Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 March 1906 — TERM IN PRISON FOR SHERRICK [ARTICLE]

TERM IN PRISON FOR SHERRICK

Motion for New Trial for Indiana Ex-Official Is Denied—Sentence Pronounced. Indianapolis, March 29. —Former Auditor David E. Sherrick, recently convicted of embezzling $120,000 of state funds, was sentenced to not less than two and not more than twentyone years in the state prison. Special Judge McCullough, before pronouncing sentence heard testimony to show that one of the jurors in the trial was incompetent because of statements made before he was drawn, and overruled a motion for a new trial. Sherrick stood while Judge McCullough slowly said the words that sent him to the bis jaw set and hard.