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Show APPEALS TO COURT FOR - MERCY i In Judge Howell's dhlslon of tho : District com t this moinlng Lawrence McLean pleaded guilty to forgo ry and the court announced that sentence would be passed November II. The information against McLean charge 1 him with rorglng the name 'of E W. Patiick to a check for ?15, October 24. 1011. Mcl.enn had no one to represent him, but, atcr pleading guilty to the charge, he handed the Judge a communication com-munication which ho requested be considered before sentenco should be passed. The communication Indicates that there is "honor oven among Ihlcvea." the prisoner claiming he tc-tnined tc-tnined the stolen money and that ho regrets that ho was led to commit the offense Following Is what he said In his letter to the court: "To the Honorable Court- On my own behalf allow mc to enter a plea for clomohcj before sentence be pronounced pro-nounced upon me I will bo brief "On tho evening preceding the dav I was arrested, charged with forgery 1 had started to drink liquor during the night and the following morning That is all I cared for at the time. In fact, when I was arrested T had In my possession a bottle of liquor, which tends to prove my statement that I had been drinking. 'i am sincerely sorry for my actions ac-tions of that time and I a lmit openly, without vulgar bravado, that I committed com-mitted the offense with which I am charged. I did not at the time J'isl exactly know what I was doing. The money I received ffom the bank, which was $lo I refunded as soon ns 1 realized what I had done. It was onl light an 1 honest on my part to restore the money, which I did. "T cannot express In words the torment tor-ment and anguish and mlserj- I fool over this matter, to thiuk that In tho future 1 will alwavs be under a cloud I am a stranger In this country and what few friends I had T have lost through my actions They will always point their finger at mo and say I am a convict. To lose all the confidence of friends and relatives back home is punishment that can hardly be overlooked over-looked by a person in my present environment, en-vironment, and to know that when T come out of prison there will be no friend to lend a helping hand to aid me In getting employment. "Your honor. I hope .In my heart, that ou can be lPnient. T am suffering suffer-ing now. but please allow my plea and grant mc cloqiency. "YouY honor, this Is the first time I have had to appear before a court charged with felony and I promise b all that 1 hold dear in this world that It will bo the last In my career "Hoping that vou w.ill talte this plea under consideration, believe m to be. Most Repentant, "LAWRENCE." (Signed.) |