Salt Lake Telegram | 1939-02-18 | Page 9 | Pardons Board Hears 30 Cases

PARDONS BOARD HEARS30 CASES Kin of Killers' Victims Fight Leniency Relatives of two killers' victims appeared before the atate psrdons board Saturday to protest against granting of leniency to the convicts as the board considered SO casea at the atatc prison. Appearing against a petition for commutation of the life sentence Conrsd D. Hanson Is serving for the second degree murder of Edmund Ed-mund G. Hlnec were the victim's widow, Mrs. Charlotte J. Hines, and his son, Fred Hines. Hanson entered en-tered the prison on Msy g, 19.12. for the slaying of Hinea. an eaet side grocer in Salt Lake City, during a hold-up attempt. The widow told the board she considered the seven years Hanson hsd served as very little punishment for having taken the life of her husbsnd, and Fred Hinee oited Hanson's record as evidence thst he should not be granted the commutation. com-mutation. Jack Simon Beard sought commutation commu-tation of the life sentence he began be-gan serving February 13, 134, for the aecond degree murder of Clyde Watson of Salt Lake City over a girl'a affections. Appearing In protest pro-test were the victim fsther. R. G. Watson, snd a friend of the Wat-aon Wat-aon family, B. A. Hughea. John B. Griffith of Salt Lake City, serving a one to 10 year sentence sen-tence for the voluntary manslaughter manslaugh-ter of hit wife, Haiel Griffith, withdrew with-drew hia application for termination termina-tion of sentence, but asked the ! privilege of reapplying before the . end of the year. He entered the! prison January 21, 1939. I