| Show SHALL DILLON BE PARDONED at the citizens meeting hold held in the federal court room boom at ogden monday jan 28 to protest otest against a pardon to malathi ir W dillon the M murderer of mitchell Mito hell there was waa a good attend anoe ance there were about names signed to the call for the meeting and during the evening another protest was handed in containing names of anady citizens who were unable to attend C M brough offered the following revolution resolution whereas malachi W dillon was duly convicted of the crime of manslaughter in the district court of the first judicial district in the month of november 1891 for the killing of oue one george A mitchell Mito hell in ogden city utah in the month of january 1891 and whereas the said malachi W dillon was thereafter and in the month of december 1891 sentenced by the judge of the first district court to be confined in the utah penitentiary for the period of nine years and whereas an application has been made to and filed with the governor of utah territory by th id M W dillon dillen and other parties praying prall g that the said governor grant to the said malachi W dillon a full and unconditional pardon now therefore be it resolved by the above citizens in maw mass meeting assembled I 1 that we deem it to be to the best interests of society and of this commonwealth that the said malachi W dillon should serve out the full term of his hia imprisonment pris mout as imposed by the court aforesaid both as a warning and admonition to him in the future and as a warning and admonition to others to desist it from committing like offenses offense a in the future and to grant the said malachi W dillon a full fall and unconditional pardon so soon after his conviction aud and sentence for ane offense of taking human life would be construed by him and would operate as a license to again infringe upon the liberty of the citizen even to the extent of taking human life that the dignity of the law ought to be upheld and maintained that human life ought to be treated and and regarded in this commonwealth as sacred and sure and speedy punishment shoula should be meted out to the class clash of offenders who are disposed to violate the law denouncing homicide and that the effect of the large expenditure of public funds for the purpose of te securing curing conviction of such offenders ought not to be rendered nugatory by the granting of pardons so soon after conviction IL II resolved Re solved holved therefore further that we do solemnly and bubli publicly oly protest against the of ranting granting of a pardon by the governor of utah territory to the said malachi W dillon III resolved further that a copy of these resolutions duly signed by the secretary and chairman of this meeting be transmitted to the governor of utah territory as a speedily as an possible K J B R ELLIOTT EI chairman BEN E RICH secretary dated january 23 1893 4 R rogers spoke against the resolutions stating he appeared as a citizen not as an attorney and had no interest in the matter further than as an a citizen he believed by the evidence brought forth at the trial that dillon was insane at the time the unfortunate crime was committed and that the meeting therefore should be careful in taking action on such an important matter he was followed by mr parrel farrell who said he also at trial of dillon billon and firmly believed that the only time dillon billon was insane was waa when whisky made him so ae this to la a caw case where the welfare of the citizens was at take stake and he did not consider dillon billon a mate afe man to be set bet at liberty his HIN sentence was light considering the crime he bad committed and he believed the he verdict ot of the entire community would be for the governor not to interfere ben E rich made a few pertinent remarks remark and the question on the resolutions being called for they were passed with only two dissenting votes the papers with the calls attached have been eng engrossed and will be se be I 1 to the governor this morning Feel peeling ilig regarding the probable pardon of dillon billon to is runal running ng high and protests are piling up at a rapid rate |
