Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-04-04
THE PARDON COURT DAY.
OFFICIAL SESSION OF STATES
CHIEF EXECUTIVE.
Pardon Cases Are Ordered TO Be Ad-
yertiSed And Some Releases De-
cIined BY The Governor. Appeals For
Pard0ns Discussed.
GOVERNOR ENTERTAINS HIGH
SCHOOL STUDENTS.

Governor Warfeld held an Official
session as chief executive this morn
ing and acted upon n number of cases
of some importance which were
brought before him. He spent the
whole day in Annapolis and in the
afternoon and evening entertained the
members of the graduating classes of
the high schools of Cumberland. Iona
coning and Salisbury. which, with
the principals of the schools, paid a
special visit to Annapolis upon the
Governors inyitation.
Upon the personal solicitation OF the
sister and mother of the man and upon
the request by letter of his wife, Gov
ernor Wariield decided to advertise
the ease of Daniel Leonard. who was
convicted of manslaughter by the
Criminal Court of Baltimore City at
the January term, 1906, and sentenced
to serve eighteen months in the peni-
tentiary. The Governor was moved to
this course largely by the fact that
Leonard has five small children who
need his support. Leonard shot and
killed a companion named oliver
Joyce, while both were under the in
huence OF liquor. All of the members
of the jury who sat in the case signed
a petition for his pardon and the
Governor will act finally in the matter
next week.
The Governor also agreed to adver-
tise the case Of Clarence Albaugh,
who in 1898, was sentenced to serve
ten years in the penitentiary, having
been convicted by the Carroll county
court of larceny and assault. He
was also convicted of carrying con-
cealed weapons and sentenced to two
years in the House of Correction, the
term to begin at the conclusion of
the other. Albaugh's time in the pen
ientiary will be up in few days, he
having received full allowance for
good behavior and his sister, who was
here today, asked the Governor TO par
don him of the term in the House of
Correction. The Governor was inclined
to do this and ordered the case adver-
tised.
The Governor declined TO grant a
pardon to George Piper, who was con-
victed OF murder in the second degree
by the Circuit Court for Frederick
County in 1898 and sentenced to serve
ten years in the penitentiary. Piper's
time has expired, he having received
an allowance for good behavior and
he is now living in Allegany county.
The pardon Is asked in order to re-
store his citizenship. The letters of
Judge John G. Motter and States At
torney Glenn Ill. Worthington were
conclusive OF the matter with the Gov
ernor. They stated that Piper had
committed a most heinous crime and
that he richly deserved death, but was
saved by the action of two of the Jury
men, one of whom declared that he
would not hang any white man for
killing a colored man. Piper was
convicted of the wanton killing Of an
old colored man i'm order to secure
n small sum of money.
The Governor ordered a release in
the case of Charles A. Crandall, con-
victed of larceny by the Criminal
Court of Baltimore City during Janu-
airy last. and sentenced to serve four
months in Jail. This was Crandalls S
first offence and his services were
much needed by his family. Charles
Brown, Jr., was also allowed to omit
serving the remainder of his term of
thirty days in Jail, to which he was
sentenced by Justice McNally, having
been convicted of an assault.
The Governor declined to release
Benjamin II. jenkins, of Scott street,
Baltimore, who was convicted before
Justice Loden on March of assault
ing a woman by shooting at her and
sentenced to serve sixty. days in Jail
and pay fine of $50. The pardon
was asked by Mrs. Jenkins and the
Governor expressed his sympathy
for her, but after investigation de-
cided that the punishment inflicted
by Justice Loden was not too severe.