Show CHAMPION Will MI BE S SET FREE Convict Wins Sympathy of Pardon Board by His Ex Exceeding Exceeding Diligence Royal Morrison who was found guilty in the district court before Judge G G Armstrong April 7 1905 of or the bur burglary burglary burglary glary of the store of ot the S lt Lake Laks Hardware company and amI was waa sentenced to serve ten years In the state prison will be given his freedom July 7 At Atthe Atthe Atthe the meeting of the state board of par pardons pardons pardons dons In the penitentiary yesterday it was ordered that his sentence be com corn commuted commuted muted to that date Morrison is re regarded regarded regarded as a model prisoner Since the jay day ay that he walked Inta into the gates of the state prison to serve his long sentence Morrison has voluntarily been a hard working man His duties have chiefly consisted In farm work in which he has won the reputation of be being being beIng ing the busiest prisoner at the penitentiary tiar J He has established records at picking potatoes and other vegetables The guards say that he can milk more cows within an hour than any ny man mn in Utah In commuting the sentence the board commented on the facts that he had always behaved well and had bad always been diligent Though not at all in insane insane Insane sane Morrison has been simpleminded and was noticeably so at the time of his arrest He broke into the Salt Lake Hardware store and stole a n shotgun that he had seen in Ii a show window Though he had the opportunity to take other articles of greater value he did not do so The following applications for pardon were denied by y the board beard Watkin Reese REse felony felon sentenced to three years years from county count 1909 Le Roy Purnell grand larceny sen sentenced SEntenced sentenced to one year from Rich county Charles Aldrich grand larceny sen sentenced sentenced to one one year from Rich county Rudolph V Heid failure to provide for minor child sentenced to three months from Cache county W WE WE WE E Lucas assault and battery sen sentenced sentenced sentenced to six months in Sn county jail August Blanke petit larceny larcen sentenced to siy months in county jail Henry Blake petit larceny sentenced to six months in the county jail The cases of Benjamin F Carter arter as assault assault sault with intent to murder at Cache county und ind Edward Syphus assault with deadly weapon in Salt SaU Lake and Edward Hoeven grand larceny and andA andA andA A J T Morrow were continued The fhe cases cas of W W Woods assault with deadly deam weapon and Henry H nf Wat Watson Watson Watson son burglary in which commutations were naked asked v vere ere continued while the request of Jessie Rice sentenced for fr burglary for commutation was denied |