Show R B shiner co of N new ew york convicted vines fines totaling were inflicted and paid by harry 0 shiner and adolph fortgang of the firm of it B shiner oo co of new york who plead guilty to certain counts in ill indictments brought against them in ill the U S district court southern district of new york for bribing railroad employees to furnish names of consig consigners consignors con signers nors shipping to other consignees consig nees and for obtaining payment from the railroads of false claims for loss and damage on oil shipments of eggs in passing sentence the court ray J in part stated as follows mr shi ner and mr fortgang both I 1 will say to each of louif you if I 1 should actually do what aliat I 1 ought to do in ill this case in order to thoroughly vindicate the law and make an all example for others one which would have a salutary effect in deterring others from committing this and like of fences the court would fine you a sufficient amount to take you and this firm every cent of your ill gotten sains gains and then in addition to thit that line fine add a term of imprisonment and in ill this way all who tire are disposed to offend against the law and to indulge in grossly illegal practices to enrich themselves at the expense of others lers would be taught a lesson esi the istance existence ex of the law and that punishment is sure to follow 0 this is a serious of fence in many mank of its aspects it is worse than larceny that is getting the in oney money as you did because it was obtaining the money of others by fraud and deceit to enrich yourselves when chena a criminal crimin in agoes goes out witha with a gun and says ays 9 to a man mail in the darkness of the night hold up your hands stand and deliver there is an all I 1 element of manliness and bravery about it which is entitled to more respect than getting money in the ways resorted to by you in this cased case I 1 trust you feel the sting af afthim this you ought to and your offense and punishment will ro 0 o out to the community and it will become known know and will consider the publicity as a part of your punishment and as something that will operate to deter others 1 I 44 I 1 and now I 1 want to say to you that in foregoing the addition of imprisonment and imposing so light a fine in ill view of the amount you made by your doings that after all blie ends of justice will probably be served and the dignity of the law but I 1 want to say to fco you further and to each of you that so far as is within my power I 1 will see sec and know that eliat the united bates ates attorney and his able a 11 ista instants lits will see and the U S attorneys orneys wherever they are a lid and wherever an all off offense ense might be indictable will ivill s see e to it and it is a warning and not a threat that is ie what it is that if you should offend aga against 1 i ast the law again in ill these respects acts you need not expect to escape with et a fine fillo for surely the penalty will be not only be a heavy line fine buta but a long term of imprisonment justly earned by a repetition of such an offense as this |