The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-21

PARDON BOARD
SHOWS MERCY
Many Old couvicts Will Spend
Christmas at Home.
PARD0NS AND PAROLES GIVEN
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THREE MURDERERS INCLUDED
IN THE LONG LIST.
PARDoNS AND PAROLES GIVEN

Christmas will be spent at home with
families and friends by three convicted
murderers and many others who have
worn the badge of crime at the state
penitentiary, through the mercy of the
board of pardons yesterday in granting
paroles and pardons
Among those over whom the mantle
of forgiveness was thrown by the
board was Frederick George, sentenced
to imprisonment for life for completely
with Patsy Coagland in the murder Of
two deputy sheriffs in Rich county.
Coagland was shot in expiation of the
crime. Parlin McParlin, serving a
| life sentence for the murder of two
men, Hanson and Golding. in Sanpete
county, was included in the elemency
of the state authorities and was pa
rolled for an indefinite period. Indian
Joe" will doff his striped suit and join
his tribe, after having served a portion
| Of his sentence for the murder of
! brother brave. The applications for
parole in all three cases were granted
and the prisoners will be released from
confinement Monday for an indefinite
! period
Eighteen Applications Considered.
Eighteen cases were considered by
I the board at its meeting yesterday, the
] largest number since its creation. The
!
! sentence to that OF life imprisonment
| in the case of Charles Botha, alias
! Dutch Charley" was continued for
one month, when it will be finally set
/ tied. Various reasons and causes We're
/ suggested to the board by attorneys
and friends of the sentenced men on
/ behalf of the prisoners, which occupied
| the attention of the members of the
\ board from 10 o'clock in the forenoon
/ until & O'pIOQIx mis-
/ The petition for a pardon of c. l..
Maxwell, sentenced for robbery, was
continued until the next meeting of
! the board. James Wilson, who was
given three years for burglary. was
| pardOned. The case of Clifton Draper,
| accused of assault, was continued for
one month. John De France, sentenced
TO two years imprisonment for grand
/ larceny. was unfortunate enough to
| have his petition denied.
James p. Alfred, who received a SIM
liar sentence for the same crime, was
also among the unfortunates and will
complete his time at the prison. z. H
/ Shultz, who has served three months
out of a five months sentence in the
| county Jail. was pardoned. George A.
/ Bates, who was sentenced to year in
the penitentiary on July II of this year
| for grand larceny, was pardoned.
! J. r. Hickman, who, on July Is. was
sentenced to one year for grand lar
ceny. was pardoned. Because he
! branded a horse which was not his
own, Thomas ]. Williams was SEN
| fenced to a term in the penitentiary
and his petition for a pardon was yes
terday denied. George Beck, who re-
ceived a sentence of one year in the
county Jail for obtaining money under
false pretenses, was also denied a par
don. The case of Joseph ]. Marks. who
was sentenced for housebreaking, was
continued for one month.
Carl Adamson, found guilty of
robbing the home of DR.. Stauffer on
North State street. received more than
the law intended by serving a term OF
nine months in the county Jail. when
only sentenced for six months. He was
there three months before he was
tried, and was yesterday pardoned
Walter Geer. sentenced to seventy-five
days for assault and battery, was in
the class of the unfOrtunates, his pc
titiOn for a Communication of sentence
being denied. Thomas P. Stratham
sentenced for assault, was pardoned.
Strong Petitions For Clemency.
Various reasons were given for ex-
tending the hand of clemency to tho
Indicators by the board, the chief
cause of the unparalleled pardoning
whom the men We're tried, and the
district attorneys. recommended such
action. George was pardoned. il /:
said, because the judge, prosecuting at
! tOTney and jury signed the petition
McParlin was pardoned for the same
reason, together with the fact thaf
many of the citizens of the county il
which the crime was committed re
quested il, and because the prisoner
had already served thirteen years. Al
the jurors in the case signed the pc
tition for pardon. Bates was the recip.
lent of clemency because, it is said
there has always existed a doubt as t
his guilt
Indian Joe" viii go home on &C
count of the existence of a flaw in the
information on which he was arrested
and tried, and because the judge anC
a number of citizens requested hi:
pardon. The Indian was found guilty
of manslaughter. He killed another
, Indian in October. 1900.
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