Show TWELVE YEARS FOR BORGES Promoter of or Plantation Company Company Com Coin Sentenced for pany Larceny Boston Jul July 5 Ferdinand E. E nor forges Borges cs convicted of conspiracy and arid of obtaining money moncy on false pretenses s In iii connection with the lie Ubero Plantation Planta tion company of or Mexico was ns toda today sentenced con sen en- en to states state's prison for not more mOle limn thon fifteen nor less loss than twelve ears eais Bor es and William D D. Owen who Is still a fugitive from ju justice were jointly Indicted on two counts of or conspiracy and 12 counts of or lar lar- ceny Involving 12 1 OOOO Borges was convicted June 9 9 on one ono count of con conspiracy and three seventy counts of larcen larceny Under tho the law the court was at nl liberty to give he him a n sentence of ISO tW Si or more moro years yeats Before sentence was pronounced Judge White While sitting silting In iii the Superior criminal COUlt court listened to the testimony testimony mony of or Attorney W. W II H Baker of Logansport Ind had who said forges Borges was but the lie tool of OwnA Owen Own A long statement of oC Borges was then rend by ly counsel for th the defense explaining explaining ex ex- many of oC the prisoners prisoner's Irregularities Irre irre- and praying the court for somo some mitigation atlon of sentence Borges was ns subsequently subjected to a merciless merciless merci merci- less 1 1 examination by the Government In which he lie was WI obliged cd to lo explain all his business s transactions for Cor the last twenty l years When hen it was all over O Jud Judge o White pronounced pronounce sentence |