The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-10-23
BETTER T0TELL
truth IN court
WILLIAMS SHOWS
Judge Extends Mercy to the
Victim, Advising Him to
Endeavor to Regain
His Health.

1t takes nerve sometimes to do if.
nut 1t is always best to tell the truth.
You will get along better if you do"
so spoke Judge Robert l.. Williams in
United States district court this morn
ing, before pronouncing sentence upon
man for violating the whisky laws.
ihe record of past performance
shows it TO he better for an accused
nlnn to deal squarely with the court.
and tell the whole cuth, no matter
what the conditions are, as /: has n
powerful effect on reducing fines. Jail.
and penitcntiary sentences in the end
Cost Him Extra
ii cost one man just fifty dollars
extra for having slight lapse of mem
ory in court this morning. when asked
about his connection with Il whisky
affair. The court told him after hear.
ing part of his story that he had about
made up his mind to assess fine of
fifty dollars, but after the man got
tangled up in his statement and the
truth was revealed in its true colors,
the court informed him that ii was
going to cost him just that much extra
1t was at this point that the court
} delivered the opening paragraph Of this
item, and he concluded with few
scathing remarks about untruthfuness
in general.
Sentence Held Up
IN the case Of the United States VS.
Roy Carter, who was convicted by
jury last week for violating the Har-
rison narcotic act, the court read
communication from a physician, con.
tanning "A report on the physical condi
ton of the accused, and inasmuch as
a similar defendant was given an op-
portunity of seeking another climate i'm
order to regain his health, Carter was
given the same chance. The court in
structed his attorney that he would
hold the case over him for one year;
for him 10 go to the southwest and see
if he could regain his health.
Drug addjcts have a friend in Judge
Williams. He lectured the district at
torney this morning who was making
strenuous fight for the fulfllment or
the jury's verdict in the Carter case,
and said hat he felt hat he was in a
measure responsible for the life OF
these men who were hopeless addicts,
and tubercular sufferers as well, say
ing that il he sentenced them to the
benitentiary at Leavenworth. he might
as well pronounce "A death sentence mp.
on them and have it done with.
Exercises Mercy
Lots of good men go this dope
route" said the court, "and should We
not exercise little mercy in dealing
with them? ! think So and am going
TO give them another chance for their
life.
"Of course, they may double-cross
me. but II they do / have the power to
put them in the penitentiary and ! will
do So" he said. ''There is one thing
certain, they will not find as many
people to peddle dope to out in Arizona,
New Mexico or southwest Texas, az
they find here, and If they ever come
back they win have me to deal with,
he concluded.
In the Carter case, his attorneys
were instructed that monthly report
must be made to Judge Williams as to
his conduct and the state OF his health.
This the attorneys for defendant agreed
to.
This morning Paul Holley of Ada was
fined 500 for violating the national
prohibition laws; Doc Walker for the
same offense, $50 Tom Hargreaves,
$50. Lee King. s25, with a suspended
sentence of S25 hanging over him pend
ing good behavior; Emmett Hendrix
and Howard Long, 500 each