Notorious Land Swindler Gets Prison Sentence

N. H. McLean, the notorious land swindler, who was convicted last month in the federal court of subornation of perjury, was sentenced yesterday by Judge Hanford to one year in the United States prison at McNeil's Island and to pay a fine of $1,000 and costs. The fine will keep McLean in prison thirty days after his year's imprisonment has expired. At the end of that time, by making affidavit that he has no property out of which to realize the fine, he will under the law be discharged. McLean's attorneys had moved for a new trial, but the motion was overruled by Judge Hanford. McLean was then called forward and asked if he had any legal reason to advance why judgment should not be pronounced. He did not present his accustomed jaunty appearance. He had let his beard grow out during his imprisonment in the county jail and looked rather nervous. He made quite a long statement in which he insisted that he was not guilty and that justice had not been done because all of his witnesses were not present. At the end of his argument Judge Hanford, without comment, passed sentence upon him.