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Show CAPTAIN HIS WILL HAVE TO GO TO PRISON Army Officer Who Killed William E. Annis Given an Indeterminate Sentence of Not Less Than Eight Years. Flushing, X. Y. Captain Peter C. Hains, U. S. A., who was convicted of manslaughter in the first degree for killing William B. Annis at the Bay-side Bay-side Yacht club last August, was sentenced sen-tenced on Monday by Justice Garret-son, Garret-son, in the supreme court, to an indeterminate in-determinate sentence of not less than eight years nor more than sixteen years at hard labor In state prison. John F. Melntyre, counsel for the defendant, made the usual motion for I a new trial oh the ground that the verdict was against the weight of evidence and also contrary to law. ' Justice Garretson denied the motion. In passing sentence. Justice Garretson Gar-retson said the defendant had had a fair trial and had been defended by experienced lawyers. A jury had found a verdict commensurate with the requirement of law. |