New Britain herald., 1924-06-04
PRISON TERMS FOR
 5 BANK EMPLOYES
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their misdeeds.
 In explaining the method used by the trio to defraud the bank, he said that they did it by means of fraudu- lent collateral loan notes which were supposed to be covered by stocks and other securities deposited with the bank. A combination was effected by the three men which made it pos sible for them to put the fraudulent notes through the bank, to replace the money they were removing for their own use with little fear of de- tection.
 Alcorn Attacks Brokers
 Going into the reason for the re- moval of the money, Mir. Acorn took the opportunity to launch an attack against brokerage houses in the state that handle accounts for young men, especially employees of banks, in- volying sums of money that they must know have not been obtained legally. He said that the case was a sample of the utter indifference shown by many houses as to the source of the money customers use for their opera tions. He suggested that it was about time brokerage houses, in order to protect themselyes,' banking and other institutions of the state, should take steps to apprise themselves of the source of the money young men use for stock operations, when they have reason to know that the opera tions are beyond the means of their customers.
 He said that the three men were exceptionally brilliant and intelligent, and of good families, and therefore he did not know of any excuse that could be offered for their deeds.
 He said that he had told counsel for the young men that he would fol- low the same course in disposing of the case as he has done with similar cases in the past, and asked the court to impose severe penalty, He said that Domijan was of reforms- tory age and recommended that he De sent to the reformatory for five years, and Snelgrove and Smith be sentenced to states prison for five years each. Five years is the maxi mum penalty under the statute for forgery.
 McDonough Also BIamcs Brokers
 Attorneys Patrick Y. McDonourh and Alfred Levitt represented the trio, McDonongh making the plea to the court. He blamed the stock brokers for the predicament in which the men were, saying that the brokers mad circulated, tipped and telephoned the young men to such an extent that they finally decided 10 purchase stock with the money that had been saved from their salaries, He said that the brokers had filled them with inside tips and other such rot, paint. inE rosy pictures of the future 1T they bought certain issues, until the young men believed that they could not lost by dabblinE in the market,
 He said that after they had lost iheir savings the brokers did not leave them alone even then, bounding them with inside tips and confidential information with which 10 reeoup their losses and give them A hand some profit in addition. He said that the constant pressure and the nope or recovering their losses finally got the better Of their judgment and their will and they took the money from tho bank with the eypcctation mat they would be able 10 replace t in a very short time.
 He said that at all times the stocks that were purchased by inc men with the money taken from the bank were in the possession of the bank, as the trio would use the stocks hey purchased as collateral for the forged notes.
 Attorney McDonough said that ,n his opinion, if the men were turned Iree now and allowed to resume their positions at the bank, the nm. shment they had undergone thus far would be enough to make them po back and work their hardest to regain Inc confidence Of their superiors.
 Not or Criminal Type
 He said that the men were m, os The vicious criminal type accustomed io be seen in criminal courts. but .re young men of very fine percentage and training. who made mistake and bv that mistake had brought great sui. fering upon their relatives and friends. He said that he had never seen case in his 70 years of nrac- lice in which so many neonIs had been affected by the arrest of , ner. son.
 On the question of penalty. lttor- hey McDonough said that in view o, ne fact that the three are % young, he court should take into considera. ion their families and hold some hope out to them for the future. He aid he felt that the ends of ius,ics would be met if sentence was i'm. posed that would give the men sn opportunity for parole at the end of year. if in that time they had hown they were worthy Of it.
 Aicon Opposes Ieniency
 States Attorney Aicorn closed his rgument on his motion for sentence " saying that there was not much 1 Inference in the case of fhe three | nen and other similar cases that had ,een before courts before. He said hat 1t was not unusual for men to l ring great suffsrings upon innocen, l arties as a result of their crimes than 1 hey suffered themselves.
 He said that the eyes Of all bank ! mployes In the state were upon the l ourtroom to see what disposition was i lade Of the cases against the trio. f nd that leniency on the part Of the l ourt would be an encouragement 10 ! hem to follow their steps.
 He said that according to the in- | ormation in his hands. Domijan was | he brains Of the trio in their opers- II ons in spite Of the fact that he was \ be youngest.
 Judge Calls Alcorn inconsistent
 At this point. Judge Els irterrupt- ], saving that he could not quite m fl erstand the consistency Of Mir. AL fl orn's statement that Domijsn vas the
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