Show EMMA WILSON PLEADS GUILTY I Asks Mercy of Court and is Fined I Ten Dollars Emma Wilson under indictment for sending obscene matter through the mail and who entered a plea of not guilty when arraigned on Monday appeared ap-peared In the United States court yesterday yes-terday afternoon and changed the former for-mer plea of not guilty to that of guilty and threw herself on the mercy of the court District Attorney Whlttemorc stated that the case was not a severe violation and asked that the punishment punish-ment of imprisonment be dispensed with and that the fine be made nominal nomi-nal Her attorney Grant 1J Smith stated that his client belonged to an unfortunate un-fortunate class and was unable to furnish fur-nish ball Moreover she had been con lined in the city Jail six months within the past year under circumstances that was almost an outrage He referred to the womans child hbni she js endear orlng to bring up to respectable womanhood wo-manhood and urged that the nature of UK offense now under consideration justified leniency The Indictment was upon a letter which was not scurrilous and which was intended only for the person to whom It was addressed Judge ftlnrr informed the prisoner that he had taken lino consideration the recommendation recommen-dation of the counsel on both sides but that If she ever appeared in the Federal Fed-eral court again under this or a similar simi-lar charge before him she would be sent to the penitentiary He then Imposed Im-posed a line of 510 the prisoner to remain re-main in the custody of the Marshal till it was paid The terms of the Judgment were complied with ailtl the woman was released |