duty--not
only to
you,but to
the
community--to
treat you
with
leniency.And
this
brings me
to what
are the
determining
factors in
my mind in
my
consideration
of your
case.You
are a
clerk in a
lawyer's
office--that
is a very
serious
element in
this
case;there
can be no
possible
excuse
made for
you on the
ground
that you
were not
fully
conversant
with the
nature of
the crime
you were
committing,and
the
penalties
that
attach to
it.It is
said,however,that
you were
