The farmer and mechanic., 1909-12-07
PARD0Ns GRANTED THREE
Solomon khovry the Younu Sv-
rian in for Burglary
His Father Had Come from SYRIA to
Ask for His Pardon, and it is Grant
cd by the Governor, Who Gives
Two Others and Declines One

TWO OtneTS ana Declines One
Governor Kitchin yesterday granted
pardons to three who had applied.
and refused the application Of one.
one Of the pardons was to Solomon
Khoury, the young Syrian. sixteen
years old when first imprisoned. who
was found guilty of burglary in the
second degree, in Fayetteville, and
whose father came from SYRIA to
seek the boys pardon.
The pardon refused was to Joseph
Lance, Of Buncombe county, who in
August. 1908. was sentenced to nine
years in the States Prison, having
been found guilty Of manslaughter
The pardons granted and the rea-
sons for these were:
Solomon KHourv of Cumberland
county, found guilty at the August
term, 1908, for the crime of burglary
in second degree and sentenced to
fifteen years in the States Prison. A
conditional pardon is granted, the
reasons stated being:
This boy was about sixteen years
old at the time of the offense. He is
a Syrian and was living with his un-
Gle, the prosecutor. He had been
sleeping in the back room of the
prosecutors store-after moving his
room he entered the store in the
night time and stole a few articles,
that time he was charged with forg-
ing his uncles name to a check for
$500, which was caShed. He denied
the forgery. Upon conviction in the
burglary case mol pros was entered
in the forgery case. He has been in
prison about two years, having been
long in Jail before conviction. Re
Gently his father as / am reliably
told sold his farm in Syria, came here
and settled with the interested parties
for all losses charged to the boy and
wants the boy to go back to Syria.
with him. The State farm physician
says he is g. narrov-chested. weak
lunged person and that he considers
him mental, moral, physician weak
ling Over 700 citizens including
nine of the jury. ask for his pardon,
and there is no protest The prose-
1ntorS and his attorneys ask for par
don. The judge and the solicitor sug-
sest taking off of ten years of his
sentence In view of the above facts,
] think it is 8 proper case for a CON
siitional pardon. Pardoned on eondl-
ton Of good behaviour and law abld-
ing
harriet Miller. Of Rutherford coun-
tv. convicted at the April term, 1903,
for the crimc of selling liquor, and
sentenced to twelve months on the
roads ParGoned, the reasons being
prisoner has served about eight
months in Jail and on roads Many
citizens ask for her pardon and 50
does the trial judge-an bas1ng their
recommendations on the ground that
she is about to be confined Par
foned.
Henry Guthrie, Of Orange county,
convicted at the March term, 1909, Tor
the crime of retailing, and sentenced
to twelve months in Jail. Pardoned
c,,nditionally, the reasons being:
pric
izene ask for his pardon, and though
notice has been published of his ap-
plication, only one protest has reach
ed me. The county physician and the
solicitor, owing to his physical condl-
ton. recommend a conditional par
don. He can do no labor ana moves
cnl1r with two crutches. Pardoned
ON condition that he remain law
abiding and of good behaviour,