| Show PARDON BOARD SHOWS MERCY Many Ma y Old Convicts Convi b Will Spend Christmas at Home Homet t PARDONS AND PAROLES GIVEN THREE INCLUDED IN Dr N THE LONG IONG LIST 4 Christmas will be spent at home with families and friends by three convicted murderers and many others who wh have worn the badge of ot crime at the state penitentiary through the mercy of the board of ot pardons yesterday In granting paroles and pardons Among those over oer whom the mantle ot of f forgiveness was thrown by the theard board ard was Frederick George sentenced to Imprisonment for life lite for complicity with Patsy In the murder of ot two deputy sheriffs in Rich county was shot In expiation of the crime Parlin serving a alife aliCe alife life liCe sentence for tor the murder of two men Hanson and Golding in Sanpete county was included In the clemency of ot the state authorities and was pa paroled for an indefinite period Indian Joe will doff his striped suit and join his tribe after atter having served a portion of his sentence for the murder of ot a brother brave The applications for parole in all three cases were granted and the prisoners will be released from confinement Monday for an indefinite period Eighteen Applications Considered Eighteen cases were ere considered l by bythe bythe bythe the board at its meeting yesterday the largest number since its creation The petition for tora a commutation from front death sentence to that of life Ilfe imprisonment In the case of Charles Botha Bolha alias aUas Dutch Charley Ch was continued for forone forone one month when hen it will be finally set settled tied Various reasons and causes were suggested to the board by b attorneys and friends of the sentenced men on behalf of the prisoners which occupied the attention of the members of the board from 10 in the forenoon until 6 last night The petition for a pardon of C L Maxwell sentenced for robbery was continued until the next meeting of the board James Wilson who was given three years for burglary was pardoned The case of Clifton Draper accused of assault was continued for forone forone forone one month John De Do France sentenced to two years year imprisonment for grand larceny was unfortunate enough to have his petition denied James P Allred Alired who received a sim aim similar simIlar ilar liar sentence for the same crime was also among the unfortunates and will complete his time at the prison E H Shultz who has served three months out of ot a five months sentence in the county jail was pardoned George A ABates sates Bates who was sentenced to a year in inthe inthe inthe the penitentiary on July 17 Ii of this year for grand larceny was pardoned Jj Jt R H Hickman who on July Jul 15 was sentenced ed to one year for tor grand lar larceny larceny ceny was pardoned Because he branded a 0 horse which was not his I own Thomas J Williams was sen zen sentenced sentenced to a term in the penitentiary and his petition for a pardon was yes yesterday yesterday yesterday denied George GeO ge Beck who re received received received a sentence of or one year in the county jail for obtaining money under false pretenses was also denied a par pardon pardon pardon don The case of ot Joseph J I Marks arks who was as sentenced for housebreaking was continued for one month Carl Adamson found faund guilty of robbing of Dr Stauffer on North State street received re more than t a athe the law lv li Intended by serving a term of ot nine months in the county jail when only sentenced for six months mouths He was there thre three months before he was tried and was yesterday pardoned Walter Geer sentenced to days for assault and battery was In Inthe the th class cl of ot the toe unfortunates his pe petition petition for tor a commutation of ot sentence being denied Thomas P Stratham sentenced for tor or assault uIt was pardoned Strong Petitions For Clemency Various reasons were given for ex extending extending extending tending the hand of clemency to the malefactors by the board the chief cause of the unparalleled pardoning however b being ing that the Judges before the men were tried and the district attorneys recommended such action George was pardoned it is said because the th judge prosecuting at attorney attorney attorney torney and jury signed the petition was pardoned for the same reason together with the fact that many manyo of the citizens of oC the county in which the crime was committed re requested requested requested quested it and because the prisoner had already served sered thirteen years AH An the jurors In the case signed the pe petition petition I n for pardon Bates was the recipient recipient lent of clemency because it is said f I there has always existed a doubt as to f his guilt I Indian Joe will go home on ac account account account count of the existence of ot a flaw in the information on which he was arrested and tried and because the judge and anda a number of citizens requested his pardon The Indian was found guilty of at manslaughter He killed another Indian n In October Oct r 1900 O |
