The New York herald., 1922-04-19
NINE CONVICTIONS
EASE CRIME DOCKET
Ten Parts Of Criminal Courts
at Work and Eleventh Is
to Be Added.

New YORK Counfy criminal couttS'
grinding under District Attorney BAN
toms speedy trial. policy, cleaned the
trial calendars OF nine important cases
and many other minor ones yesterday.
-Four homicide defendants pleaded
guilty: a man was convicted of holding
up United States Marshal and as a
second offender may get as high as
forty years for the crime another
highwayman was sentenced to seven
years imprisonment; another defendant
got four to eight years for assault. and
two young men who pleaded guilty to
grand larceny were committed.
Then parts of the criminal courts, In
cluding eight in General Sessions and
two in the Criminal Branch OF the Su-
preme Court, were used. To-day Mr..
Banton expects to have a substitute
Justice assigned TO Part 10 Of the Su-
premc Court. which VIII increase the
number OF parts to eleven.
Negro Accused of Seven HoIduDs.
The outstanding case OF tho day was
that of Samuel Scott. 90. negro. Of II
East 13ist street. who was convicted OF
robbery In tka first degree as second
offcnsr and remanded to the Tombs for
sentencing April IS.
Scott stuck up j. l.. Hoffman. a
deputy marshal, OF II East 10th street
on March 20 in the hallway OF West
l35th street. Hoffman. conducting an
investigation in line with his duties. was
seeking admittance to the house when
Scott pounced on him from the rear.
The attack was SO sudden that Hoffman
was una Bile to use his two revolvers.
Scott and another negro. William
Junior, %, who lived with him. took
from the marshal his pistols and cash
and tewelry totaliuG 5000.
When the jurors, out for three hours,
returned to their box Justice Finch in
the Supreme Court told them that Scott
held up six other men In various parts
OF Harlem. His mother. according TO
James NJ Donohuc. Assistant District
Attorney Is serving twenty years for
the murder OF her husband.
Four Admit Part I'm killings.
Four homicide defendants who pleaded
guilty before Judge Mcintyre in Gem
eral Sessions were Louis Gardello, Ia, of
Q Henry street; Peter Masterson, "a, OF
81 East 130th street; Salvatore de
Aicllo. "a, of 72 Spring street, and Peter
Mercosliano, ~. Of 1864 Eighth avenue.
Gardello admitted 20 second degree
murder In the killing of Demosthenes
Santoureau. in his jewelry store at "a
Madison street. on February 20. He was
sent to States prison for twenty years
TO life.
AIasterson pleaded guilty to man
slaughter in the second degree after a
jury had been selected to try him. He
killed John Clark of 907 Southern
Boulevard. The Bronx, IN fight at a
baseball game last May. He will be
sentenced April 20.
De Aiello was indicted for first degree
- A. I'm .f Fax
rome, 35. a driver, OF 1876 Mott street. on
February &c. The defendant shot Mar
rome In the right knee in "A brawl that
ended a crap game. Marrone's death,
however, occurred when he was on the
operating table at Bellevue Hospital, so
that a plea of firstS degree assault was
accepted. De Aicllo will be sentenced
April 70.
Mercogliano on juno "a, 1920, is al
legged TO have run over and killed
Thomas Meehan OF SO st. Marks place
with his automobile. lie pleaded guilty
to violation Of the highway law and will
be sentenced April c5.
seven Ycnrs for Theft.
Harold Eulings. SO, OF 31s East
Twenty fourth street received a sem
tence OF seven years In State prison
on his admission OF attempted robbery
In the first degree. lie tried to steal
$3.50 from a collector OF the Sheffield
Farms Company. Justice Finch i'm
posed sentence.
Judge Grain in General Sessions sem
fenced Ralph Gerlach. 34 of IS East
1e4th street to four to eight years on
conviction Of assaulting "a seventeen
year-old girl.
John Connor. 81, OF 3o3 West 1c3d
street was sent TO Sing Sing for Ave
years and David McNamee. 20. of 24S5
Eighth avenue was sent to Elmira Re-
formatory BY Judge Rosalslsy in Cen
cral Sessions. Both pleaded guilty to
grand larceny In entering the store OF
Mary Muller, 2431 Broadway, and steal
ing 81 500 worth of jewelry.
The two new parts of General Ses-
sions convened arc presided over by
Judge Morris Koenig. former member
OF the bench of the same court, and
Judge Robert s. Johnstonc, recently an
Assistant District Attorney In charge of
the Appeals Bureau. An elaborate cerc-
moniai accompanied the opening OF the
lattcr's mart Part s.