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EX-COCHRAN BANKER ENTERS GUILTY PLEA, GETS 22 TO 38 YEARS U.H. Patrick to Appear Before State Prison Commission for Assignment to Penitentiary or Farm COCHRAN, Ga., Dec. 14.-Pleading guilty, Monday night, in superior court here, to four counts marging embezzlement and three charging felony, U. H. Patrick, former cashier of the Citizens' bank, of Cochran, who was convicted November 6 of the embezzlement of $7,000 from the same bank, was given sentences ag. gregating from twenty-two to thirtyeight years. Patrick left this morning in the custody of officers for Atlanta, where he will appear before the state prison commission and be assigned to the state penitentiary or state farm. A run was started on the Citizens' bank March 20, 1920, when it became known that Patrick, the cashier, was gone. It was reported that he had absconded with considerable funds of the bank. The bank successfully met the hun, paying all the depositors in full. Patrick returned to Cochran in the summer of 1920 and eight indictments were returned against him. It is alleged that the total amount of the shortage was approximately $139,000. At the last term of court Patrick was convicted of the embezzlement in connection with the alleged disappearance of a $7,000 package of money shipped from the Citizens and Southern bank to the bank of which Patrick was cashier. Passing of sentence was deferred until yesterday. Upon receiving the verdict, Patrick fainted and was unconscious for several minutes. On the charge on which he was convicted, Patrick received one to three years; on count two, charging embezzlement, three to five years; on counts three, four and five, charging felony, three to five years each, and counts six, seven and eight, charging embezzlement, three to five years each.
