The New York herald., 1922-04-18
Six Murder Charges Among
Those Acted On on First
Day i'm Banton's Drive.
TARRANT GETS 10 YEARS
Dry Guard Denounced for Kill
ing War Hcro-Two Confess
to Theater Robbery.

TIE first day of District Attorney
Banton's speeding up Of criminal
court actions ended yesterday with
seventeen cases being disposed OF. six
of them homicides, in which two de-
PENDANTS pleaded guilty and were SEN
fenced to prison and four pleaded
guilty and We're remanded to await
sentence.
Two prisoners pleaded guilty to the
$4,000 Capitol Theater robbery of last
December. another man was given
eighteen years for robbery, mer-
chant who pleaded guilty TO receiving
stolen goods was sentenced to the
penitentiary and fined. man pleaded
guilty to robbery, another to burglary
and four to unlawful entry.
When the criminal courts were con-
vened there were 270 cases on the trial
calendars and of this number about 100
were crimes of violence. There were
eight parts functioning to cope with
the large number OF cases. six of the
Court of General Sessions and two OF
the Criminal Branch of the Supreme
Court. To-day two recently created
parts of General Sessions will be con-
vened and another part of the Supreme
Court opened.
One of the first cases to be disposed
of was that of Peter Tarrant, 26, a
customs guard. of 11o5 Park avenue.
who was sentenced to ten to twenty
years in States prison for killing
Thomas Kenny in his saloon at 1882
Second avenue on January 2. The jury
returned verdict of first degree man.
slaughter. Judge Mcintyre said:
During the trial nothing was said
about the extraordinary war record OF
the deceased, that he had captured. sin
gle handed. seventeen German machine
gunners. The fact that the defendant
no difference. Kenny was the father OF
several small children. / am going to
give Tarrant all the law permits"
The four men who pleaded guilty to
first degree manslaughter before Judge
Mcintyre In General Sessions are Morris
A. Sheehy. former supply sergeant OF
the i04th Field Artillery; Clement Will
Jams. a negro; Thomas Gilmartin and
Domenico Galati. All had been indicted
for murder in the first degree.
Peter La Guardia of Hoboken and
Frank Penchot of $50 East Seventy
fourth street were indicted by the Grand
Jury for first degrae murder and were
arraigned berore Justice Finch in the
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They are charged with the killing of
Herman Pollock in a candy store at 432
East Seventy-sixth street two weeks
ago.
Williams. who lives at 1876 West 134th
street. was sentenced to nine to twenty
years In States prison. while the three
others who pleaded guilty before Judge
Mcintyre were rcmanded to the Tombs
for sentencing Thursday. ON March
In Fourteenth street five and ten
cent store Williams shot and killed
Robert Penn OF 16f West 133d street
The killing resulted from a quarrel be-
tween the two. both employees of the
store. over which one should deliver a
package.
Sheohy In a drunken brawl on Febru-
airy IA in the reglmental armory. Sixty
eighth street and Broadway, shot and
killed Walter Valance OF 134 West
Sixty-seventh street. rcglmental SER
geant-major. Gilmartin admitted killing
Charles dc Wolf. waiter IN a restaurant
at 1859 Third avenue. on January 81.
when che waiter refused To let him in
wien drunk. Galati shot and killed his
employer. Vito Marchione. grocer OF
100 chrystie street, IN a quarrel over
quantity OF spilled sugar.
Supreme Court Justice Charles Brown
yesterday sentenced George Anderson
81, Of 1901 Simpson street, Tao Bronx.
10 serve from one TO two year: IN Sing
Sing for wiretapping. He took notes
from wires leading TO the offices Of Ed
ward r. Morse. Jr., of so Broad street.
Morse said that prior to Anderson listen
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