MRS. CHADWICK SENTENCED.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 12853, 29 April 1905, Page 2 (Supplement)

MRS. CHADWICK SENTENCED.

j TEN YEARS' IMPRISONMENT. Cleveland, Ohio, March 27.Mrs. Cassie L. Chad wick was to-day sentenced to ten years' imprisonment in the Ohio State Penitentiary by Judge Robert W. Tayler in the United 1 States District Court. The sentence came at the close of a busy day for the Court in bearing arguments on a motion for a new trial, which lasted all day. The motion was over-ruled. Mrs. Chadwick was convicted on seven counts and sentenced upon six counts. For foui of the counts a sentence of two years each was imposed. Upon two counts a sentence of one year each was imposed, making a total sentence of ten years. As soon as the sentence was pronounced J. P. Dawley, counsel . for Mrs. Chadwick, took exception to the sentences upon each count except the first coun:. The j defence will attempt to show that the Court j cannot impose a separate sentence tor each count; that- the law applies to the general charge instead of each incident of a general charge. The various counts of lie indictment are considered by tire defence to refer only to j details of the general offence. This point! will also be contested in a higher Court, j as will the other points of the Chadwick trial, which resulted in her conviction. Either Francis J. Wing or Dawley will go to Cincinnati to-morrow to make airangements for a review of the case by the United States Circuit Court of Appeals. The first step taken by the defence will be to ask for a stay of sentence until the anneal is tried out. There was an understanding with United States Marshal Chandler, United States Attorney Sullivan and the Court to-day to- the effect that there would be no attempt to execute the sentence until the defence had an opportunity to carry the case to a higher Court. No action will be taken by United States Attorney Sullivan regarding the other six indictments against Mrs. Chadwick in the Federal Court, until the present case in finally disposed of. If the present case and sentence are sustained by the last Court of Appeal the other cases will be dropped, otherwise they will be used against the woman. Th» action of the Court to-day finally closed l the Chadwick case so far as the Cleveland Court is concerned unless the higher Court discharges the woman or orders a new trial. Mrs. Chadwick was not particularly affected by the action of the Court today, as, seemingly, she had resigned her-1 self to any action that might be taken. When she was told that the motion for a new trial had been refused she merely j nodded her head as ii she alreadv knew.! though she is so hard of hearing she could not have known what words the Court uttered. When ordered to stand up and receive the sentence Mrs. Chadwick did not hear, : and was assisted to hei feet by a deputy I United States marshal. The Court asked her if she had anything to say why sentence should not 'be pronounced. She looked around in bewilderment. She was not certain what was taking place and had not the slightest idea what the Court said. She was then led' forward nearer the Bench and the Court shouted the question, j She then understood. "I have something to say." she said, " but I would like to consult with my attorneys first." You may do so. but it must be immediately," the Court, enjoined her. "If you have anything to say you must say it now." Mrs. Chadwick said there as nothing she cared to say herself. Her attorneys made no appeal to the Court and the sentence was immediately imposed. Judge Tayler stated that the sentence of one count should 1 begin at the expiration of the one preceding it. After the sentence was imposed Mrs. Chadwick was taken back to the county gaol. By good! behaviour Mrs. Chadwick can re-

Juce her time of imprisonment to eight years and four months.