Davies' views and told the Court} that he believed accused would re: habilitate himself in the eyes of his fellow men after he had served whatever sentence the Court would' impose.
Similarly Mr, Schuhl asked the Court's leniency and hoped that his Honour would see fit to apply the Inw of probation, which, he said, had been made for such cases.
Questioned as to whether he had anything to say, defendant stated that he understood what his change of plea meant, but that he had not intended to embezzle any money.
The Judge and the Law Mis Honour thereafter gave a sentence of one year and one day at MeNeill's Penitentiary and told)
that he would be admitted from that institution in event of good conduct. The} ease in question had been a sad duty to him personally, Judge Purdy' said, but his duty was to adminis ter justice without fear or favour. The great difficulty in these cases! of embezzlement, he said further, was that if they were condoned, others in the same situation got the. dea that they could do these things, with impunity and the administra-of justice became a farce. Finally, Judge Purdy said that he believed accused's friends here and elsewhere would do all they could to help him.
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