Ogden Daily Standard | 1892-02-24 | Page 2 | He Let it Stand

lie ile let it stand judge rearden tells this story of judge lake who appears to have been another jeffries in his severity toward prisoners ri on a certain occasion when t alie lie clerk in his Is court called off the first name on the docket a gray bea bee beaded ded dod burglar of sixty eight years stepped forward to be sentenced prisoner at the bar said the judge you have been before this court on the charge of theft many times I 1 hesitate to be severe but in justice to public morals I 1 find it my duty to sentence you to confinement in state prison for the term of fifty years and a nd when you emerge from its walls may you bo be it better maul excuse me judge said the clerk cougot you got the wrong man you forgot it was young ilayev you were going to to send up tor for fifty years that old fellow there wont last two years let alone fifty ll ahl alit how is that demanded the judge inspecting the list on his desk aoh ooh oh I 1 see yes yes dear mel liow how very doll just give givel layes fifty years also and you may as well let the other matter stand when a man of sixty odd years learned enough to avoid being found out hes lies much safer in jail 11 san francisco examiner