Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-04-24 | Page 2 | Stiff Sentence is Imposed on Former Premier

STIFF SEHTEMGE Three Years Imprisonment, Five Years Enforced Residence, Resi-dence, Loss of Rights. DOCUMENT IS READ TO ! CAILLAUX IN HOSPITAL Prisoner May Be Released to j Hear Condemnation Verdict Before Senate. PARIS, April 23. (By The Associated Associat-ed Press). Joseph Caillaux, former piemier of France, tonight in the Nou-llly Nou-llly hospital listened to the reading of the sentence of the senate which, sitting sit-ting as a high court of justice, yes-1 yes-1 terday convicted him of "commerce land correspondence with tho onemy." i Three years' imprisonment, five years' forced residence in a-town to be selected by the minister of the in-1 in-1 tei'lor, and den years' loss of political j rights, tho latter clause carrying with tit in ability to vote or hold office, was (he sentence imposed. Document Read to Caillaux. The document was read by a court nficor sent to tho hospital for the purpose, pur-pose, after it had been promulgated before be-fore the senate tonight by Ieon Eour-&-ois, the presiding officor. Caillaux was not present in the senate chant- bcr at the time. I Tho prlsonor made np comment Rf-the Rf-the official made known, the con-I con-I tenia of the document) but his f:tco showed signs of doep sadness. Asked !by the newspaper men present wchth-ier wchth-ier he desired t-o make a .statonfnt, jUaillaux rplied: I 'i shall be. at your disposal, tomorrow tomor-row or the next day when I- am re- I I .i i 'Freedom Require; In.tncate Figuring. I The questicn when AI. Caillaux is Ito be freed roquires intricate figuring j i o decide, for allowance has to be made for the time he had been- under .-cf-traiut in prison and at the hospital. hospi-tal. The prisoner was in jail for twenty-seven months and this lime, ndd-d to the period he has been in the bos-' pital, according to his partisans, con-t-t.tutos the service of the full term of imprisonment imposed by one senate. sen-ate. The decision not to bring Caillaux, before tho senate tonight provoked ru- jinors that he would be released during -1 iic night. LI. Moutet, of counsel for Caillauv, said the prisoner was willing to appear ap-pear before the senate to hear the verdict ver-dict of condemnation. At the morning Msion Caillaux had listened to the court pronounce the verdict of gu51ty of violating article 78 of the military code, and declared in reply to the usual us-ual question that ho had nothing lo say. Court in Secret Session. After the morning session, the couri went into secret session to frame the sentence to be imposed on Caillaux. It reconvened tonight at 9 o'clock. It had been expected that a stormy session ses-sion would ensue but a violent pro-iost pro-iost by Senator Brivet who was quirk-1 quirk-1 calmed, proved to be the only incident. inci-dent. The neighborhood of the senate sen-ate was extremely quiet during tr.e night. M bourgeois, the ninety senators rose-When rose-When the sentence had been read bv and left the chambei. nn