Show sentenced to jail and debarres debarred De barred from office st louis mo nov 29 IT S senator joseph ralph burton of kansas was today sentenced in the united states circuit court to serve alx lx months in the iron county jail ironton mo and to pay a alno ot as the penalty for conviction on the indictment charging that he had acted in tao capacity of a paid attorney in behalf 0 the grain securities of st louis before office department to prevent the issuance ot a fraud order a trial continued throughout last week senator barton was founie guilty early last sunday morning on six counts of tho indictment four of charged that ho agreed to receive compensation or his services as an attorney post department in behalf ot the rialto company and two charging that be received such compensation wian court convened today the at for senator burtan secured an additional two hours in frlich to complete their petition for a writ of error upon which to baso the appeal to the united states supreme court the application for a new trial was overruled by judge immediately upon iho reconvening ot court A motion in arrest of judgement jud gement was also overruled and united states district attorney dyer then moved that bo pronounced judge ordered the defendant to stand senator bourton ourton arose hut remained standing by the side of the table occupied by ats counsel and did not approach directly in front ot tho par as 1 customary judge fraid yon have been present during alic progress of athla trial and have beard the verdict rendered by the jury have you anything to say senator burton standing pale and with ids eyes fixed unwavering upon tho court replied gothing Xo thing judge Vand evanto thea pronounced tho formal sentence he said that the penalty of imprisonment for elx months and the fine of was sm posed on count C which charged him with having agreed to accept compensation and sentenced to six months imprisonment alone was imposed on count 7 charging that ho received compensation in regard to counts 1 2 and 81 judge said hot as they involved the bame transaction i as count C no separate judgment was imposed and that as count 3 was tho same as count 7 no separate judgment was imposed on that counts tour and five were quashed before abo trial began As provided in statute 1782 which senator burton was convicted of haar ing violated judge imposed abo additional penalty debarring senator burton forever from holding any office of honor trust or profit under the united government the sentence imposed in tho prot trial and conviction of senator burton before judge abaroa was six months in the iron county jail and to pay a fine 0 on appeal the verdict was reversed by the united states supreme court after had been committed to the caro ot the marshal attorney achmann submitted his petition for a writ of error which was allowed mr behmann Jeh mann then ailrad that the writ of error upon tho acceptance ly tho court of a proper bond would operate an a stay of execution ot sentence this was allowed by the court who announced that the bond for offered by senator burton as principal and H C kerens of st louis aa briet y was approved senator burton immediately left the federal building after refusing to laake any statement for publication baying that it was upon the advice ot hh counsel that ho refused tho request |