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ART W. JENSON GIVEN A JAIL SENTENCE FOR SELLING INTOXICANTSey Plead Guilty Before Judge J. F. m- 1if D. Meighen In District Court 1aQi. Tuesday Morning. Must Serve** Thirty Days In County Jail andid Pay $150 Fine. If Prisonere Fails to Pay Fine Sentence WillJ* Be Continued ?K) Days. BThe way of she transgressor ishard in Albert Lea since Judge I Meighen began to preside over* this Tenth Judicial District ofthe Old North Star State.8 Tuesday morning Aithur W Jenson, formerly proprietor of the restaurant, corner East Clark and Newton streets, with his at torney, H. H Dunn, appeared be fore Judge Meighen in District Court and pleaded guilty to the charge of selling booze.Attorney Dunn explained to - the Judge that the buyer of theI whiskjey m question had urgedf Jenson to get him some goodwhiskey — not moonshine — but some good bonded whiskey. ‘ The ^ buyer asked Jenson to do this 1several times.’' said Dunn, and 'Jenson knew, by rumor, that a man from the Twin Cities was selling it and after Jenson had !secured the whiskey from the St,Paul man. he sold it for $15 to^ the buyer, and that he (Jenson) didn't make a profit.”Jenson said to the Judge “I didn’t make a dime in the tran 1 saction,”When Jenson was up in Judge 1 Qlackmer’s court shortly after hewas arrested on the charge, some* months ago, he swore under* oath, that he made his share of *1 the profit when he turned it over1 to the buyer at his store, aftergoing down to Hotel Albert and purchasing the booze from a St.Paul man.Judge Meighen: “Have youany explanation as to why the ^r buyer should come to you to getl| whiskey—to pick you out of allthe business men of Albert Lea?1 Jenson: '‘That corner where1 my store is located, has had abad reputation in the past for 1 such things.”Judge: “Was the buyer an in-timate friend *r a relative of yours?” *Jenson: No.’but he had been in my place before and I had ^grown up in Albert Lea with ^him.” tJudge: “Knowing that you (were already under indictment t1 for selling Butana, or some other} intoxicating extract, didn’t it occur to you that you should keep ^as far away as you could from ^r whiskey sales and not be connect- £ed with bootlegging?”^ Jenson: “I didn’t think of it e: at the time. I would not have Idone it »f the buyer had not urged me several times and said the wanted it for medicinal pur- r* poses.”Judge: “You are a man of intelligence. You were under in- jtdictment. There was no social Zlreason, no motive of friendship or charity. But you were doing this simply for a chance acquaintance. You knew it was wrong to sell whiskey; that it was a crime on the part of the man who furnished you the whiskey and a crime upon your part.The punishment for a second conviction is grave indeed. At Stthis time I will not give you the maximum sentence for a first of fense. as I trust you have fully realized your mistake.“It is the judgment and sentence of the court that you, Ar thur W. Jenson, as punishment for the crime of selling intoxicating liquor, of which you have been convicted upon your plea of 1 ,Hguilty, be imprisoned in the coun- ity jail of Freeborn county for X;ithirty days from noon. Wednes- s‘‘day. September 28, 1921. and in ^ 1addition thereto, pay a fine of *,u$150 and that you be committed to and imprisoned in said county jail until such fine is paid, not ! ”exceeding ninety days from this ^ day” (lraJenson is given until Wednes- vday noon before starting to serve his sentence in order that he ^ ,might arrange his personal busi. ( mness matters. jThe case has been pending in (jfl,the District Court for about a lJu,year, charging Jenson with sell- j,,..mg Butana for a beverage, her.been dismissed.
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Albert Lea Times Enterprise
Albert Lea, Minnesota, US
Wed, Sep 28, 1921
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