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"
If
the
court
pleases
,
my
client
,
Mr.
Cowperwood
,
the
prisoner
at
the
bar
,
is
neither
guilty
in
his
own
estimation
,
nor
in
that
of
two-fifths
of
the
Pennsylvania
State
Supreme
Court
--
the
court
of
last
resort
in
this
State
,
"
he
exclaimed
,
loudly
and
clearly
,
so
that
all
might
hear
.
One
of
the
interested
listeners
and
spectators
at
this
point
was
Edward
Malia
Butler
,
who
had
just
stepped
in
from
another
courtroom
where
he
had
been
talking
to
a
judge
.
An
obsequious
court
attendant
had
warned
him
that
Cowperwood
was
about
to
be
sentenced
.
He
had
really
come
here
this
morning
in
order
not
to
miss
this
sentence
,
but
he
cloaked
his
motive
under
the
guise
of
another
errand
.
He
did
not
know
that
Aileen
was
there
,
nor
did
he
see
her
.
"
As
he
himself
testified
at
the
time
of
his
trial
,
"
went
on
Steger
,
"
and
as
the
evidence
clearly
showed
,
he
was
never
more
than
an
agent
for
the
gentleman
whose
offense
was
subsequently
adjudicated
by
this
court
;
and
as
an
agent
he
still
maintains
,
and
two-fifths
of
the
State
Supreme
Court
agree
with
him
,
that
he
was
strictly
within
his
rights
and
privileges
in
not
having
deposited
the
sixty
thousand
dollars
'
worth
of
city
loan
certificates
at
the
time
,
and
in
the
manner
which
the
people
,
acting
through
the
district
attorney
,
complained
that
he
should
have
.
My
client
is
a
man
of
rare
financial
ability
.
By
the
various
letters
which
have
been
submitted
to
your
honor
in
his
behalf
,
you
will
see
that
he
commands
the
respect
and
the
sympathy
of
a
large
majority
of
the
most
forceful
and
eminent
men
in
his
particular
world
.
He
is
a
man
of
distinguished
social
standing
and
of
notable
achievements
.
Only
the
most
unheralded
and
the
unkindest
thrust
of
fortune
has
brought
him
here
before
you
today
--
a
fire
and
its
consequent
panic
which
involved
a
financial
property
of
the
most
thorough
and
stable
character
.
In
spite
of
the
verdict
of
the
jury
and
the
decision
of
three-fifths
of
the
State
Supreme
Court
,
I
maintain
that
my
client
is
not
an
embezzler
,
that
he
has
not
committed
larceny
,
that
he
should
never
have
been
convicted
,
and
that
he
should
not
now
be
punished
for
something
of
which
he
is
not
guilty
.
"
I
trust
that
your
honor
will
not
misunderstand
me
or
my
motives
when
I
point
out
in
this
situation
that
what
I
have
said
is
true
.
I
do
not
wish
to
cast
any
reflection
on
the
integrity
of
the
court
,
nor
of
any
court
,
nor
of
any
of
the
processes
of
law
.
But
I
do
condemn
and
deplore
the
untoward
chain
of
events
which
has
built
up
a
seeming
situation
,
not
easily
understood
by
the
lay
mind
,
and
which
has
brought
my
distinguished
client
within
the
purview
of
the
law
.
I
think
it
is
but
fair
that
this
should
be
finally
and
publicly
stated
here
and
now
.
I
ask
that
your
honor
be
lenient
,
and
that
if
you
can
not
conscientiously
dismiss
this
charge
you
will
at
least
see
that
the
facts
,
as
I
have
indicated
them
,
are
given
due
weight
in
the
measure
of
the
punishment
inflicted
.
"
Steger
stepped
back
and
Judge
Payderson
nodded
,
as
much
as
to
say
he
had
heard
all
the
distinguished
lawyer
had
to
say
,
and
would
give
it
such
consideration
as
it
deserved
--
no
more
.
Then
he
turned
to
Cowperwood
,
and
,
summoning
all
his
judicial
dignity
to
his
aid
,
he
began
:
"
Frank
Algernon
Cowperwood
,
you
have
been
convicted
by
a
jury
of
your
own
selection
of
the
offense
of
larceny
.
The
motion
for
a
new
trial
,
made
in
your
behalf
by
your
learned
counsel
,
has
been
carefully
considered
and
overruled
,
the
majority
of
the
court
being
entirely
satisfied
with
the
propriety
of
the
conviction
,
both
upon
the
law
and
the
evidence
.
Your
offense
was
one
of
more
than
usual
gravity
,
the
more
so
that
the
large
amount
of
money
which
you
obtained
belonged
to
the
city
.
And
it
was
aggravated
by
the
fact
that
you
had
in
addition
thereto
unlawfully
used
and
converted
to
your
own
use
several
hundred
thousand
dollars
of
the
loan
and
money
of
the
city
.
For
such
an
offense
the
maximum
punishment
affixed
by
the
law
is
singularly
merciful
.
Nevertheless
,
the
facts
in
connection
with
your
hitherto
distinguished
position
,
the
circumstances
under
which
your
failure
was
brought
about
,
and
the
appeals
of
your
numerous
friends
and
financial
associates
,
will
be
given
due
consideration
by
this
court
.
It
is
not
unmindful
of
any
important
fact
in
your
career
.
"
Payderson
paused
as
if
in
doubt
,
though
he
knew
very
well
how
he
was
about
to
proceed
.
He
knew
what
his
superiors
expected
of
him
.
"
If
your
case
points
no
other
moral
,
"
he
went
on
,
after
a
moment
,
toying
with
the
briefs
,
"
it
will
at
least
teach
the
lesson
much
needed
at
the
present
time
,
that
the
treasury
of
the
city
is
not
to
be
invaded
and
plundered
with
impunity
under
the
thin
disguise
of
a
business
transaction
,
and
that
there
is
still
a
power
in
the
law
to
vindicate
itself
and
to
protect
the
public
.
"
The
sentence
of
the
court
,
"
he
added
,
solemnly
,
the
while
Cowperwood
gazed
unmoved
,
"
is
,
therefore
,
that
you
pay
a
fine
of
five
thousand
dollars
to
the
commonwealth
for
the
use
of
the
county
,
that
you
pay
the
costs
of
prosecution
,
and
that
you
undergo
imprisonment
in
the
State
Penitentiary
for
the
Eastern
District
by
separate
or
solitary
confinement
at
labor
for
a
period
of
four
years
and
three
months
,
and
that
you
stand
committed
until
this
sentence
is
complied
with
.
"
