| Show BOARD TO n INVESTIGATE BR WN CHARGES Man Ian Seeking Termination of Sentence Throws Light Lighton Methods t on Questionable of Straw Bondsmen CALLS CALLS' BACK APPLICATION oard oard to Meet Quarterly Beginning July 1 Frick Calls Straw Bond Fee Inducement for Perjury Penury Sensational declarations as to cus cus- cus mary mart practises between crimin criminals ls n straw bondsmen cha changes In paron par- par on board rules that will tend to tofu fu present criticism of the inde indeterminate inde inde- terminate sentence as It has worked and surprise attending with with- of Robert H H. H i for parole were features of Saturdays Saturday's at rda s session of the state board held at the state prison f The lay meeting lasted throughout the the new rules adopted in executive session session effective July 1 of the pardons board will quarterly Instead of monthly as at pres present resent nt These meetings will be on th the hird Friday of M March ch June and September respectively with a fourth to be held at some convenient tat near the close of each year pear ear The day date was fixed as under the order the sessions are expected o n Into two da days s. Other meetings ll a be called on the order of the the nor or on request of ot four fou other members of the board boUd WA f other change will prevent any prisoner Ironer from making application for ency to the board within six after such a petition has been beene denied e led or voluntarily withdrawn withdrawn- after eng advertised for hearing This st is expected to eliminate the i ts s of prisoners making applications nd then withdrawing them when a d for hearing PROPOSAL VOTED DOWN proposal to hold prisoners send senn sen- sen n 1 d to indeterminate sentences unI un- un I I 1 least the minimum sentence had hade e served ser before they would be beig beig beile ig ig ble ile for consideration n by the parens par par- ens board was objected to by some topers ers and voted down The ob- ob fins c Ion lon was that under the U Ua Utah fah a tes such a ruling would not bens be bens institutional ns I Ites Wilson wIlson McCarthy McCarth attorney for Robt Rob- Rob t H. H former state fish and f mme commissioner serving an inde- inde sentence for J o of public mone moneys s 's created a stir stirs hw he requested to withdraw withdraw hi his s s ent's application for parole ray aye ajl convicted and sentenced April 13 13 22 was committed to the state prison son ison two w weeks eks ago go today after hi his s sn l j p p eal al to the supreme court had been n j Hied d. d w en the list of applications to b be e eard card Saturday were first prepare prepared d len r publication on onT had not been filed Later the th e I was handed in and a a. was given this pe peI pe- pe IWon I ion The speed with which the forI for for- I official seemed desirous o of ot Having Warden Devines Devine's custody custod y used considerable comment an anen and d hen en the board of pardons met At At- irney r e l I McCarthy Carthy appeared and fe- fe re retested tested sted that the application be with awn Wn n. n ND IND SYSTEM DESCRIBED The sensation of the sessi session came cam e h hen Oliver M. M Brown seeking term tion of sentence on a charge o of t ry in connection with false oaths oath s holdings when giving IAto lo property g nd md for Matt Smith con man i In Inden n den n two years ago made state state- regarding practises In vogue e ong long criminals and bonds men in inc n c cal l courts Governor Mabey Attori i j General duff Cluff and the supreme e urt Justices composing the pardons pardon g and aid declared they were learning g m ething thing when questions put t town to o own brought forth answers ting that various persons were e king up easy money in bond fees he Brown case brought forth con con- resolutions against y Thomas Ramage by the Veterans Veteran s Foreign l Wars of which Brown is a amber a a. few weeks ago These Thee e ol asked for a thorough land jand for disbarment of Ramage e Ramage faced his detractors detractor a I ors the table in the board roo room 0 elated a story which fit tit th the then e n of Browns Brown's tale but give a an ani n irely i eh different light to the ns ms drawn From Ramage's account t admissions dm made by Brown th the thed e dons d ms board decided to continue th the e tais tai's application for clemency sixt sixty Y 9 Meanwhile Attorney General Genera l trA Investigate the authenticity y Statements statements made by both sides t to o controversy Ramage urged clemY clem- clem Y for Brown ITH'S RELEASE OBTAINED 1921 1 Ramage Damage as counsel for Matth Matt Mat Mattli t li th under arrest for conducting a aed an n ged ed bunko game sought Bought bonds bonds- for his client William WilHam Emms Emm s ci Brown appeared as bondsmen n t tt the bond and secure secured d th's release When the case wad was wa s ed d Smith had left the state and an d bondsmen were called for th the e gunt of the bond It then devel devel- j that they could not I produce th the e i punt ut and both were charged with h ury wry lury for having sworn as to their hr r elency ency in m the bond Emms Emma case cas o fending ending wn awn wa was tried convicted and sen sen- Continued on page G. G I o. o PARDONS BOARD Continued from page age 1 1 tented with recommendations that he serve two years Ramage represented him at nt that trial Later patr patriotic o and fraternal organizations Interested and ana themselves In Browns Brown's case charged that Ramage had Induced d him to commit the perjury alleging alleging I that he had asserted that he had hadI I I the amount of the bond from Smith I and and would protect them that Brown told the pardons board I he received 15 from Emms for forswearing o swearing to the bond that he h hadI had I served as bon bondsman on numerous oc occasions occasions occasions oc- oc and It t least four times forI for I clients of Ramage that he had all alI al- al l I ways received a fee but tout that he dIdI did not learn until after atter going to prison I Just what the customary fe fee for such service service was I PLAIN PERJURY HINTED Members of the pardons board chorused surprise that thero there was any fixed fee tee for this service Under Interrogation interrogation in interrogation In- In Brown stated that 10 per percent percent percent cent of the face tace of the bond was th the usual reimbursement according to his understanding Speaking o of Browns Brown's case where his property aggregates less than 2000 all exempt Justice I Frick remarked B Better call It an Inducement to commit perjury rather than a fee tee I Brown held Ramage responsible Jor J r his predicament making assertions that the attorney had misrepresented I the facts and urged him to commit i the perjury on promise of protection I He admitted however that he he had I retained Ramage as counsel to de defend defend defend de- de fend the perjury charge and that he hei i I had mado made no no such statements In deI defense de- de I tense when on the witness stand i Ramage categorically denied any connection i with the perjury He explained explained explained ex ex- ex- ex that he had heard Brown testify as to ails hla wealth both in n the federal and state courts on various occasions when going bond He as asserted asserted asserted as- as that Emms had been sent him himas himas as a bondsman by br friends of Smith and that through Emms Emma Brown had been brought to his office He Is defending Emms in charges similar to those on which Brown was conI con con- I Browns Brown's contention that Ramage had assured them he could protect the bondsmen with money he had from Smith was explained by the lawyer as os possibly due to his tion don to both bondsmen that he understood understood understood un un- Smith had property had ac accepted accepted accepted ac- ac Smith as a client on the recommendation recommendation recommendation rec rec- rec- rec of friends and from these recommendations believed that Smith would remain to face trial l and would protect his bondsmen Ramage insisted that this statement had been made mado in g good d faith and that he still believed Smith would make good on the bond bon a ATTORNEY URGES CLEMENCY CLEMENCY- Ramage expressed a a belief belle that Browns Brown's story had been suggested to him by friends as a good way way in which to get out of ot prison He de de- de declared declared dared however that he thought Brown would mike make a good citizen and th that t. t his ilia present a was due to ignorance rather than intentional crime and urged clemency Dr R. R J. J Alexander representing the Veterans of Foreign Wars asked clemency clemency clemency clem clem- ency for Brown declaring that he held Ramage more to blame than Brown In explaining his attitude Dr Alexander went into Ramage's defense of Brown on the perjury charge and repeated statements alleged to have been made by Ramage promising Brown protection This brought sharp retorts from Justices Justices Jus Jus- tices Uces Frick and Gideon who wh asserted that Ramage could not have cle cleared red Brown of the perjury charge without committing additional perjuries Justice Gideon summed up Ramage's part In the Brown affair as a failure to make good on certain assurances he had given the bondsmen as to Smiths Smith's reliability but of no significance so far as the actual perjury of Brown as asto asto asto to the amount of property he owned After two hours of hearing the board went into executive session where Browns Brown's application was ordered over for s sixty days day's GOVERNOR REPEATS VOTE As at the January meeting Governor Governor Gov Gov- Mabey and Justice Cherry voted against commutation of sentence for tor forDel forDel Del Mar Hofman overcoat thief whose former wife declared a desire to reI remarry re- re I i marry him and whose uncle In Illinois has offered the boy a Job Hofman has served two months of a six months' months sentence In the county Jail The balance balance balance bal bal- bal bal- ance of the board signifies a desire to release Hofman but the executive vote was decisive Mrs Hofman told the board she had lost a position In a local store when her Identity as the prisoners prisoner's divorced wife became known Other cases were disposed as follows follows fol fol- lows For pardon pardon Archie Archie M. M Palmer forgery and John burglary denied for tor parole J. J R. R McCormick fictitious check and William Sherwood Sherwood Sher Sher- wood grand larceny denied John Cal- Cal lales assault with deadly weapon an and John S S. Cave burglary terminated for termination C C. E. E Lederman re receIving receiving receiving re- re stolen property O. O R R. Parsons robbery and James James' volun voluntary voluntary vol vol- vol- vol un ary manslaughter denied James Brown burglary granted on condition that Warden Devine can secure emI employment em em- I for tor the man C C. C J. J Dutton arson and Joe P. P Sawyer assault with deadly we weapon pon terminated ClementeI Clemente I I burglary Frank forgery and Frank J J. Bartlett depriving Ing owner of use of automobile conI continued continued con con- one month Frank E. E Ledbetter I robbery ery continued ninety days Of those thoe cases continued from the January session Herbert J. J Miller burglary was continued r sixty days o Marias Marlas gra grand d larceny recon reCOn- thirty days and Sterling A. A Little forgery was was paroled t to his father M. M L. L Little of Ogden H H. J. J Tucker who was sentenced to s serve ninety days In the Utah county Jail by Judge James B. B Tucker when convicted convict convict- ed of possession of Intoxicating liquor I was the only county Jail prisoner to gain clemency before the board Tucker was sentenced January 2 and his sentence sentence sentence sen sen- tence was commuted to be effective March 1 Applications of or all other county jail prisoners rs were denied by the board |
