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Show 111! SENTENCED TO STATE nOL Term in Industrial Institution Institu-tion Imposed for Thefts. "The court will give you a chance to make grood in the state industrial school." said Judge Hugo B. Anderson of the juvenile court yesterday to Albert Griffin, IT years of age, who pleaded guilty to participation in the theft of goods from offices In the Ness building. The boy asked to be put on probation-He probation-He was Informed that the only alternative alterna-tive to commitmeht to the state industrial indus-trial school would be trial in the district court on a burglary charge and sentence to tho state prison If convicted. Judge Anderson chose to commit the boy rather than bind h'm over to the higher court, as provided for In the juvenile court law enacted by the legislature legis-lature In the recent special session, because be-cause of the boy's confession. In the meantime. Glenn t Doremus. 19 years of age, faces prosecution in the city and district courts, according to the county attorney's office. According to the story of Griffin. Doremus went with him in his pllferings. A complaint jigainst Doremus has been filed in the office f the county attorney. Griffin confessed to the theft of two guns from room S24 in the Ness building, build-ing, belonging to W. D. Burgess, and from another room on the same floor of cutlery belonging to J. C. Hooper. I They were rocovered. He denied having taken several coats from a stock of expensive (silk-lined and leather covered goods from room 324. though Mr. Burgess, who was I present In court, insisted that he believed the coals were taken at tho same time as were the guns, which were turned hack to him by the court when surrendered surren-dered by Griffin. A recommendation was made to the court In favor of commitment to the state industrial school and suspension of sentence during good behavior. Judge Anderson (laid that such leniency was not properlv within the r:ingc of the discretion dis-cretion of the court In tho case, since a sentence for the offense In the district court would mean prison for the offender. of-fender. Had the youth pleaded not guilty and the evidence against htm been sufficient to convince the court of his guilt he would have been bound over to stand trial in the district court, with I prospect of conviction and prison, ho said. In consideration of the plea of guilty, with tho accompanying confession, confes-sion, Judge Anderson determined to commit com-mit him to the Industrial school. "If your behavior Is what It should be while VOU sre In le school, you will win a parole after a year." said the court. "If It is not. vou will be held there until you arc 21, The other way would mean a prison sentence of probably several years for the act to which you have pe rted guilty." Griffin confessed that he had made several trips to the place of his larcenies. The court pointed out that this wns evidence evi-dence of failure to repent of his first action. in his coat lapel were two but- i tons Of patriotic nature "It remains for l vou tO determine whether you shall DC fit to wear those." said the court, Inrtl- ; eating them, "Your actions recently I have forfeited all right to do so.' |