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Show WOMAN WEfiPS SN THE COURT ROOM Overcome With Remorse, Cora Ellis Cries, Freely Admitting Her Crime and Accepting Responsibility Her Male Companion Seeks to Recall His Pica of Guilty and Is Given j Time to Do So. When Cora Ellis' was broug'ht before be-fore Judge Howell this morning io receive re-ceive her sentence for the crime of grand larceny, to which sbe and W. 1. Seath pleaded guilty a few days ago, she brok down and wept bitterly. bitter-ly. ' She was reo.uested to approach nearer the ju.hro and explain why shf had stolen from lur friends and employer, em-ployer, or give the reasons, If she bad any, why the court should not pass judgment. "1 did wrong." she said, "and will have to suffer for it. 1 have nothing in particular to say why ymi should not sentence me. ' I took the things out of the boue and gave them t Sc-at-h. and I was the first to think of siealius: them. He knew the goods were stolen properly when he took them. I am very sorry that I did this, but I am willing to siillcr for it. The rr-latlonsblp bi-tween myself and Sfiith is simply that of friends, nothing noth-ing more." Without passing sentence on the woman, the curt called Seath to Kl.nn.l up and state, if he could, why he should not be sentenced for the crime he had acknowledged to have committed ; He told the court that he did not -understand, when he pleaded plead-ed guilt v to the charge, that he would not be given a trial. "I supposed that I would be tried Just the same and would ge given a chance to clear myself of the harge. I did not thoroughly understand all that wa; snid to me when I was ar-laigned ar-laigned the other day. My hearing Is not good and I think a good deal of what was said was not beard. I am piilty of the rime in a way. but I think they have plaed the valuation of the goods that were stolen pretty high. I would lilte a little more time for onslderatlou." The ourt advised the defendant that he had the right to hange bis idea if be so desired, and that In? would be given time to reonsider his former action ac-tion in pleading guilty. He was given until tomorrow morning to thing the matter over, and the passing of sentence sen-tence in Cora Hills' case was postponed post-poned until that time. |
