The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-22
STATE BOARD OF PARDONS,
CLEMENcY EXTENDED TO
THREE PERSONS YESTERDAY.
Samuel A. Bateman and George
Schill Two Youths, and Robert O.
Granger, the Lucky Ones.

The board of parduns yesterday
granted three petitions for freedom, de-
MED a like number of applications for
restoration to liberty, postponed action
after hearing the evidence in a number
of other cases, and granted one rehear-
ing
Samuel A. Bateman and George
ScAill, two youths serving sentence in
the county Jail for petty larceny, were
orde9ed released after a consideration
of the evidence and recommendations
Bateman was Dardoned on recon-
mendation of County Attorney Van
Colt and Sheriff Lewis, it being repres-
ented to the boards satisfaction that
the young man was inexperienced in
crime, and moreover obedient to prison
rufes. He had also shown marked de-
gree of penitence that is bound TO make
for good in his future career. The
board was prompted to grant the
pardon of Schtll for the same, reason,
together with the additional fact, as
appeared by the testimony, that he
was merely present when the theft was
committed rather than having been a
participant in the crime
Robert o. Granger was the third for
tuIlate prison subject Who obtained his
liberty. He was serving a term in the
state prison reformatory on a conv[c-
ton of grand larceny, he having been
charged with the theft of a colt from
one Of the rural districts. If guilty of
the crime laid against him, he has been
punished sufficiently, in the board
opinion, and moreover it was shown
there was an absence of motive for the
alleged theft, and the judge and jury
before when he was tried recommended
his release.
THREE DENIALS ENTERED
The application of Parlan McFarlane,
who is serving a life sentence for the
killing of two men in Sanpete county
in 1890 was denied. He was the man
chosen by lot by the seven life con-
WctS as the recipient of the sentimental
Pioneer Jubilee plea for the beard S
mercy.
A denial was entered against the APP
plication of joseph w Carr, who was
sent up from the Second district for
burglary.
All Jung, the Alta Chinese murderer,
serving a life sentence, petitioned for a
rehearing, but his request was denied.
PoSTFCNEMENT OF ACTION.
The board took under advisement for
a month the application of S. NJ
Butcer, the four-sc year Old man
from southern Utah who was recently
sent up for the crime of incest. There
are said to be some mitigating circum-
stances in connection wa this case, or
rather that newly discovered evidl:nce
viii favor the accused.
H. N. McCune, the young man from
Nephi, who in a fit of temporary daft
ness after a little tiff with his wife
went off and married another girl,
thus committing b:gamy, will nave to
wait till the October session of the
board for a decision on his petition for
a pardon.
Further hearing of the case OF
Charles Davenport, a convict for muir
der in the second degree, was postponed
fer month.
James A. Reid. Who is paying the
penalty for committing an assault with
intent TO murder, wasted a pardon. but
his hearing also went over for a, month.
Frank De Camp, the train wTecker,
was granted a rehearing, the same to
be had at the September meeting.
Samuel W. Mulgerry and Modesto
Sicher. serving sentences for murder
in the second degree for rehearings
was reserved till the boards next SEES
sion, the third Saturday in September
AS usual there were some very affect
ing scenes at the meeting enacted by
kinfoiks of the supplicants for mercy.