The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1859-02-01
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William Legset. THIS convict was IL
d very feeble health and confined to the hos
: Iiial. The officers recommended hi, Iar
don upon condition that his brother wau',
: take care Of him
Thamas Meiross. Convicted Of Iarcen,
3 IN Wayne, December l>j.. and sen, fo tn,
State Prison far two years
: H was . boy, about i, a stranger from
. Canada, and his pardon was recommended
p by Judge Witherel! and others, who wcr,
satisfied that, falling to get work, lie com.
mitted larceny TO save him from furnishing
Thomas Waterson. Convicted in b.
rcn IN March, ls57, cf al assault. with IN.
tcut to kill.
lis padon was recommended rs the
Hros"r1'inc Attorney, who said that the
person Injured admitted that BE- wa, - mnch
to blame as the convict.
Wilson odell Convicted Of larceny in
Lcnawee, September lsj., and sent to the
State Prison for two years.
This was a young man a stronger in ~
irian who stole watch valued at So
His pardon was recommended by X. X.
Beechcr, Esq, Prosecuting ittorney, aud
certificates Of former good character. Par
don granted Nov !, l>5S
james Nelly and Andrew Kelly, were
convicted in Wayne, Nov. 1857, for the
crime Of resisting an officer. and sent to
the county Jail for one year.
Pardon recommended by Judge Wifher-
ell Prosecuting Attorney Gavin, the iuror-
who convicted, and Others, and granted a
few days before expiration of sentence
Samuel peWolte, Convicted Of assault
and battery in Wayne, August 1853, in
the Police Court and sentenced to pay 4
fine Of 10 dollars or - days in Jail.
raTa0ned at the end ot sixty days, upon
the recommendation Of Justice Bacc ard
others
Gilbert L. Shays Convicted Of larce-
',y in 81. Joseph, September 1887. and
sentenced To State Prison for five years
IL was lawyer, and all the members
Of the bar of St Joseph, with the Judge
united in asking his pardon, as his oiien,e
did not exhibit 4 great degree Of deprayi,
ry." Pardoncd Nov. ,, l>.JS.
Hosea Reeves. Convicted of arson in
Jackson, September ls55, and sentenced
to eight years imprisonment.
His age, and respectable connexions,
good behavior in Prison, and the circnm
-,antial testimony upon which he was con
victed, induced ne to grant pardon at the
end of three years. which was asked for by
a great number of citizens
( Samuel i. Hart Convicted of rape, IN
Jackson, Fe! ruary 1886, and sentenced To
the State Prison for ten years.
4 Hart was physician, and it was alleged
that the Offence was committed upon the
patient when under the influence Of some
supplying drug NJ positive proof could
he produced; bat under {. high excitement
he was convicted upon circumstantial taSti-
mony. Certificates of the highest charac
ter from Hon. s Coltax. and others, were
rroduccd and of excellent behavior a. as
sistant in the hospital Of the prison, and a
pardon granted Dee -, after near three
years imprisonment.
Richard B. Coleman Convicted of for
gerry. in Nacomb, June l>51, and sentcnc-
ed for three years to the State Prison.
Pardon recommended by Judge Green
who tried h M, and Richard Butler, Esd,
and Giies Hubbard, Esq, and others -
Granted November -
John Winter Convicted Of murder, in
Calhoun, in MAY ISIS, and sentenced Ia
solitary imprisonment for life.
This is an old man who had been in the
cells for ten years, aud whose punishment
was commuted to hard labor for life-at the
earnest solicitation Of all the officers Of the
prison
Charles 4. Baker Convicted Of burg
larry in Wayne. on several indictments aud
sent To the State Prison for forty years
He was 4 boy only seventeen, and altho'
his offences was We're h5ld and desperate,
yet II was believed 10y Judge Douglas, Capt.
f. j. Ward, and many other citizens. that
he could be safely restored to society with q
prospect of becoming 4 good citizen Par
doned Dee II. ISIS
James Weaver Convicted of burglary
and larceny, in Calhoun, in July l>5l,
and sent to the State Prison for nine years.
NJ " - u ''t'i''i .l!tti iil'4 lll> -''!
behavior has - commended him to the Of
ficers IF the Prison, thattbey united in rec
otumendmg his pardon, which was granted
Cd at the expiration Of SIX years and -iX
months
Rinado Baxter Convicted in Branch
of having in his spos>cS>ion counterfeit mon
ey, in l>j5, and sent to STATE Prison for
tve years.
Pardonad upon certificate Of Physician
Of the prison aud Inspectors, thai he Is low
with consumption. His friends in Ohio Of
f,red to take care Of HIM Pard ned Dec.
} i. ISIS.
John Wilson. Convicted at the April
term in Lcnawee Of breaking aud entering
4 shop and stealing, and sentenced for FIVE
years
Judge Wilson and Prosecuting Attorney
Beecher asked his pardon on account Of bis
: failing health Granted December u
lS5s.
Frederick ChiIson Convicted at the
Feb term, 49,. in Lenavee, Of receiving
stolen goods.
Pardoned December -. 1888. upon the
recommendation Of Judge Wilson. whC