Salt Lake Telegram | 1912-11-19 | Page 1 | Houston and Bullock Sentenced to Prison

HOUSTON AND BULLOCK SENTENCED TO PRISON TACOMA l Wash Nov No 19 Charles Charles E. E I Houston and John II IL Bullock convicted d of or defrauding the government on coal i contracts for Or Alaskan army almy posts were sentenced each cach to fo serve sene ono one year In the King Kins count county jail and to pa pay a R. fine of or by United States Judge last night Both m men n wilt will appeal theIr thedr cases to the United States court of or ap ape peals The They are arc out on bonds Houston made a a. personal t plea I a to the court declaring h he lie never had profited a JL penny b by tho the transactions alleged and saying that he lie ad addressed the court not because he wanted special consideration for fot himself himself- lr but felt ho he owed it to his his' wife and two children In Seattle StatUe not to accept sentence without In Iner Ing his innocence