Show JUDGE t TAKES PR SONERS AGE t INTO CONS SmtRHIO Louis Glass Convicted of Bribing San Francisco Supervisor Sentenced to Five Years Imprisonment I San Fianclscoln tlo presence of a small crowd Louis Glass the vice president and former general manager of the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph company was on Wednesday senton cod to five years Imprsonment lu lip state penitentiary The extreme pun I Ishment under the laws of the state for the crime which Glass was con vlcteJ Is fourteen yeas The judge In passing sentence said There are two general considerations considera-tions pressing upon tho mind of the court In determining tho measure of punishment In this case The first turns upon the situation of the defendant defend-ant himself A man well advanced In years he has appeared in this court charged fur the first time with the commission of a public offense The other consideration is the nature of the offense and the effect of such criminal crim-inal transgression upon the Institutions of the country Itself The certainty rather than the extent of the punishment punish-ment should control Weighing both of these considerations I havo reached n conclusion which I feel will be both just and fair under all the circumstances presented The judge then sentenced Glass to five years imprisonment at San Quentin Quen-tin Aftec his attorneys had applied for and been granted a thirtyday arrest of judgment within which they will apply for ball and begin the prosecution prosecu-tion of an appeal Mr Glass was removed re-moved by the sheriff to the county jail where he has been a prisoner since his conviction last week The crime for which Louis Glass has been sentenced to San Quentin and of which he maintains his innocence Inno-cence was the bribing of Supervisor Thomas F Lonergan In the sum of 5000 to ote against the nppllcatldn of fhe f Home Telephone company for o franchise In this city |