Salt Lake Telegram | 1921-09-04 | Page 2 | Says He Married in Sincerity and Asks for Pardon |

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Date	1921-09-04
Paper	Salt Lake Telegram
Language	eng
City	Salt Lake City
County	Salt Lake
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Article Title	Says He Married in Sincerity and Asks for Pardon
Type	article
Date	1921-09-04
Paper	Salt Lake Telegram
Language	eng
City	Salt Lake City
County	Salt Lake
Page	2
OCR Text	L SAYS HE l' l MARRIED IN SINCERITY AND ASKS FOR PARDON William Gilford Emmett was convicted convicted convicted con con- In the Fifth district court at Fillmore on August 8 1921 of ot the thc criMe of adultery and was sentenced to servo an indeterminate term of ot from one day to three years and has hns been Imprisoned in the Utah state prison since He Ho has applied to the state board of ot pardons pardon's for tor a pardon In his application he says saS I contend contend contend con con- tend that although I was technically guilty of ot tho the crime of ot adultery I Iwas Iwas was as morall morally Innocent for tho the reason that the woman I am am convicted of ot committing adultery with I had taken to the tho altar and anti married maried in all sincerity sincerity sin sin- In- In of or purpose that thai any loyal loal citizen citizen citizen citi citi- zen possibly ly could when whoa entering into the marriage vows I therefore re- re Implore your our honorable body to review re the evidence at the trial and consider the circumstances surrounding sur our rounding my case
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