Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-01-28

F1shman to Appeal.
Attorney Ben Greenburx. who an.
peared in behalf of Fishman, an
nounced that an appeal will be taken
TO the supreme court. It is expected
that he will make a motion for a new
trial. and in the event that is denied
Will ask the court for a certificate of
probable error upon which to base an
appeal. Judge EnElert. then, will FIX
Donos, the $1,000 bond furnished at
valid under the circumstances.
Sher1n &. c. Stewart immediately
took all the prisoners to the county
JAIL. where they ate their noon lunch
The sheriff this afternoon will notify
the warden of the state penitentiary
tnat there are several prisoners here
awaiting TRANSPORTATION to the state
prison A Transportation officer will
BE- dispached to Grand Forks to take
them to Bismarck
--. Court Room Crowded.
The court room was crowded long
DeIore the hour fixed for imposing
sentences. Every available seat was
occu upled' and the space along the
walls and far out into the corridors
was packed. Even the space between
tne witness box and the door at the
end of the jury box was crowded.
Inc work of passing Judgment took
an hour and five minutes During that
tlme. the spectators listened intentiy
were no scenes. no murmurinra moth
ing that would give an alert court
room crowd a thrill When Clifford
Wenz was sentenced to five years.
there was slight wave of s,,rnrise
tnat moved over part of the crowd.
put that was all. Crowded about the
aoor leading from the court room to
sentence for violation of the jiown1.
Jaw. AS they heard the judge commit
young Wentz to the state nriaon fc,.
nve years, they looked at each n+hcr
and whispered a word or two to each
otner. put that was all. Wentz. With
smile still upon his face, was led
out tnrousn them. and soon it came
were six of them. and they stood IN a
single line before the court. They
were Visibly moved, as though or.
pecdng the worst.
All Wanted Oemerw
Their names were called an. ~
one. and they were informed that the
hour set for passing Judgment had
come. Each was asked the usual ana
formal question: Have YOU any
lesai reason now why sentence should
not oe lmposed?' ~ With one excep-
eion. each. either personally or
tnroueh counsel. replied that he had
ency. Jess Hilsabeck. who, the court
pointed out, is generally considered
the goat in the case" was the only
one who had nothing to say.
Pleas Arc Unheoded.
Ona hy
The court had listened patiently "a ali
the pleas for clemency, but il soon
was evident that he had made IN
MS mind that the time had come to
cease trif1inE with the prohibition
laws.
One by one. the prisoners were led
INTO the ante-room. there to await the
taken to Jail Only once was there
any display of emotion in the court
room: that was when. the mother and
a relative Of Edwin jackson heard
the court sentence him to one year at
hard labor in the state prison. The
court. in passing sentence. told Jack
son that the innocent must suffer. and
as the young man was led away the
mother broke down and cried.
Ffshman tho Last.
Soon, William Ffshman was the on
" prisoner left before the bar AZ
States Attorney Elton stepped before
the bench. the spectators leaned for
ward intently to hear his remarks, for
there was exceptional interest in
case. His attorney had put
up q hard night for him and a num-
Der OF prominent citizens had petit
toned the court for q suspended sen-
tence. Mr.. Elton protested against
granting the petition. but recommend
ed that only a iail sentence be inn
posed He thought that small tail