The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-02-03

; prevented the accomplishment Of her pur
pose. Hea husband appeared as prosecutor
, and she was senteaccd 10 eighteen months
| imprisonment anu sl.@D fine. The hus
!. band. Judge, jurors AM district attorney
: asked Tor her pardon.
James Campbell. Of Allegheny, sen,eD
eed on January II. 1873, to six years and
? six months in the Western penitentiary.
The papers show that Campbell was a
young man OF respectable connections and
that the crime tor which he was convicted
was committed while under the influence
of liquor and at the direction OF Inexperienced
burglars in whose society he had been
unfortunately drawn. The Judge who
sentenced him said that had he known at
the time what he found out aflerward he
would have been much less severe.
James Servisen, of Delaware county.
selling liquor. He was convicted under a
special law and sentenced to six months in
prison. OF these he has served five. In
view of the imprisonment he has already
undergone and the fact that his family is
destitute and his health failing, his case
was favOrably considered.
Samuel Mack, of Philadelphia. sentenc-
ed to eighteen months imprisonment for
larceny. His offense consisted in remov-
ing shutters from a house and putting them
on n which he vas repairing. The dis
trict attorney was among those who sign
ed the application for pardon.
John MGoyern, of Pittsburgh. sentenc-
ed in January, 1872, to four years in the
western penitentiary for forgery. The
papers set forth that he Ia youth had been
induced TO perpetrate the offense By expert
criminals and without approaching the
enormity of the crime. The Judge gives
it as his opinion that the forgery was more
the result of youthful indiscretion thar
criminal intent. The case was favorably
considered for these various reasons and
the additional one that through him an
accomplished aud successful forger was
convicted.
John Flemming. of Philadelphia, SEN
fenced in December, 1873, TO two years
and six months in prison for receiving
stolen goods. Flemming, who is about
seventy years old, is represented TO be in
declining health and weak in mind. He
is said TO have pleaded guilty to save his
aged wife who was indicted with him.
The prosecutor, who was among those
who asked his pardon, is of the opinion
that the I'D man was imposed on by the
thieves.
Richard Morris, of Montgomery. SEN
fenced in December, 1872, TO two years
and ten months in prison for larceny.
Applications in the following cases
were refused
DIR. l.. Vance, Of Franklin, county, SEN |,
on August 16, 1873, TO seven years
and three months in the p~enltentiary for !
N ha,~ 20 commit on nufrana IN a I
small girl. The lad was convicted and
-ntenced, but obtained q pardon when
the circumstances were laid before the .
governor, the board of pardons not having :
yet been constituted. DR.. Vance was :
convicted principally on the testimony of :
the boy. h.,
John hurry. of Northampton, arson.
Abraham Martin, of York, assault and
:
George Lynch, of Philadelnhja, larceny :
w, Howard WilliamS OF Luzerne, !
n~anslaughter. :
John Wilkinson, of Allegheny, larceny. ;
John Frankfort, of Lancaster, larceny, 7
John Bishoff, of Allegheny, receiving +,
goods. :
Henry Hines, Of Lancaster, robbery. 7
There seems TO be an impression abroad :,
hat the governor is dilatory in Issuing :
warrants Tor the execution Of convicted !,
nurderers, The CAGES referred to are =
tied up in the Supreme Court on :
vrits Of error or the governor has not !
official notification Of the action :,
II the judicial tTlhuna.. In the Ortwein .
ALLEGHENY county the Supreme =
Jourt two weeks ago affirmed the judg- :
ncnt of Ii lower court Int the governor .
las not YET been officially notified, i