Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-10-01
nErITION FOR PARDON.

To his Excellency, A. j. McLaurin, Cover
nor of the State of Mississippi
We respectfully show that at the August
Term. 1888, OF the Circuit Court OF NoNu-
bee county, Mississippi, Alex Farmer,
Charity Spann. Hense Moore. Ned Davis
and Robt Thomas. having been duly indlct-
ed by the grand jury of NoXubee county
charged with the crime of bigamy aitei
having thb nature of said offence iuily eX'
plaipee to them, entered a plea OF guilty.,
and were duly sentenced by said court 10
Imprisonment in the penetentiary OF MISS.
is.ippi for 4 term OF eash' wa.
said Alex Farmer was indicted on the Zith
dav of Feb'y. 1898 and enteren his plea OF
guilty thereto in open court on August II,
lS9S, and was Gully sentenced TO salh I'LL.
nrisoument in said penetentiary on August
1S9s. for a term OF six months; that
s,id Charity Spann was indicted on Feb'y
"a. 1898. and entered her plea OF guilty
hereto ON August Il. 1855, and was duly
sentenced to suffer 3 months Imprisonment
,ly said court on August lS9S; that
Uense Moore was indicted on February
"a 1898, and entered his piea of guilty there,
m on August 1898. and was sentenced
to suffer said Imprisonment of six months
by SAID court on August ls9s; mat Ne9
Davis was indicted on Feb'y "A, 1898, and
entered his p!ea of guilty thereto ON Aug,
ust nth. 1898, and was sentenced by SAID
'ourt on August 1868, and that said
Roht. Thomas was indicted on Feb'y oath
| is0S, entered his plea of guilty thereto on
August 1888, and was sentenced by saiu
court to suffer six months said punishment
ON August 1898. 80.
After careful investigation we ma that
| these parties are all Ignorant. slmple-hilnu-
| ed and.illiterate negroes VINO were unaware
| MAT they were gnllty OF any criminal IIo-
| lat,on of the laws of the state al inc lime
such bigamous acts were commllteu' thu'
| thew are good and in otner respects law-a,
| bling citizens. of their class, anu Pnoi 49,
these iRdictments and sentences has been
such that the moral effect thereof Is as great
and notent in the community for preventing
tnrther attractions of our criminal laws III
that regard ms the mosi severe punishment
or tbese n~artles would have. and the puDnt
GOOD does not demand the further punish
mont of these specific parties. we, there
fore urgently recommend AMI ADVISE Una
t,ev be each separately pardoned OF thes'
their said offences and restored 10 Vheir ho
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