New Britain herald., 1926-01-15
| YEARS MAXIMUM, .BERKER'S SENTENCE
Minimum Term for Former Norwich Broker 8 to 12 Years
CAN'T MAKE RESTITUTION

COnNiCtfu Man NlulhS IO' but
 Lacks Msans, He Tells Oourt-
 Appeal From Sentence Is Being
 Considered.
 Norwich, Jan. 15 PY-Gabriel C, Berker. former stock broker who vas convicted on Wednesday of aid ing and abetting George 4. Finn in embezzlements from the Bankers Trust company of Norwich, of which the latter was former treasurer, was sentenced to state prison today by | Judge Allyn L. Brown. The term will be from three and a half 10 six years.
 Finn Is already serving q term, with a maximum of nine years tm- posed by Judge Brown a year ago.
 The matter of sentence came be- fore Judge Brown as soon as super for court opened today, it having come over from yesterday g, re- quest of Berker's counsel.
 Motion Is Denied
 motion had been fl&d by Attor- noys Earl E. Mathewson and Thomas N. Shields for Berker to sci aside the verdict and for arrest oi judgment. On the motion there were arguments by counsel and { reply by States Attorney Arthur NJ Brown who prosecuted Berker When these were concluded Judg' Brown overruled the motion ant then imposed sentence.
 Judge Brown, with the defendan { before him, said, in part: You hay - been found guilty by the jury an' you are now here before me fo sentence. While the embczzlemen , on which 1t was alleged you were a = accessory is in an amount of abou V 24O,000 I think in the eVdenc
 there is no question but the amour
 involved In this particular transac
 ton was s14,0oo which, of cours
 is very different amount from tn total amount which Finn admits h
 took-something in the ncighbol hood of s150,000.
 ' Judge Argues Merits "I think there is a very differel
 distinction between your case ar
 his. He had been going on wit
 these speculations on his own stat c ment for long period of time h.
 fore he ever had any dealings wi
 you. On the other hand, of cour
 you as a man with the eXpcrienc
 you had had obviously known al
 must have known any substanti
 overhaul that he permitted you u IT, der the circumstances without a m proval of any superior was obs
 lutely wrong, and you joined wi
 him in carrying those ovcrdratts
 to s53,000. Of course, on the ia 9' of it that was unjustifable. l Uni > you realized that and must real !, now as he does now. You are hc ~ young men but you are both Ners = in affairs of this kind. From " observation of Finn I don't think 'is is in any sense simple, and l ha no idea that you could persuade h
 10 do anything that did not co in mend itself to his judgment un' u the circumstances.
 rs. Sentence Is Imposed nu "Whatever credit you are entit on 10 for that you certainly have, 'Ie the fact remains that you, too, jo ell ed together and defrauded log 'n of at least s5o.000. a bank wh or was capable of only twice { ed amount; and from the beginning H. the end you both understood W m- you were doing, whatever sympa ITO the court may have for you, or y on family, of course, the court has nt- alternative but impose what se' ds' under the circumstances to the ct on fair sentence. In view of the he fense committed and being also er-
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