Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-09


1902, of robbery, and sentenced for ten
years. ninares was released upon the
petition of the officers of the county jail
at Los Angeles, indorsed by Henry T.
Gage, j. D. Fredericks, Frank P. Flint,
George P. Adams and other prominent
citizens of Los Angeles county. The
petitioners state that while a prisoner
at the county Jail Linares did signal
service to the community in preventing,
at the risk of his life, general Jail
delivery.
January 81, 1906, Larue Gaines, con-
victed in Los Angeles in November,
1905, of non-support of his family and
sentenced for $50 days in the city Jail. !
The petition for clemency was indorse1
by ]. F. Chambers, the committing
and William Frederickson,
prosecuting attorney, who stated thlt
the wife of the prisoner was ill and
without means or strength to obtain
necessaries for her two small children,
and that having served over helf of his
sentence, the prisoner should be given
opportunity to provide for his family.
July &c. 1906, B. Roselli, convicted in
Los Angeles county in March, 1906, of
violating the child labor act, and sem
fenced for a term of five days in the
city Jail. 1t was shown that while
technically guilty of the offense, which
consisted in permitting a minor child to
be employed about his store, there was
no intent to violate the law. The petit
ton was indorsed by Joseph F. Cham
bers, the committing judge; George
Beebe and Guy Eddie prosecuting at
torneys, and w. V. Stafford, commits.
sioner of the bureau of labor statistics.
July 16, 1906, J. H. Swain, convicted in
Los Angeles in October 1905, of mis-
demeanor and sentenced to pay a fine
of $50 and be imprisoned in the city Jail
for thirty days. H. H. Rose, the COM
mitting magistrate, and William Fred
ericks, prosecuting attorney, recon-
mended clemency, certifying that Swain
was in a weak condition from pull
monary disease and that confinement in
jail would greatly endanger the chances
of his recovery. certificate signed by
DIR. J. w. Jauch corroborated this state
ment regarding the serious consequences
of confinement. Accordingly he was re-
leased by communication of sentence.
April IT, 1906, John Cakes, convicted
in Los Angeles in February, 1906, of
battery and sentenced for ninety days
in the city Jail. The release of Oakes
was ordered upon the recommendation
of w. c. Patterson, member of the state
board of charities; Rev. P. H. McDon-
nell of st. Vincents church, and II. H.
Rose, the committing magistrate, all of
whom represented that Imprisonment
had effected a complete reformation and
that the aged wife of the prisoner was
in dire need of his aid and comfort.
May 81, 1906, John Mcclure, convicted
in Los Angeles county in March, 1905, of
murder in the first degree and SEN
fenced to be hanged on May 4, 1906.
Upon the recommendation of Chief JUS
tice Beatty and Associate Justice Shaw
of the supreme court the sentence of
Mcclure was reprieVed to June s, 1906,
to afford time to Investigate the case.
Fuller statements of the case We're
thereafter presented and the sentence
of Mcclure was commuted to life i'm
prisonment upon the recommendation Of
said justices, it being shown that the
act of Mcclure had not the aCcompan-
ments that bertay an abandoned and
malignant heart; that he was a cripple,
aged, poor and friendless, and that ne
committed the act to enforce his sup
posed rights. and out of sudden anger
arising from the unjust treatment he
had received from the person killed.
September 12, 1906, Charles J. Fox
convicted in Los Angeles in March, 1906,
of embezzlement and sentenced for
term of six months in the city Jail. Be-
cause of the distressing situation into
which the conviction placed the wife of
Fox, who, with her infant child, was
without means of support, the trial
| Judge released him upon bonds, pending
the governors action, W. b. Mathews,
city attorney of Los Angeles, was re-
quested to investigate the case, and
upon his favorable report, the order of
release was issued.
December 19, 1906, Harvey Fowler,
convicted in Los Angeles county in
June, 1900, of robbery and sentenced for
twenty years. Upon a certificate by DR..
Percy Sumner, physician at San Quen-
| tin prison, to the effect that Fowler was
totally and hopelessly blind, as well as
sons that Fowler, who is over 60 years
of age and an ex-union soldier, would
be cared for In the Soldiers home /
commuted his term to expire on De-
cember a. 1906. A majority of the JUS
tices of the supreme court also recon-
mended that clemency be granted in
! this case.