The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-24
leryins the state fatihtully for over four

serving the State faithfully for over four years. .s a. &s
 "The present sheriff of Bullock County on whose testimony largely the convfc. ton was had. writes that he always had serious doubts of the mans guilt. The Solicitor who tried the case writes that he had doubts of Morris's guilt and joins with other petitioners now, in aslxinr that he be pardoned < The Board of Pkrdons likewise recommend ciemency If in fact. he was not guilty of the offense he has been dreadfullys punished: if he was guilty, 1t. would seem that four years would be a reasonable expiation of the crime.
 .'In the light Of all the papers, I have felt that the, issuance of pardon would not be regarded as . serious interference with the course of justice. Let pardon issue"
 ', Three Mobile Convicts. Asa Jones of Mobile County convicted of assault and battery was pardoned with a few words. They. were as follows: Because of his physical condition, as reported 'by Pftysigian inspector of Con. ptcts Shirley Bragg and the 'rscor1rnenda-s ticn of the Inspector let pardon issue." ' Joe Buford of fhe came county, convict ed of assault with intent to murder was given a parole in even fewer words. They were: f s "On the advice of the trial Judge and Solicitor parole is ordered in this case"
 In the same brief way pardon was
 ty. It was thus endorsed:
 "At the recommendation of the trial
 Judge who now doubts this mans guilt. | let pardon issue"
 The Mobile crusade aganist gamblers is l recalled in the parole of Cary l.. Fulton, l one of the men convicted during that
 crusade and the last of the prisoners to
 leave jail
 I. His, parole was endorsed as follows.
 >aThise man swaGaeassseds Sisif kumbiing ,Isinotte city of sMobiIe He vas convicted on, November 24 and sentenced to irnpri- 1 scnment in the county jail.
 "Severat times. before this I have at
 the urgent request of the parties prose- cutting. including the officers of the court been led to parole persons in Mobile Coun- ty for like offense and in the interest,
 have been led to believe, of good order
 in that city. The other persons prose
 cuted suffered Imprisonment for some.
 thing like thirty days, feel perhaps
 that an exception should not he made in
 the case Of Fulton, and have therefore. ordered a parole to issue to him which parole is to be dependent upon his law
 abiding conduct in the future.''
 o-ey And GaiA et6tn. 1sfdwaSes e1-g-,sl 1sllssl James Blaekmon Of Baldwin County
 convicted of perjury was thus pardoned. 'Ln this case every member of the jury | signs the petition for clemency agree ing that he was only technically guilty. The prosecuting solicitor and many good citizens unite in the petition, and all ! parties seem to. agree that he has been 1 suftieiently punished. Let pardon issue" John Williams, who is from Jefferson County and who was serving a twenty years sentence for assault to murder, had his Christmas present thus endorsed by the Governor:
 This boy was only about IS years old when the crime was committed. It is set out ,tn the petition othat he, was employed in Q negro 'reetaurAnt ana was sent out by the restaureI1t keeper with two harJeh- ed criminals, from whom be was to get orders; that e"had no notion of their purpose and found himself charged with assault with intent to murder growing out of an attempt at theft.
 The petitioners ask for cIemency for Williams because of his youth and be- cause they believe that he was led almost unconsciously into the commission of a serious crime. The man assaulted one Pappageorge. the trial judge. the olicitor and aSSistant solicotr as well the present solicitor and many officers of Jefferson County ask for ciemency and express the belief that under all the circumstances, the six years which he served the State in the penitentiary is ample expIation for the offense. for the crime which he conn mitted when a boy Let pardon issuc." Civil Rights Restored.
 William Kelly of Etowah County who had served a term tn the penitentiary for burglary had his citizenahin restored to him in these words:
 Tn consideration of the statement made by his attorney and fifty good citizens of Etowah County that he has been always before the commission of this one offense a good citizen and the advice of the Board of Pardons. it is ordered. his sen- tence having expired, that his full civil rights be restored to him"