Judge Caverly’s Sentencing

Abstract

Judge Caverly indicated that, “[T]he State was in possession not only of the essential substantiating facts, but also of voluntary confessions on the part of the defendants. The plea of guilty, therefore, does not make a special case in favor of the defendants… The testimony introduced both by the prosecution and the defense has been detailed and elaborate, as though the case had been tried before a jury. It has been given the widest publicity and the public is so fully familiar with all its phases that it would serve no useful purpose to restate or analyze the evidence.”