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Show Pumell, charged with grand larceny, and Charles Edwin Blgler. Jr., charged with battery. Both had practically served out their terms. A parole was granted to John Jones, serving two years for the commission of a statutory statu-tory offense. The boaid denifd the following cases: Hpuiv Johnson, rape; W W. Woods, assault with a deadly weapon; Harry David Simmons, third degree burglary. CONVICTED KillRDERERS SEEK THEIR FREEDOM The stale board or pardons held practiraily an all-day session Tuesday in Sail Lake, granting tvo pardons and cjiit inning several eases for months before final action is taken. Among those appearing before the board seeking pardons were William Reese and Harry Bass, serving out combined sentences for 70 years for l ho murder .f Charles McCabe in Ogden Og-den about eight years aco. The prisoners pris-oners h liege that ii is a cgse of mis- : taken identity, that they have been erroneously Identified for other men. On the hope of proving this hangs their liberty. I 'm 111 Reese and Bass were sentenced sentenc-ed on May d. 1 00::. from Ogden, Reese lor 10 years and Bass for 30 years. Several times the mc-n hae made requests re-quests for pardon on the ground that 1 hey were not the men. but each time the board lias denied thr requests The matter was again called before the board yesterday by Attornev ,Ios-Clu-z of Oiden on behalf of the prisoners. pris-oners. Following on hour's discussion at the stale prison, the board adjourned ad-journed to the supremo court roo-n In i he city ami counly building, where foi three bonis additional it was in executive ex-ecutive session. It Is claimed 'hat the witnesses who idem Hied lleese and Pass more clerir-lv clerir-lv were mistaken In the men and affidavits affi-davits to t'lis eflect were presented to the In arc) The matter , was taken i rider advisement by the board, which v ill likely hold another mooting late th!s week it early next week, at which t!ie fate of Reese and Bass will bo seitlrd. Pardons were granted to I.eRoy |