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Show PARDON BOARD MEETS. Takes Action in Only One of Nine Cases Commutation. Salt Lake, Jan. 17. Out of nine Applications Ap-plications to the state board of pardons par-dons for pardon or parole from the ptate prison, but one was considered at the regular monthly meeting held yesterday afternoon. John Justell, convicted Sept. 2G, 1905. of a statutory statu-tory offense, -was tho lucky man, hl3 eentence of seven years having been commuted, to take effect January IS. The application of Henry Johnson, an Indian, also under sentenco ot committing a like offense, was continued con-tinued for four months.. Applications which were continued until the next meeting were: A. S. Higman, Ogden, convicted of forgery, serving sentence of three years; Leroy Horrocks, sentenced Jan. 26, 1906, to ten years for statutory statu-tory offense; George Cordas. sentenced sen-tenced May 24, 1908, to one year for opsault with a deadly weapon; Robert W. Matlock, Ogden, serving one year for burglary; E. L. Brown and F. H. Stone, serving two years for burglary; Samuel Hunt, serving one year for grand larceny. |