Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-01-23

be 66 years Of age and in bad health.
lie was sentenced 10 pay fine of
$400 and being in default was COM
mitted TO the House OF Correction for
six months.
There are strong protests against the
granting of clemeney on file, particu-
larlv from tbs Anti-Saloon League Of
the county. and Governor Wariield
declined 10 take any action in the
matter.
The case of simon Flaxman. con-
victed OF larceny by the Criminal
Court of Baltimore City in Septem-
ber, 1908. and sentenced TO serve five
years in the Penitentiary, was again
brought to the attention of the Gov
ernor by Attorney Isaac b. Weinberg.
The aged mother OF FlaNman has
been to sec the Governor about the
matter ON several occasions, but the
Governor has never been able TO see
his way clear TO grant her request.
There is some new data in the case
which will shortly be laid before the
Governor and he will again consider
il. Flaxman did not have crimi-
nal record and there is some gro und
for believing that his companion
when the crime was committed, who
was dissolute woman, was the actual
offender and il was mainly on her
testimony that Flaxman was convict
ed.
Another case which has frequently
been before the Governor and which
was again called To his attention to-
day was that of Joseph Luery. con
victsd of larceny by tho Criminal
Court of Baltimore city in January,
1908, and sentenced To serve a term
of six years in the Penitentiary.
Luery was convicted oi,stsaling a case
of cigarettes from the Maryland Steam
boat Company. His mother and a
friend, Henry Schaeifer were before
the Governor today.
Some relatives of Luery were before
the Governor some months ago and
stated that the young man had never
been accused of crime before. on "A
subsequent visit they were confronted
with the record that Lurey had been
accused of crime twenty-siX times
either in Baltimore or Philadelphia
and had been convicted on several oc-
casions. Luery's mother claims that
her son has double, whom even she
cannot always distinguish, and that
this person has been the cause of all
of her sons troubles by committing
crimes for which he is held respon-
sible. 1t is fact that charges against
Luery were dismissed in most cases.
Mrs. Annie Robinson, respectable
colored woman, who told the Cover
nor that "she stood all right i'm Ila-
geTstown and had worked for the
Honorable Buck Schley' and other
leading people Of that city, appeart d
in the peculiar role this morning of
asking a pardon for a man convicted
of having criminal relations with her
daughter, alleged to be below the age
of consent. She also brought letter
from her daughter, in which the
latter acknowledges 10 have sworn
falsely in the case and also asks for
the mans pardon.
The man convicted of the crime is
George Harris, and he has served
seven months of the two years term
TO which he was sentenced by the
Circuit Court for Washington county.
Mrs. Robinson spoke well Of Harris,
who is a barber, and stated that she
did not believe he had committed
the acts of which he was convicted.
She also said that her daughter was
II years of age at the time when the
matters were alleged to have taken
place, which is above the age of con-
sent.
The Governor referred her TO the
Clerk of the Court OF Washington
county in order to procure the docket
entries, and promised to look into
the case when the information was
at hand.