The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-16
Prisoner of Eiehty-one Years.

rms statement had an equal bearing
upon several of the applications before
| the board for consideration. at this
time, and conditions were urged as
| GROUNDS Tor the pardon or communal
| ton OF sentence, as the ease might be-
I One of.these cases which recommended
| user particularly to the notice of the
| BOARD by reason of peculiar conditions
was that of w. d. Murray, sentenced
from Freeborn county May 20 last to
serve one year in the state prison for
Keeping a disorderly resort. The pris-
oner, It, was explained; is man of
elghty-one. years of age, and infirm in
physical condition, as would be expect
ed at his time of life. His application
the board took under Amusement for
the purpose of consulting with Warden
Wolfer
Another application of the same class
was that. of Chris Johnson, sentenced
from Mower county Sept. 90, 1901, to
serve three months in the county Jail
and pay a fine of 500 and COSTS with
Cnlfty days additional in case the fine
and costs were not paid, for selling in
toX1cating liquors at wholesale in
village in which the people had voted
no license On behalf of Johnson it was
represented that acting under the adj
vice of an attorney to the effect that
the law involved in this case an in
trlngement of his constitutional rights,
Johnson had deliberately committed
the act charged for the purpose of test,
ing that law, and that upon conviction
he had been fined the maximum
amount to WhichGwas added the max
imum term of imprisonment. This
case also was taken under adyisement,
as was that of Ole H. Lewis, sentenced
from Yellow Medicine county, June o.
1901, to the Yellow Medicine county
jail, for thirty days, and to pay a fine
f0Y1 1i,1rr
without a license. "A physicians certifi-
cate was fled to show that Olson is in
poor health. ffih~ ", (
Unique Grounds for Pardon.
= The case, which challenged particu-
lar notice on the part of the mem
bers of the board because of the unique
grounds upon which the APPLICATION for
pardon was based was that of Claude
@DenniSon, now serving ninety-day
term in the Minneapolis workhouse for
larceny 1t is urged in this application
that Dennison be pardoned for the rea-
son that he. is sensitively organized,
and of delicate nervous constitution,
and it is therefore feared that the sur
roundingssin the Werkhouse may tend
to derange his mental balance and i'm
pair his usefulness as a citizen. Even
after having given this argument the
full weight thatit demanded the board
felt constrained to deny the pardon.
The application of George Miles
Reeves, which has been pending
through several sessions of the board,
was finally denied. Reeves was sem
fenced from Hennepin county Dec. IA,
1899, to serve five years and six months
in the state prison for grand larceny in
the first degree. @Ezso
The case of John Frank McCarty
sentenced from Roseau county, May 16,
1900, to state prison for fourteen years
and six months for manslaughter, was
continued, by request, to allow time to
secure additional documents bearing
upon the proceedings in the trial.
No Comfort for These.
The board denied the application of
William Shea, sentencd from Hennepin
county, Nov. Is, 1898, to state prison
for five years for grand larceny in the
second degree: w. Bentcliffe, sentenced
from Steele county Dec. 6,a919O1: to
state prison for one year and six
months for assault in the second de-
gree; Floris N. Dean, sentenced from
Wadena county, Dec. II, 1901, to state
prison for two years and six months,
for attempted burglary, and Henry
Jackson, sentenced from Grow Wing
county Sept. 20, 1893 to state prison
for life for murder in the first degree
A number of other cases were heard,
and many of them were taken under
advisement. In several cases it was
deemed advisable to consult with the
warden of the prison, and he has been
requested to attend the adjourned
meeting, which will be held this morn
ing at o'clock.