A man named John H.
Wood, a former soldier, was convicted of highway robbery, and he was speedily sentenced to imprisonment for life in Folsom Penitentiary.
Judge Cook who passed sentence on him took the position that a man who used a deadly weapon in the commission of his crime should receive the full penalty of the law.

A man who holds a pistol to shoot will take life, therefore he ought to have a life sentence.

Wood, who belongs to a wealthy family in Texas, has a checkered history.

He served as a soldier for a time in the Philippine Islands.

Here he deserted his post and committed highway robbery.