Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 February 1905 — Major Carrington Sentenced. [ARTICLE]

Major Carrington Sentenced.

Manila, Feb. 22.—Major Carrington, who was convicted of falsifying vouchers of the civil government to the amount of $1,500, has been sentenced to a total of sixty years and five days’ Imprisonment. He was tried on five separate counts, and the sentence on each charge was twelve years and one day. The case will be appealed to the supreme court of the islands, and if the decision there is adverse to the appellant, the major will appeal to the supreme court of the United States.