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Show HAMPTON SEEKS COMMUTATION Ogden Man Convicted of Forgery Forg-ery Seeks Release From Sentence Walter M Hampton, former bookkeeper book-keeper for tho Golden Rule store here and recently convicted of forg-I forg-I ery In the district court, has appealed to the gt&tc board of pardons for commutation of sentence. Tho application appli-cation of Hampton,. With other applications appli-cations will come before the 'board of pardons Saturday, September IS .i i i v r.H. Hampton Is. now in the county Jail here awaiting review of his case j which h' appealed to the supreme court following his conviction He was (sentenced to serve a term of from one to twenty yean In the state penitentiary. pen-itentiary. Hampton was convicted upon a charge oi" having filled in two Golden : Ruje stoic checks, which had pr vlously been signed by the store i manager, and to have placed them I In an Ogden bank to his credit. Tho j checks were filled In for $2000. On the stand Hampton attempted to show thai the Oheckfl were filled In with the knowledge Of officers of the con- CeVn. He was found guilty or forg-, forg-, crv by 1ury. OTHER IPPMCA1 i INS. Applications of other prisoners I which will come before the board at the September meeting are as fol-I fol-I lows: j For pardon Joe Peadon, convict -led of Impersonating an officer; Take- giro Oaakls; voluntary manslaughter; I Charles Connelly, unlawful UBS of motor mo-tor vehicle Edward Ross, false imper-'sonatlon. imper-'sonatlon. Eddie Rcddieks. false impersonation; imper-sonation; Walter O. Oreen. third de-j de-j gree burglary; Alfred S. Hilton de-(scrtlon de-(scrtlon and nonsupport; F. B Farr, hntoxlcatlon ; Jack O'Neal, petty larceny. lar-ceny. j For termination A. Charlie Cum-i Cum-i mines, convicted of third degree burglary; bur-glary; I F, Lohman, attempt forgery, j Cleve Estes. pecond degree murder; Arthur s. Metcalf cr.uxi larceny; Bami Bos hlero. fighting; William Mills. voluntary manslaughter; David OMo iTulls. grand larceny Heber E. Mar-j shall, gmnd larceny I For parole Elbert F. Brown, con- ! vlcted of robbery: Casper Abplanalp. i ! forgery; Georpo C OdHkrk. statutory offense; Joseph Tohln. third decree burglary: Frank E. Rlvsa. robbery: I Paul Thomas, second degree burglary; i Dennis F. Terrell, assault with deadly! weapon. oo |