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DISTRICT COURT.Jatuea Mahoney Oeta a Sentence of Five Veara In the Penitentiary.Cherokee Democrat: The AugmHterm cfthe district court chiuo to h|| el o*u Saturday night, when Tour of;'thu convicted criminal* got their Hen* lencer.•Innie* Mahoney, the assailant of Mary Kane, and who [dead guilty to j the charge ol njomult with iiitunt to commit murder, vru the ilr«t to hear lilu late. Judge Ladd spoke very feci* ingly ol the ca*c and said he had been induced to bo much more louloiit than lie would otherwise have been on account ol the vory high recoimncuda-liona and appeal* that had Ikm/ii made in hi* behult, OKpcclalty on account of liU victim, Mias Kane, having made an earnest appeal horacdl. When asked if ho had anything to say the prls-oner said ho had not. The Judgment ot the court was that be bo con lined m llic penitentiary for a period of Are year*. This wna a much lighter sen-tence than hud been oxpeolcd, and Mr. Mahoney wa* evidently well pleased. His conduct aluco he baa been in jail wat greatly la hU lavor, ami It is hoped that bin punishment will make a bettor mail ot him. The indications arc that It will.
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Aurelia Sentinel
Aurelia, Iowa, US
Fri, Sep 18, 1896
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