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Show BOARD OF PARDONS IN MERCIFUL MOOD Member of tba stat board of pardons par-dons apparently wera 'in ft lenient mood Saturday afternoon at tba regular monthly meeting at tha state prisoa. 8ii persons wera granted pardons, aa follows: Jobs Kihtar, sentenced May 24, 1910, in Halt Lake, to one year on a statutory statu-tory charge; pardon to take effect March 2o. Edgar Fran due a, sentenced January IB, 191 1. to ninety days ta the 6a pete county Jail on a statutory charjre. Warren McDonald, eeateaced in Cache county. September e 2, 1910, to eighteen months on a statutory fiiiaive. T. B. Gibson, sentenced in Salt Lake August 7, 1909. to two yearn for embezzlement. em-bezzlement. Leonard Bourne, sentenced in Utah county October 4, 1910, to six months for knrgjarv. J aines W'iUiams. sentenced in Cache , county October 14, It", to two years for grand larceny (.pardon to take effect ef-fect April 1. Those denied parole were as fol lows: 8. K. Dormaa, sentenced in Og-den Og-den Julv 27, 1907, to fifteen years for a statutory offense; George F. Stevens, sentenced in Ogdea November 29, 1909, to two years for bigamy. Tbe application for pardon by Roa-eoe Roa-eoe Morlcv, who was sentenced in ban pete county September 15, 1910, to one year, waa 'continued for thirty days. The application of Joseph Y oiler for commutation on a ene-year term imposed im-posed August M, 1910, in Wasatch eoanty, was deaied. James Lynch, serving a life tejm for first-degree m order, bad aa application before tbe board for commutation of sentence, but withdrew U without prejudice. pre-judice. It is aaderstood that be intends ! to remain ia jail a while longer nud thea ask for parole. |