| Show 11 pardoned by the president our dispatches today announce the dardon by president cleveland of william D newsom New sona of the eleventh ward of this city and peter S barson of clarkston Clar feston cache count the first named is granted a 4 pardon on the ground of ill health he was wrested arrested on the charge of pol polygamy gamy and unlawful fal cohabitation on may 8 1885 and on conviction was sentence sentenced on october 17 1885 to imprisonment for three chrep and a hall half years and abid to pay a line fine of isoo and costs he had bad but a 06 short time to serve mr barson w wais sentenced by J judge nage henderson on november 21 to im tor for six months and to p pay a fine at ijo tor for unlawful cohabit and haa less lese than a mouth month to serve exclusive of the commit commitment mout for the flue fine his plural wife died before t ore his bis trial the comment of president cleveland upon the lodge judge who passed sentence is 13 a severe rebuke it is a as follo follows wg atle death of his plural wife before conviction put an end to the convicts convict is polygamy and the law should have been satisfied if his sentence had bad been nominal both men wall be retained in the penitentiary until the official noti notification flea of their pardon is received which will probably be about a week |
