Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-10-11

! the said prisoner being in the last stages OF
/ pulmonary consumption, and with no possi
bility Of surviving until the expiration Of his
/ sentence.
2.--George T.. Wood convicted of forgery
on the 3Oih day of September 1872, in the
| Windham County Court and sentenced foi
| five years, was pardoned December I'D 1876,
a few days before the expiration of his sen
| tence, on the statements made by the judge
| who tried him, States Attorney who conduct
/ ed the prosecution and the States Attorney
/ in office at the time Of pardon.
3.-Adophus Parker, convicted at the Sep
/ tember term of Orleans County, Court 1876, OF
| the crime ofhorse stealing, was pardoned Febru-
| airy 2Oth. 1917. The court. the members OF
the bar who We're present at the trial recon-
mended that Parker be pardoned, they all
having doubts Of his guilt.
4-Abner Sackett, of Halifax, convicted at
! the Wiudham County Court, September term,
| 1871, of the crime of assault with intent to
kill, and sentenced to the State Prison for ten
years. was pardoned May 18th, 1877, on the
recommendation of the judge who sentenced
him, assistant judges, prosecuting attorney,
several of the jurors, many members Of the
bar, and other prominent citizens of the coun-
tv, on the ground of mitigating circumstances
and excessive sentence. The sentence was
imposed by the Supreme Court at tho Fcbru-
AIRY term, 1872.
5.-Charles II. Porter, of Williston, who
was convicted in the Chittenden County Court,
September term, 1865, Of the crime of having
in his possession burglars tools, with intent
to use the same. and sentenced to be imptis-
Oncd in the State Prison, for the term Of ten
years, was pardoned June 9Th, 1877. The
assistant judges at the trial, prosecuting at
tOrney, all the jurors and large number of
tba ptost raspeptalln and subetoptia1 oitivo,g
of Wiiliston and vicinity, requested his par
don under the circumstances of the case-his
advanced age and failing health. The presid-
ing judge at his trial says, mo error will be
committed in granting pardon"
6.-Jdmes Crozier was parlened October
81, 1871. upon the petition Of the grand jury
indcting him. eight of the petit jurors at his
trial, the assistant Judges prosecuting attor-
ney and other county officers. and a large
number of the most respectable citizens Of the
county, including nearly all the members of
the bar, on the ground Of mitigating circum-
stances, his advanced age and failing health
He was convicted at the Windham County
Court, September term. 1873, of the crime of
manslaughter, and sentenced to the State
Prison for ten years.
jos. ph Kezhic. an Indian of the Penob-
scot tribe, convicted of the crime of rape, at
the Windsor County Court, December term
1876, and sentenced to the State Prison for
three years was pardoned january 3Oth, 1878,
on the ground of grave doubt as to his guilt
it having been shown that he was convicted
upon disreputable and unreliable evidence
and on the statement of the prison physician,
that ''he is PROSTATE with a severe surgical
disease uniting him for work A surgical
operation with his present surroundings
would be extremely hazardous. If released
soon, he could have hope of relief in some
hospital having facilities to meet the require
Inents of the case"
S.-Reuben Smell of West Fairlee. convict
ed of the crime of rape at the December term
of Orange County Court, 1870 and sentenced
to the State Prison for twelve years, was par
doned March -, 1878, on the recommenda-
ton of the judge of the court which tried
him, and many leading citizens There was
doubt of his guilt
9.-Sylvester Rollins, of Newport, scnten-
cad for three years, at the February term of
Orleans County Court. 1877. as an accomplice
in forging note of 800, was pardoned April
-, 1873, on the recommendation of the Judge
who tried him, the States Attorney, and other
lawyers Of tho county and large number of
leading citizens. Rollins was represented as
tho tool Of another, and was poor. ignorant
lad, with capacity below the average.
1O.-A r. Bissell convicted of adultery at
the September term of Rutland County Court,
1875, and sentenced for three years and six
months was pardoned May -, 1873, on the
earnest solicitation of a large number of lead
ing and influential men Of his county on the
ground of his extreme age and their belief in
his innocence.
1l.-Cyrus F. Kenyon, convicted at the
May term of Lamoille County Court. 1877, of
assault with intent to kill. and sentenced for
five years, was pardoned May 2S, 1878. on the
recommendation OF the court which tried him
and almost the entire bar Of tie county, be-
cause in thgaG-iGdgmcnt, the evidence did not
warrant the verdict of the jury. Eight of the
jurymen who sat in the case also recommend
ed his pardon.
12.-Chnrles Stacy, on the 18th day of No
vember, 1877, before the Municipal Court of
the village OF Rutland, was upon plea of
guilty, convicted of the crime of larceny and
sentenced to State Prison for three years.
He was pardoned judy 22d, 1s7son the ground
ofmental imbecility.
l3-Joscph Wilson, who was convicted at
the Addison County Court, of the crime of
highway robbery, at its June term, 1874, and
sentenced to the State Prison for five years,
WIS parloned August 10, 1878, upon the pc
tition Of influential citizens in the vicinity.
Wilson is youth. His time would expire in
a few weeks.
1i-Michael McCue. who was convicted in
the Windsor County Court, June term, 1876,
for the crime of burglary and larceny, and
sentenced to the State Prison for five years.
was pardoned August 3Oth, 1878, on the pc
tition signed by numerous citizens in the vi
cnity, on the ground that the ends of justice
under all the circumstances had been fully
satisfied.
1j.-John \. Ring convicted of man
slaughter at the December term of Addison
County Court and sentenced by the Supreme
Court on the Both day of January, 1872, for
term of eleven years, was pardoned September
~, 1873, having-including his cOmmutation
for good conduct-served a term of about sew
en- years which is the minimum sentence of
imprisonment which the statute provides in
this class of offences. The Judge who tried
the case is of opinion from the circumstances
of the case-the deceased having been the ag-
gressor-that the sentence should have been
as light as the law would allow. The pardon
was also recommended by nine of the jurors
who sat in the case, and strongly pressed by
prominent and influential men who are famil-
lar with the circumstances, and large num-
ber of Rings neighbors and acquaintance
a Chance for Every One.