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Show MEUBBttT I rBHfflnBRE X)iir Formor Employees of (lie M5iigjtp Trust Given One motion's for. my trial ;IB AND STAY ARE DENIED Xnrt Plainly Declares That H-tynvicted Men Are Protect-1 Protect-1 ing Others Higher Up. VEW YORK. Jhh. 10. Four former BjjMj'ployccs of tlic --jnerit;nn Sugar "Refill-fljMg "Refill-fljMg company, convicted of under-"LjpniiijT under-"LjpniiijT frauds-', were snntmccd to oue aa""s imprisonment each by .liulqe ZK"iin in the United Slides circuit Jiutt'liero today. The nion sentvnecu Ko f'liarlfs Keolioe, Edward A. Boyle. dHfclriek J- Hennessey and .John I. Mfhe four -fere checkers on ihe dochs, "t'Hf jIjo sujiar company in Williamsburg. iMntic it was discovered the scales used A Mo weigh sugar imports had been j "'it impcrcd with. As a result the Ameri-'flji Ameri-'flji mh Sugar Refining company roiin-S roiin-S ricd the government to the extent of ni iorc than L'.OOOOO for evaded duties, It i& omplovefs of the company were in- fried for" conspiracy. ! Cashier May Escape. 5tIic jury ooniictcd Oliver SSpit.er. it dock superintendent, and the four irn sentenced today. There wa? dih-' dih-' jrcPiiici't over the ease of .Tames V. ' i londernagel. the cashier of the re- icrv. one of the defendants, fit ipitzcr collapsed in court on Satuv-mr. Satuv-mr. jv, when a motion for a uo.wftri.'il for jL ip men w;ii argued, and it was found fiKit lie would have to undergo a slight. ylBiefalion for an inlernal disorder. I'or ifA to reason .Imlgp Martin today did not ijoilounee sentence an liim. but ic-i.5 ic-i.5 wndctl him until February J. -r- fJMoro sontencnm the men I he court aii fc-icd a motion for a now trial. No DW eok into consideration, however, the -19 iatv ' rcconiincndatioii for mercy, and iw iiS he would impose on each of the ili wr men a sentence of one year in the Of jbckwcH's Tsland penitoniinry. ijS Court Reads Lecture. iUu' sentencing the checkers Judge ""?" bttin intimated that he niiglii have. "53 town greater leniency if -the men had IV jpcalcd to the court ''for mercy and II inspirit of penitence. " 'However." said the court, '".siiHi ijnot llfcir position. Tliey challenged ic verdict ; hev deny they are guilty, j "W toy take the position lh.it what, they JJ iji was done voluntarily, without tim from higli ofileer.-. not that I jZi ilieve that i! the l'acl, but. that is cir position before the court, Their JjBteieiit attitude compels me to sentence AJtBem as eil-doers from evil motives." ytidge Martin denied a motion for a n9&: and the men must at once begin tjjyinnn their terms. ' |