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Show DOES NOT ADVOCATE PARDON AS A RULE New Governor of Idaho Says Courts and Juries Are Supposed to Do Duty Bolso, Idaho, Jan. G. "Except In cases whero thoy havo beon wrongfully wrong-fully sentonccd, I don't bollovo in froeing prisoners by pardon," said Governor Alexander this morning on tho occasion of his flrst mooting as n momber ot tho state board ot pardons. pard-ons. "Criminals," ho continued, "should servo tholr sontcncoB, tho courts and Juries have hoard tholr cases, and I am not a Judge. Naturally Natur-ally all criminals have relatives, but M becauso of symapthy for relatlvos we f should not Uborato criminals tho law S has sont to prison for the safoty of , Bocloty." But tho governor concurred with Secretary of Stato Barker nnd Attorney Attor-ney Gonoral Potorson ln granting a conditional pardon to John Murphy, who lids sorrod olghtoen months of a ono to fifteen year sontonco for burglary on conviction from Bannock county. Tho young man's mother mado tho ploa and tho board hus consented con-sented to allow hor to tako him back with hor to NobraaKa, whero sho will try to make a man ot him again. gjj |