Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-05-02
SENTENCES PASSED
in FEDERAL court
Hum Collins and Louisville Boys
Get Two Years IN Atlanta
Other Penalties

OlIleI LOUISVILLE HIGH, COlNlClSN
in federal court here of partici,
pating in the robbery of the D. L
Moore distillery in Mercer coun-
I ty on the night of March 10th
last, were sentenced to serve two
years in the Atlanta penitentiary
by Judge A. NJ. ]. Cochran Tues
day morning. The four men who
received the same penalty as Col
lins were Henry McCutcheon
colored, Victor J. Norton, S. l.
Brashear and J. r. Brashear
Two Lawrenceburg boys, caught
in the prohibition officers drag
net, John w. Boggess and John
B. Gordon, were let off lighter by
the judge after earnest pleas by
a delegation of leading men and
women from the Anderson coun-
ty capital. Judge Cochran indi-
Gated he might also reduce these
sentences. He gave Boggess one
year and Gordon six months in
the Madison county jail.
Judge Cochran passed sentence
on all who had been convicted at
last weeks term of federal court
here and who had not accepted
sentence sooner. Others who
were sentenced at this time and
their penalties we're: Owen Wal
ker, colored, of Richmond, on
plea of guilty for selling liquor,
six months in, Madison county
jail; Mrs. Spicie Gentry, Rich
mond, selling liquor, six months
in jail here; Allen Azbill, Rich
mond, transporting and possess
ing liquor; one year and a day III
the Atlanta penitentiary; Pat
Crews, Richmond, same charge,
three months in jail here. The
charge against Ada Wilson, Win
chester negress, caught here with
four Winchester negroes with a
car full of liquor on the street
some months ago by police, was
nolled by District Attorney
Smith, as she received a stiff pen
atty in circuit court.
Attorney Glenn Higgins, of
Louisville, filed motions and
grounds for new trial for Col
lins and McCutcheon. Judge Coch
ran overruled the motion. and ap-
peal was granted to L. S. Cir
cult Court of Appeals at Cincin-
natl. Their bonds of $500 were
continued in force pending this
appeal. District Attorney Smith
fled motion for forfeiture of the
truck owned by Boggess and the
two Mills trucks used in trans
porting the whisky away from
the d. L. Moore distillery.
When Owen Walker was called
before the Judge and asked if he
had anything to say, he told the
judge he had been confined in
jail here for almost a year on
conviction in the lower court. He
said he had quit the business and
Judge Cochran seemed about to
go easy" on him when the dis
trict attorney after consulting
with Z. S. Commissioner Bennett
told the Judge that he didn't be-
lieve Walker would quit; that he
perhaps thought he would, but he
didn't believe it. Judge Coch-
ran then gave Walker the six
months sentence, and warned
him he'd send him to the penitcn
tiary next time, and could send
him as long as five years on the
charge. Judge Cochran also
warned Mrs. Gentry that she'd
go to the penitentiary if convict
ed again on this charge in his
court. In order that she might
help her daughter with her bal,
Judge Cochran allowed Mrs. Gen
try to being her sentence on June
1st instead of Immediately.
When he sentenced the prison
ers in the Moore disti1lery case,
Victor Norton told the Judge
that Gordon had told the truth
about being compelled to go with
the men on the truck Of whisky.
He said also that the Brashear
boys were not present either, and
he felt in justice to them he
should say so. He also declared
that Collins was not present a.
the time nor had he conspired
with anyone about the distillery
raid. Norton further declared
that he had hired his own attor-
ney and no one else had anything
to do with it.
The Lawrenceburg delegation
which made the plea for Boggess
and Gordon to the judge was
composed of ]. w. Gaines banker
State Senator H. V. Bell, R. H.
Lillard, L. H. Carter, Squire Cor
don, Holmes Gordon, Cal P. Sny-
der, DIR. c. w. Kavanaugh Mrs.
w. T. Bond, Mrs. r. H. Lillard.
XFs. Belle Walker, and Mrs.