The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-03-16
To FIVE C0nv|CTS
FREEDOM GIVEN
Gov. kitchin Refuses Par
don to Three
FOUR WERE ON ROADS

And But One of the PardOned as III
States Prison, the Men Having
Been sentenced iii Wayne. Nc
Doweli. Union and Tyrreli Counties
and Having Served Parts Of the
FERNS.
Governor kitchin yesterday an
nounced that he had granted pafdoas
10 five men refused the reauests
made for three.
Pardons We're refused to Tom
Barnes, Robert Simmons and John
Henry RaWlins, and were granted to
ID. b. Pennington, Litz Mckinney,
Willie Colston, Bob Medlin and Rufus
y. Hagins.
The reasons in the eases in which
pardons We're granted were as fol-
lows:
ID. Il Pennington, was convicted Of
retailing liquor without license at the
August term 1908 OF WaEne Superior
Court. and sentenced to Is months on
the public roads, and pardon IS grant
"a on condition of gOOd behavior. The
solicitor and the judge both recon-
m6nded the pardon. the county com :
missioner and about 200 other citizens
including many prominent pfof1IDIfIoh-
lStS ASKED ItI HIS pdIttOLi OIL ot@-pGAil
OF the p~risoenr's condition. ana tire
condition of his family. n sly. they
think his punishment has been Sutfi-
cient, the prisoner having served Oh
the roads for about six II = hall
months.
Litz Mckinney and one CrcsaWn
were convicted of an affray. in which
Mckinney used q gun. Mckinney Was
sentenced to the Uub!ic roads Of Me
Dowell county for IS months farGot
- granted to him on condition Of goo,
behavior and on account of his broker
health and enfeebled condition. The
county physician says he cannot 1iN,
n confinement that it efldancers hi:
life. The Judge, the solicitor. tn
county officers. CresaWn. and man,
other citizens request his pardon.
Bob Nediin, was convicted at tn
November term 1905 of Union count,
IF manslaughter and sentenced TO /.
months on the public roads TIL
twelve jurors who convicted The priS
Oner, the attorney who assisted the so
licitor, the widow of the man who wa
killed by the prisoner and many citi
zens ask for his pardon on the groun'
that the killing was accidental. Tn
dead man was the prisoners brOthe
and after he was wounded, repeated
asked that the prisoner be not punish
ed, declaring the shooting Was acct
dental. Doctors state that conflne
ment on the chain gang would b
detrimental to his health owing to hi
physical condition. There was no i
feeling and no unkind words betvee
them. Both were poor men, but q
the shooting was careless, On the Su2
gestion of friends of the widow. tn
prisoner is pardoned IN condition tina
he pay her the sum of $1OO.
Willie COlStOn. was convicted al. tn
tall term OF Tyrrell court of forcibl
respas and escaped. He was sen
fenced TO two months on the publ
roads of Rp911f0rt county for tba oc
cape, and to four months for tha forci
bic trespass. The judge. the so1icito
the county officers and many other CT
iZens ask his pardon; on account {
this recommendation and the destitut
condition of his family, and his pre-
vious freedom from the court. tn
young man is pardoned on conditio
OF remaining of. good behavior.
Rufus \. Hagins, was. convicted +:
the October term 1895 Of Union cour
~ superior Court for barn burnir
and sentenced to six years in II
states prison. The former. Governt
on December. /, 1906, refused his a,
plication for pardon, stating tn
neither the Judge nor solicitor recon
mended it. Now both the judge al
solicitor recommend. prisoners cond
tlonal pardon The evidence was n
strong against the prisoner. Many cit
zens of the county. state that in the
opinion the prisoner was not glilt
befOrc his conviction several barns
the community were burned. and a
ter his conviction several OF her bar.
We're likewise burned. In VI " OF Il
1act OF the evidence against the pr
pnsl, ana the recommendati ms in +
peTal1, and considering that he h
served more than half of the So
tehce OF the court. the prisoner Hagi
IS pafdoned on condition of REMAINS
OF good behavior.
NO Shaflge in. Mr.. VVatScn,S Cora..