Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-04-16

Ten Prisoners Given Their Liberty.-Two
Sentences Committed.
On Wednesday last Governor Waterman
heard forty-eight applications for pardon.
Most of the applications were for young
men, all under the age of thirty years.
Thirteen pardons and communications were
granted, as follows:
Eugene Mccarthy, who was tried and
convicted of msnslaughterin San Francisco
in March, 1885, and sentenced totem years
Imprisonment The pardon sets forth that
Mccarthy has served nearly one half of his
sentence, that he has been exemplary in
conduct while in prison and materially as
sisted in saving the property of the State
during the fire in 1887, and that strong peti-
tons have been presented in his behalf in.
dorsed by Congressman Morrow, and the
still further and eliminating fact that he
has mother over 20 years of age, upon
whom has devolved sincehis i'm prisonment
not alone her own support, but that of his
four little children.
j. g. Grundel, convicted of grand lar
ceny in Santa Clara county and sentenced
to one years Imprisonment The District
Attorney, the Superior Judge and the entire
jury who convicted him ask his pardon.
Grundel has never been imprisoned, hay
ing been out on bail, fighting the Judgment.
The pardon states that Grundel had ALWAYS
been a respectable, law-abiding citizen, in
no way connected with the criminal class
and that he " had great if not excussblen
proyocation to commit the crime, which
consisted i'll killing a COW which had re-
peatedly committed depredations on the
defendants property.
Philip Zapitano, convicted of petit lar
ceny IN Marin county in February last and
sentenced to six months Imprisonment in
the county Jail. Defendant is but l3 wears
of age and has already served two months.
John Smith, aged II years, convicted of
The same crime at same time and under
going the same sentence, was also pardoned.
Frank Wilson, convicted of burglary in
the second degree in San Francisco in jan
uary, 1885, and sentenced to five years.
The prosecuting attorney, the Judge who
sentenced and many leading citizens asked
for Wilson's pardon, and the Warden of
the State Prison says that Wilson has
faithfully performed all tasks assigned
him and has shown by his actions that any
longer incarceration would not more fully
subserve the ends of justice. Wilson vas
but seventeen years of age when he COM
mitted the crime.
James O'Donnell, convicted in Alameda
county in July, 1856, of burglary in the
oCCOiu uefICc anu sentenced three wears,
ODODnell was only fifteen years old when
convicted and has served the greater part
of his sentence and has been punished as
severely as the law ever contemplated, and
responsible persons stand ready to care
for him on his release.
Edward q. Foster, convicted in San
Francisco in April, 1888 of assault to muir
der and burglary in the second degree and
sentenced to seventeen years. Said Foster
has served with his credits six years and
five months, and at all times has been ex-
emplary in his conduct. Governor l. P.
Gray, of Indiana in his behalf as well as
his relatives, asked for Fosters pardon.
His bodily condition is such BY loa;h-
some disease that he is incapaciteted from
labor of any kind. His pardon is made
upon condition that he at once leaves the
State never to return.
Lewis a. Dockey, convicted of an as
sault with a deadly weapon in Alameda
county in June last and sentenced to one
year and to pay fine of $500. The fine
wa, afterwards RENTED.
ard F. Chapney, convicted of an as
saUa with a deadly weapon in Alameda
to two years in the County Jail. Chapney
has a helpless wife and four small children
dependent upon him for support.
Otto Hartmann, convicted of battery in
FL Dorado county in March last and SEN
fenced to ninety days in the county Jail.
He was convicted before Justice +. r. ].
Dixon at Greenwood, and prominent citi-
zens of that place denounce his sentence as
an outrage. They say Dixon is a one
horse Justice of one-horse town, and his
power is unlimited" The Governor writes
in the pardon: The manifest injustice of
the sentence imposed has been made clearly
apparent to me in the facts presented for
my consideration"
COMPUTATIONS.
The following combinations were issued:
David Miller, convicted of murder in the