
burglary after two of them had engaged
in a fist fight in front of 324 Christopher
avenue. Brooklyn The prisoners de-
scribed themselves as Charles Festler,
20, of 324 Christopher avenue; Isadore
Moskow!tz. 335 Christopher avenue
BENJAMIN Schwartz 361 Christopher
avenue. and Morris Kalb and his father.
Isadore, of Christopher and Dumont
avenues. They were accused of holding
up Hyman Schwartz at 249 Thatford
avenue and of a burglary at the Acme
Embroidery Works, Van Slnderin and
Belmont avenues. Brooklyn. All five
we're held in s2l5. 900 bail each In the
New Jersey avenue court.
The police OF Lancaster, Pa, have be-
come interested in the arrest here Tues
day or Jerome g. Chaffee and Harry
Bitzburger in connection with the rob-
berry OF the First National Bank at Mill
town. N. J. Two men. following closely
the description of Chaffee and Bitz-
burger. robbed the Bank OF Landisville,
in Landisville. Pa, on November 16. and
got away with cash and securities to the
value OF $4,000. A Lancaster detective
is on his way TO have a look at the two
men.
Btzburger's real name, according to
the Lancaster pblice, is Lloyd Henry
Bitz. He lived up TO two years ago in
Lancaster with his mother and the the
latter then moved to Pittsburg
Another batch of motorcycles equipped
with sidecars was delivered TO the Police
Department yesterday.