Show FA FADS FAUS US SLAYER LOSES APPEAL Pardons Pardon Board Denies Termination Termination nation of Sentence to Brighton Gilbert L. L Brighton Brighton convicted murderer murderer mur mur- derer of Charles A. A Faus Salt Lake druggist y in 1922 was denied his appeal appeal ap ap- ap peal for termination of his twenty- twenty year ear sentence by the state board of pardons Saturday Brighton's case was on one of 75 cases which th the board considered at its regular regular reg reg- ular monthly meeting at th the The board denied the appeal of Brighton's mother Mrs Margaret L L. Brighton in denying the thc felon clem clem- ency Mrs Brighton told the board she needed her sons son's support Brighton one of pi three persons convicted convicted con con- vIded of first degree murder In connection connection con con- with the Faus slaying was wass s sentenced to life imprisonment which was commuted to twenty years in April 1931 Immediate parole for James Roy Nelson one of two convicted robbers of the George Georg H. H Watson company 25 East South Temple street October 8 8 1931 was sou sought ht by Joseph Nelson his father and Archie McFarland an an uncle Nelson already has been paroled effective January 18 1934 The board conducted a public hearing on the applications for clemency clemency clem clem- ency during ing the morning and went vent into exec session during the aft alt 4 |