A Heavy Sentence.
San Francisco possesses a tight good judge named 'T6bh"eyr" Take notice of ho vrxy Jie; dea,it rwith a kootUura, Charles Josselyn f .\vho was convicted of a criminal assault, m sentencing whom he is reported to have said:: — " Leniency to you could only seem <*n encouragement; to.. oth,er bad : njen. formulate yoiir, nefarious example. .'Therefore, us theilaw,has conferred upon me power to punish crime, I intend to apply such m your case/ and m that of other like offe'nderHi ' - that th c most f ' hardened criminal will shudder at the thought of affronting any woman — old or yourig, : rich or poor— within thef-boun-daries of this city or county, I have careuflly considered this matter, and m neither youth nor character dovyou show grounds "for extenuation ; but m defer,en,ce H to the respectful reqojnmendation'of the jury, t * A will N make' your seutetice JiiUch lighter tf»an it>wroul'd be without such mediation. It is the judgement and bejitencV of Ijhis Ojurt that you be itnjjiisOneU at Sstn Quentin for forteen y{s&rs. Ir '.' .:*'>
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 127, 24 April 1884, Page 2
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173A Heavy Sentence. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 127, 24 April 1884, Page 2
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