Show KANSAS BROKER GETS OETS LONG TERM State Bond Scandal Leader Must Serve Minimum of 31 Years in Prison TOPEKA Kan Jan 3 W WRe Re Re Re Regarded six months ago as a rising young financial wizard Ronald Finney Finney Fin Fin- ney faces laces the prospect of ot at le least st 31 years of hard labor in the state penitentiary peni peni- for part of his activities in inthe inthe inthe the Kansas million-dollar million bond scandal scandal scan scan- dal in which he was the central fig fig- ure The year 34 year old ld defendant who since his days at Cornell university has been a banker hanker bond broker market market mar mar- ket speculator and circus owner ovner lat late yesterday esterday heard Judge P Paul H. H Heinz of the Shawnee county district cour court sentence him to serve from 31 to 03 years on 31 counts of forging and Uttering ut Ut- a issue of Hutchinson Kan Ran bonds Finney's plea of guilty guilly to th the charges abruptly terminated his tri trial tria 11 ten days das ago after a sanity commission commis commis- sion stan had found him mentally sound In passing sentence the court disregarded disregarded dis dis- dis reg regarded the recommendation of Laster Lester Lester Les Las ter Goodell county attorney that th the minimum term be at 15 years undean under unde an agreement between the state and defense attorneys Judge Heinz als also overruled a defense request the plea pie of guilty guilt be withdrawn if the agreement agreement agree agree- ment was not observed I Finney's attorneys served notice o oan of an appeal |