The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-20
she had served four or i've years. Lne Foard of Pardons recommend clemency'
 WrongfulIy Convicted. =

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 she had served four or five years" The Roard of Pardons recommend ciemehcy'
 Wrongfully Convicted.
 A case Of Justice delayed appeared Tn 4ha sfatement of the Governor in grant flag a pardon to Robert NRutJ cage. ailaS Robert Rutland, Randolph county nS nc: gro, who was convicted August .1 Sy' Ta05. of robbery and sentenced 10 ten years. From information received ar fer the trial it appears that RutIeose was attacked one night by two Wnlte men, one of whom threatened nm nm "IsH WYE threw away the pistol The charge on which he was convicted was that oi rohhinR his antagonist Of the weapon The executive comment % 36 fo1,ows: nS uose
 sIt appears that this boy did not com ynff a robbery as was charged, or there ie. at least, doubt about 1t. He took d pistol away from two boys but the the nistol was found afterwards near the place of the encounter, and where tne defendant said he had thrown It. IL was not robbery in the sense oL M Nu fence and an appropriation to his own use. He has served one year of ten. year sentence. Judge Brewer, the tmrial m judge, concludes 2 review of s,irs fns Gass iS,s In these words: am very sure 9h.s 9si,s Board recommends clemenev
 seventeen Wears for G3.0O. Mark Dunning, to whom w.ts granteu .l. :.
  who entered the store of Philip Wooley, and feIling a clerk to the floor took fhe sum of s360 from the tiH. He was sentenced to Mfe Imprisonment TOT duently has served over seventeen years n the penitentiarv, Tn ordering a pa role, Governor Jerks said:
 "This man was convicted or .robDery. The small amount of $s.60 only seems to have been involved. He was given a life sentence. He has served the State faithfully since August 27, 1888 the long. period of seventeen years This. giving him credit for good time, would be equal be a sentence by the court of about tw sntv-five years.
 "The Board of Pardnns cqnsiders ma lel in view of his goed conduct and recom- mends clemency for him"
 The comment of the Governor on the parole granted to Savannah Smith of Gilmore county is self explanatory. Smith was senteTleed to six years tm- rTiaonment for larceny in November. 1909. Speaking of the parole, the .lIn this case the Board of Pardons write: Savannah Smith was charged in connection with white man with the larceny of yearling He was convicted and given six years. The white man was not indicted The old man is one-armed, nearly 70 years old, in bad health and is very faithful. Un- Iess he was an incorrigible thief, In the opinion of the. Board, his sentence was unrea sonable,
 Sentence Too Heavy.
 That Nelsle Hogabrook, a negro. oi Bibb county. received a sentence, under the circums tances. tf@ heavy for, the crime he vfas convicted If commit ting. was tile reason a assigned for a parole issued in his case. Explair@ng tho reason for issuing the parole. che Governor makes the following state saThis man was convicted of violating the prohibition law. It is set up in hIs behalf that he was employed al Inc distflIery of a-white man. who was SaatxinR and retailing whisxcv, and as { mere empIoye. The principal got oui of inc trouble by the payment of 8