Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-09-22 | Page 2 | Pardons Board to Rule Monday on 89 Requests

PARD PARDONS NS 8 BUARD A T TO RULE MONDAY ON N 89 9 REQUESTS Delay t 4 in Making Decisions Decisions Deci Deci- Caused by Heavy Calendar alend r Decision of th the state board beard of pardons on the application s of 83 prisoners prisoner for clemency and six ix fo for rehearing will be be- rendered following an executive session of the board at the state prison at 10 o'clock Monday m morning Th Thit announcement was as made late Saturday by Governor George H. H bern Dern chairman following an m allday allday all all- day session which nearly p persons persons' appeared in behalf of th the applicants The Tho postponement was d decided upon pon because of ot oi the tho hc heavy vy calendar caused b by reason of the abandonment of at the July and August August Au Au- gust meetings s. s Among Amon the notorious cases Included ed in the present list are those of r John Cr Cerar r Andrew Koulizas E. E F. F Lop Lopez z and arid David all aU serving ser life sentences for tor first de degree de- de gree aee murder SENTENCE COMMUTED Cerar was r received eI ed ai at the st state te prison November ember 13 U. U 1921 with a adeath adeath death sentence Imposed by the Seventh Se district court The death sentence was comm ted to life imprisonment im Im- un- un August 22 22 1922 and subsequently commuted to 20 years December 18 18 1926 His present ap application application application ap- ap I Is for termination His prison record shows he has served seven years cars ten months and nine days Koulizas was wa received at the rl- rl ZIon son J June ne 21 1 1932 1922 with a a. life Ute sea lien tence Imposed In the Seventh dietrict die dis court Having served r ed seven senn years ears three months and and five fhe da days his lila present request is for tor commute commute- tion I Lopez entered the prison n March 24 24 1924 with a. a a L life Ufe sentence Imposed Imposed Im- Im imposed Im im- I posed b by the tue same court ourt He has served five fl years nus five II months and seven se do days s and asks allks that his sentence be commuted or cont con con- t until tho the October meeting meeting- The last of the t life lire ap ap appearing nearing on Is that of ot McGregors' McGregors gory gors' received recel at the prison January i 31 1925 with a a life sentence again l Imposed In the Se J Judicial l dietri distrIct district dis die tri t co court rt His case is continued f forn om August 20 O. O 1925 meeting g of at the hoard at t t which time he 3 appealed for or clemency TWO WITHDRAWN The applications applicatIons' o of Maloye ralo e J. J Jensen Jensen Jen Jen- sen Ben serving a term for tor grand lar larceny lar- lar ceny and Geno Gene Barton Buton serving serving- a a. terra term for robbery robber w were re withdrawn n at the tho request of af the prisoners Applications of two prisoners In Sn addition to that of ot Lopez were ivere continued continued con con- until the tho October m meeting cUng at th their lr own request They TIley are Ralph C C. Short Imprisoned for attempted murder and Pedro Duran serving a term for tor assault with Intent to murder I Petitions ns' ns for were filed tiled b by Robert Harold Harod Royal Roal E. E Potter George Delbert Peterson Mike and Virgil Thomas