Salt Lake Telegram | 1930-12-07 | Page 1 | Rolph to Act in Mooney Case

Mooney's Hope 0 Jc i k- k p.- p. JAMES JAES ROLPH Jr Hell He'll Inherit it th the Case Cau ROLPH TO TUA ACT I IN M MOONEY Ni tA CASE i Youngs Young's T Term Expires T Too Tp o Soon to Hold lola r Review GEORGE CF BY GEORGE D. D CRISSEY S SAti N FRA FRANCISCO Cs o b Deo 6 j lii- lii ed eI d Press New Press New hope for Th Thomas ThomasJ ma J J. J J Mooney serving a tile life sentence for conviction of complicity in th the San F Francisco prep preparedness da day bombing July 22 1916 1915 was seeby seen see by hi his friends today in fact the fact that thata that tha a new governor governor r will be tha next official of- of official official of of- to cons consider dor his is par pardon request Mooney's pardon application I Inow Is Isnow now flow before betote Governor C C. C CC Co C. C Young whose term terra ends ends' January pr on 01 which d date t James Iames Rolph Jr San Francisco's mayor bec becomes mes the th stat states state's s chief executive Indications are that Young wl not act on oil tho Mooney pardon peti- peti tion Uon His pardon advisory board ha intimated that there is not sufficient cleat clent time time- between now and vand Jan Inn January uary nary in In which to consider consid th the convicts convict's plea FAVORABLE TO MOO MOONEY EY This Is viewed d as ln iV to tho the M Mooney on y cA cau t Governor a Young has hlis pledged himself to ac accord as- as c- c cord Mooney the tho same same treatment as ns too the state supreme court recommended recommended mended for Warren K Billings lc n of ot the same Bame crime and on the same same evidence Early this w iV el ek supreme court by a 6 to 1 1 1 vote refused to recommend mend a p pardon rd n f for r Billings Cour Continued on pago page 7 1 ROLPH TO ACT IN MOONEY CASE Continued from page 1 action in In his his Case case was necessary because California law provides that the tho supreme court shall recommend favorably before a a. governor may pardon twice convicted men amen such as Billings The court decision was generally Interpreted as blasting Mooney's Moones hopes also because of Governor Go Youngs Young's declaration that ho would use tho the court recommendation In Inthe Inthe Inthe the Billings case as a guide in disposing disposing dis dis- dis posing of the Mooney pardon Now It tt app appears rs that this is not necessarily necessarily true The advisory ad pardon board insists It hasn't time to re review se- se view the Mooney application bc- bc foro fore members of ot the board and the governor leave leaYo office This means the tho pardon application will be part of or the state business which Rolph will inherit ROLPH NOT OT BOUND Rolph Rolph it is pointed out Is ia not bound many way by the Youn Young re resolve resolve sc- sc solve to accord Mooney tho the same treatment th the tha court recommended for Billings s. Ho lie may pardon Mooney any time Ume ho sees sets fit It after taking office Nothing can be bedone done in the fillings Billings case however unless the court so so recommends and to date dato the court has returned two unfavorable decisions Governor-elect Governor Rolph has never declared himself on the Mooney Billings s case New hope for tor Mooney is seen in that fact tact by tho the Mooney defense league The matter is an open ono one so far as ns Rolph is concerned con con- while Governor Go Young is pledged to render a decision on the Mooney request similar to the tho unfavorable unfavorable un un- un- un favorable supreme court recommendation recommendation on Billings Billings' pardon peti peti- tion