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Show BOARD OF PARDONS HAS BUSY SESSION The state board of pardons is in session ses-sion at the stste penitentiary this afternoon aft-ernoon snd has an nrruntulstion of business before it which it is thought will reuuire a late session tonight lor its disposition. (In account of a press of other business in tbti ofllce of tbe attorney at-torney general last month no pardon board session was hold, so that today the applicationa presented laat month as well as those of July sre being con sidefed. ' The following applications, nresenteu in June, are being considered: Kor imrdou: Charles D. Murphy, highway robbery and attempt to com mil murder; John Norton, attempted robbery; John A. Kelly, highway robbery- and attempt to murder; lleorge Grantham, grand larceny; Webster Greene, adultery; Dan (iuish, forg.a; Bert Allen, attempted robbery. Kor commutation of sentence: Benjamin Ben-jamin t arter, assault with intent to murder. r'or parole: Joseph Marsh, ssssult with inteut to commit murder; Onn Hansen, grand larceny. July, applications to be considered t are: For pardon: Alfred tavander, third degree burglary, Arthur Brown, forgery; for-gery; John M. Duke and Peter Affleck, second depree burglary; Harry ('. Cordon, Cor-don, third degree burglary; Edmond Mason, carnal knowledge; C. C. Hny-dergsard. Hny-dergsard. adulterv; C. C. Andrews, em-beizlement; em-beizlement; L. W. I,un, third degree" burglary. Kor commutation of sentence: 8. C Doinan, rape. |