Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-05-28
Four Pardon Hearings for
June Meeting Of Council.
State House Fisherman Has Good
Luck at Weld Pond.
STATE HOUSE CALENDAR.
Next Meeting of Governor and Council,
Wednesday, June IL.

which was organized at Biddeford on
May Is, for the purpose of conducting
general trust and banking business.
The capital stock of the corporation
is $4,000, of which the sum of $4,000
has been paid in, and is divided into
500 shares of the par value of 500
each
The names of the shareholders
together with their addresses all of
whom reside at Biddeford, and the
number Of shares subscribed for by
each is as follows: Albert r. Goodwin,
20 shares; Charles Z. Goodwin, 60
shares; Frederick Yates. 20 shares;
John r. +. Tartre, 20 shares: Fred c.
Goodwin, 20 shares; Biddeford
National Bank, 50 shares; Fannie NJ.
Hackett. 10 shares; number Of shares
unsubscribed and in the treasury. go.
The president of the corporation is
Charles f. Goodwin, and the treasurer
is Albert r. Goodwin. The directors
are Albert Z. Goodwin, Frederick
Yates, Charles T.. Goodwin, John Il. Il.
Tartre and Fred G. Goodwin.
The certificate of organization was
filed at the office of the secretary of
State on Saturday, May %.
At the June meeting Of the Governor
and Council four pardon hearings will
he held, one each for murder, assault
ana battery, breaking and entering
and liquor selling. The murder case is
that of Samuel ID. Haynes, who was
sentenced to imprisonment for life in
the State prison at Thomaston at the
September term Of the supreme
judicial court for Knox county in 1919
for the murder Of 4 ROckland police
man. Haynes bases his application On
the following considerations:
"First-At the time Of the COM
mission of this crime | was little more
than boy, being only % years Of age,
a fact which particularly il view OF
the unfortunate death Of my father,
who sacrificed his life in the service
of this nation. may fairly, it seems to
me, be urged as an eXtenuatlhg
circumstance and in mitigation OF my
offcnse.
"Sccond-The killing Of Policeman
Robbins was entirely unintcntional on
nv part, my object having been to
stun him sufficiently to facilitate my
escape from his custody, and an eH-
animation of the evidence produced az
the trial will fully establish my con
tcntion that the crime comn.itted was
rnanslaughtcr, the maximum penalty
for which would have been 10 years,
instead Of murder, the penalty Tor
which is imprisonment for life.
"Third-I have now been punished y
years. during the greater part OF when
IL has been my constant ana earnest
cndeayor to atone for the past, 10 de-
yelop a good character and to prepare
myself for the honest and CONSCIENTIOUS
performance Of my duties a. citizen
III event Of my again being given that
great privilege.
"Fourtr--The prison authorities Will
testify to my ability to earn an honest
living if | am given an opportunity TO
90 so, and will, | believe. corr"b"rate
the statement made by me relative 20
nv reformation and subsequent good
conduct. while my relatives are amply
able and willing to assist me in my ell
forts to lead a new and honorable ne
"It seems to mo that | have been sur
Gcieltly punished for my crime, terrible
though il was, that the demands OF
iusticn have been fully met, and ! now
AK FOR freedom from my present IN
complrte the cNpiatiOn of my oftense
by passing the remaining years OF my
life in an honest effort to make suit
able amends for my dark and deplor-
able past.
Hon. Walter +. Clarke. senator from
Lincoln county. will conduct the case
for the petitioner, while the STATE VIII
he represented by Attorney General
Hamlin.
Re,nard Conroy, late Of New York,
states in his petition that he was con
yicted of assault and battery at the
January term of the superior court Tor
Cumberland county in 1903, upon one
p,niel SHAW, and was sentenced to
earve five wears at Thomaston. lie
claims that at the time that the alleged
,,cr,nsa was committed he was not men,
tally or morally responsible Tor the as
e,ult i'm that he was insane or poruel-
ing on insanity at the tlme' that prev
ovs tn the commission of the alleged
offpnse he had never been concerned III
any criminal offense or mlSdemedhor'
,od that he had always behaved NM
ealf in an honest, industrious ana tenn
ne-ate manner. and with due regard 10
-, aud order. He will be represented
at the hearing by William II. CULVER
Of Portland.
MAYNARD Wilson Reynolds, VINO Is the
third in the list of applicants LOT g
ecutiye clemency. states tnat TIC ""'
sentenced at the December term ol the
supreme judicial court 1or Soiliei S''
county in 1908 on two indictments ~
breaking and entering, the term ., III
rrisonment being five years anu II
months; that he believes that tiie eii",
he has served has entirely reioiineu
him, and if pardoned he VIII ploIIt pS
the discipline he has recelNeu' -
willing to accept a pardon cohultioi li
upon his good behavior IN tle iu'u,1
IL bos secured as counsel Hon. l.. NJ.
STAPLES of Washington.
The last petitioner in the list Is heu-
1 Il, "