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Show FIVE YEARS FOR KAIOHN. Sentenced Passed Upon the Slnyer of W. S Haynes Five leam at hard labor In the State penitentiary Is the sentence which was pionounced by Judge Morse yesterday afternoon upon Hoy K ilghn for shooting shoot-ing of Ulllard 8 Haynes at the Knuts ford hotel a year ago causing his drath at the Holy Crosa hospital about three week, later Pr-vious to the passing oi sentence Ihe court announce! that he had given careful consldeiatlon tn the ground, upon which counsel for the defense aske I for n new trial but found that they were Insuillclent to warrant tin griming of a new trial lie was there foie iomp.lle.1 to nverrulo the motion PLE FOR ( I.P.MRNCV Kt'ghn was then ordered tn stand up to reielve sentence In reply to Ihe customary question whether he had any legal leason lo state why sentence sen-tence tdiould not lie passed iiion him. the defendant r. piled that he had not Hefor- the passing of .enter ie ttor-ney ttor-ney Fiauk Huffman of inuusil fm ie defense made a strong plea fu; clemency clem-ency of the court He levi.wid Ihe past history of the I ..y an 1 spoke of his loving nnd niTectloniiie disposition III. sild tlit .Mrs iriinslng nnd Mrs Wilson with whom the mothi rles. poj had boaided had reguided him with nlmnst as great nffictlon as If he had beSi one of Hull own children Doth had testllled that In his early years the boy bad had ii sweet and loilng dls-liosltlon dls-liosltlon and n gentle splilt urn! that he wns u manly little follow Could such n bo), he asked, be guilty of premeditated pre-meditated trlmo' In the words of Haynes himself when hw wns near to deaths door tho bov wn not to hhnno. tin I why should -a Jury gainsay Ihe statement of n man about to face his Makei The defendant had already been in the county Jail for almost n year CHANOK IN IIAHITS The iittorniy said that he had close I) watched his habits during thut lime and that he was able to state truth fully that the yent s Imprisonment had brought nbout u great change In the boys habits He had no longer any taste for liquor or ibslnthe cigarettes he had entirely discarded The change which hnd been wroiiKht wns patent In his eye and his deinee ior Ills paBt had been blotted und he was pnlpnhj) now not a person who -hould he n. enrcerated for an erring past "He stands here," said Mr Hoffman, In conclusion, In the fervor of his youth nnd appeals to your honor for lenlem nnd thut the lightest possible possi-ble sentence he Impos, d upon him " novs nRi,A'in f? pri;si:nt Very tew were pres nt In court during dur-ing tho proceidliigs The prisoner was brought Into lourt by Deputy Sheriff Fd Nnylor Col Kalghn, Judge King und Senator Urovvr wero nlso present, but took no part in Ihe proceedings Mra. Kalghu and .Miss Cuatcs were alio there Hoth seemel t0 real e the ee-rlosness ee-rlosness of the nc aslon. but neither In any way gave evidence of beln,-deeply beln,-deeply affected- at least so far aa a demonstration of teaiB wns concerned Hoy halghn seemed to bo In a tense high-strung condition, but perfectly calm and collected ' OPINIONS OF ATTORNEYS Talking of tho sentence afterward District Attorney Ebhnor .aid that it wns Just what he hid expected the court to Impose For his own part ho was .ell satisfied The attorneys for Kalghn, on the other hand, teemed to hold a very different opinion Judge King said that he was both surprised and dleapimlnled Ho had looked for a jeutenco of from one to two years ltd said that tho boy's attorneys have not yet doclded whether or not to up. peal the case to the (supreme court They Will consult together and come to some decision as to what Is beat to be done under the circumstances. |