Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-01-28
VENT GIVEN '
FIVE YEARS ON A
CHARGE OF BURGLARY
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sentence would have a salutary effect
upon the prisoner.
The court. then turned to Fishman.
and in a very few. but very caustic
remarks imposed the maximum pen-
atty for bootlegging. There was an
other wave of surprise over the audi
ence. but that vas all.
Fishman was led into the ante
room. where the other prisoners were
waiting. In a few minutes they were
all in the county jail.
Court Speaks I Prisoners.
In p%ronouncing judgment. Judge
Englert spoke at length to the various
prisoners. Clifford Wentz, who was
convicted by a jury Of burglary in the
third degree, and Ed Patnaud and Ed
Lemieux. who pleaded guilty ,tosburg-
larry in the third degree and forgery
called before the bench first.
Attorney u F. T. O'Connor asked for
suspended sentence in the case Of Ed
Lemieux. The states attorney asked
for similar action In the case of Pat
maud, but the court imposed training
school sentences, declaring that it at
tached no stigma to their names, but
gave I1cIl1 Gil OpPOkS OllAIy w AC"AA 90
trade. enjoy themselves in splendid
forms of recreation and become useful
citizens. ,.4
i Wcntz Sentenced. \
Clifford wentz, in answer to the
courts question, replied that he had
no legal reason for not having sen
tence pronounced. The court called
attention to charges pending In other
counties, and told the prisoner that
he had made himself "a danger to
society,"" M
at is the judgment Of this court"
said Judge Englert. that you serve
five years at hard labor In the state
p~enitentiary at Bismarck, commence
ing at noon today"
Liquor Law violators Next.
Judge M. J. Englert then called A.
r. Hilsabeck. Jess Hilsabeck. Edwin
/ jackson. William Ffshman. Dave Hell
! mar and Maynard Claypool before the
bench.
In his remarks to the men. the
court said in part:
ut is unfortunate that able-bodied
young men should come before the
| either been found guilty or have
pleaded guilty to the ofense' of hay
ing bootlegged or sold intoxicating
liquors.
"As 1 look into your faces. I see that
you arc all able-bodied young men.
some of you with a degree of intelli-
| fence that would place you in a class
with business men. But you have
stopped and condescended to q depth
of promiscuous violation of the liquor
laws. AS one counsel has said. 1t Is
not a moral crime: that is. It is not
embodied in what has come down to
US as the Ten Commandments. as !
view it. It carries with 1t. however. a
peculiar moral feature that many OF
the crimes which have come down to
us from time immemorial do not. j
have found that most criminal actions
start with some violation of the liquor
laws, because. first. of the matter OF
dollars and cents connected with the
barter of liquor. It Is easy money
But liquor law violations breeds q
sneaky nature 90 that they must shun
law abiding citizens. They canno
operate in the light of day and open
ly; they seek dark and. as
was brought out in this court. the
toilets in Easements and other hooks
In short. under cover. This creates q
spirit of deception. They grow dis.
honest with themselves. When mar
reaches the point where he is not
honest with himself. when he cannot
operate in the light of day. he IL
growing toward a criminal conduct
along other lines.
Most Of you have been nipped II
the bud. I am glad Of it. Some Of
you have been in the pursuit of Other
crimes and have been persistent II
your conduct Of criminality. 1t Is .
shameful thing.
"Clifrord Wentz. who was before
me a few minutes ago. through coun'
sci the other day admitted that he wal
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violator of the liquor laws, both sta
and national. of the rankest kind. HI
was in at first. no doubt, for the mon
ey, but finally came g. disposition t,
commit other crimes. When once
man commits a crime. he must com
nit other crimes to cover it up. "
all crimes l know of, the crime o
violating the liquor law Is h basi
that leads to the commission of othe
comes the association with bad WON
en-, and finally. other and still othe
crimes.
I'm pronouncing Judgment upo,
you. 1 am going to be governed by tn
way you have conducted yourselve
in the past. 1t is the highest aim 0
this court to mete out exact justice
I have no feeling against n of you
!! I would like it IL l could take eacl
one Oh o 0y the mana ana DlO9 GU
any offense you have committed. But
Of course. I cannot do that; I have
duty to perform. The courts mus
safeguard society. The court mus
perform hat duty coldly and sternlI
no matter how painful it must be. 70,
stand here, all OF you, under diifercn
circumstances. I must do my duty b
each one of o and by society. I hop
I shall not err"
Prisoners Addressed individually.
After addressing the prisoners col
%lectively. Judge Englert addressed
them individually before imposing hi
sentence. Before making his genera
remarks, however. he asked eacl
} prisoner If he had any legal reason
for not having sentence pronounced
! They replied, either personally Q
through counsel.
A.. r. Hilsabeck. the frs prisone
addressed. spoke In his W behalf
He said he had no reason to offer. bu
ne told the court that many misrep
RESERVATIONS about him had bee
made. especially after his trial. H