Show PAT coughlin I 1 he ie petitions lor for life imprisonment A petition iu ii behalf of pat coughlin conghlin who is ia under sentence of death was receive received d by the board of pardons yesterday it asks that the sentence be commuted to life imprisonment and was signed by Cou coughian ghin when he be passed through oj oden a eno on a saturday night the argument supporting suo porting the veti von t on ia irom from Cough lins attorneys johnson sona hayes ot ogden who sst att out that at the time the doard declined to consider the affidavits of four of the jurors the sua suggestion was made that they should ba considered before a judicial tribunal tri Dunal the attorneys asked what tribunal could take up the case again at this time and they dwell at considerable length upon the fact that four of the tha jurors made and signed affidavits saying they never intended that the sentence ot death should be pronounced that those jurors at the time believed and still believe that coughlin was not guilty of a crime requiring the death that the law requires the concurrence of 12 men for the finding of a jury that will warrant a death sentence whereas in this case only eight men so eo agreed that thai the four jurors fesl feel keenly their position and should the Een sentence tence be executed wil go through life fedeline that because of their mistake they have contributed to a judicial murder that in view 0 of these facts alone the sentence should be commuted as prayed the attorneys offer to produce the tha jurors before the or deard ard and have them eipl explain lin the circumstances attention is ia called to the fact that the doard dimaid does not noc meet until a week from saturday but owing to the exigencies of the case it is requested that the board meet on Satur saturday dav next consider to this abis matter and ex examine amitie the jurors |