Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-11-05


1hsse vss Large smssnt II busiassl
sepsdisg pardon cssss bsfsss he Governs
~ Council = shsir messing Tussdsy.
0sa. CHS. r. Naftoeas sppeased fes d.
pstifsness fos ths pardon d Hdvssd Tsov,
bridge Who u Eov sesvisg ssnterce d
$50 and one half yesss 10 Ssase Psisos.
Gss. Nattocks urged the pardon On Ii.
ground Of disease Of de brain, ne ,esul,
Of suustsoke, claiming that tbs mas
Tsovbn3se vss aHsicted With this illness !,
the time be committed the crime.
The Council voted to hold the next meet.
ing Monday. Nov. ~.
A besrieg on the assisnmens Of oilcss ia
ne State House will be- hsId Il seven r. N
on Monday, Nov "a.
The Trovbridse matter vas tabled.
Hon. d. II. Cole Of Naples. appeared
before the Governor and Council for the
petitioners for the pardon Of Albion kim.
ball Of Hasrison, who has already servesI
tisistesu moDths On Ewo year sentence IN
Stste Prison for the crime Of forgery. NJ.
Cole 10 now eighty-i years Of age. but he
presented the case With the sigof offs man
many years younger. H eisimed that she
forgery vas check Of only s4g; that il
vGs committed while be vas 10 drink; that
be- had Always been an upright bust
mess man up TO that time. and that the
ends Of justice would be better served by a
pardon row than by keeping him confined
the full swo years.
The matter Vas tabled.
Hon. y. =. Houston Of Belfast arranged
for . hearing in tbs matter ming to
the d'a'ibution OF railroad taxes collected
BY the State. claiming that The city Of Bel
fast had not received its share Of said
taxes. The hearing will be given at eleven
4. NJ. Tuesday, Nov. 25.
Petitions were received for pardon from
George knight, the Poland murderer; J.
Wilbur Day. convicted Of arson in Wash
ington county and sentenced to twelve
years, and Patrick Crosby Of Lewiston,
sentenced TO three years for simple larceny,
il being claimed that his sentence vas too
long.
J. T.. Moore, Esq, Of Thomaston, sp-
peAred in behalf of Morgan Wallace. con-
victed in 1884 Of murder 10 the second
degree for shooting and killing Officer
Msiloy At Chelsea while engaged in search
ing Wallsces wagon for liquor. Moore
took the ground that 4. was prejudice
rather than evidence that convicted Wal
lace, that his sentercs at least ought not to
have been for anything greater than nan
slaughter. Gen. Stephenson, mansger Of
,he Soldiers Home, and County Attorney
Carleton appeared in opposition. The mat.
ter was laid over ill the mex. IN ,eting.
$. V. Emerson. Esq., appeared. asking
for reassignment of the hearing for par
don Of Geo. +. Dutton. in States prison
for being accessory In the abortion case Of
Matilda Cook. for which also s. p.
Morrill,, the principal. Is serving in
prison. The time OF hearing Was fixed
Tor MONDAY. November ~, az i. NJ.
No petition has yet been circulated in his
behalf. No one appeared to ask a pardon
fer Thos. A. Turner convicted Of commit
ting rate upon . little Chelsea girl. but
County Attorney Carleton. who was pres
ent gave some decided reasons Why par
Ion shouldn't be granted in this case.
The Governor and Council leave on the
:; 10 train this morpiog, for Thomaston.
where they will visit the States prison,
leaving there to visit the State Reform
School on Thursday.
The Valuation Commission met a.
7. NJ. Tuesday and adjourned to O'Clock
this morning.