The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-17
FOR
THREE C0H|!vlCT9
One Pardon and Two COmmuta-
tons Of Sentence Granted
by Board.
JIM" D0NALDS0N'S PLEA
CONTINUED NINETY DAYS
Numerous Applications for Re
lease and Reduction Denied
After Consideration.

The state board Of pardons had a
busy session Saturday, as it had two
months work before it, there having
been no meeting last month because of
the absence of several members Of the
board. Twcnty-eight applications for
pardon, parole and Communication were
considered and of these only three were
granted clemency. The application OF
James Donaldson for commntation OF
sentence WAS considered by the board
and continued for ninety days. Don.
aldson was convicted in June, 1907, and
sentenced on July 6, 1907, TO ten years
for robbery because Of his connection
with the McWhirter brothers episode
in which the two Scotchmen were
robbed of $10,373 in this city on Sep.
tcmbcr 10, 1906, in a card game par
ticipated in by Donaldson, William
Parrett, William Bell, Larry and Jack
O 'Brien
Donaldson was arrested soon after
the robbery, at Hot Springs, Ark, and
Parrett and Bell were also placed un.
der arrest. They both turned state Is
short term in the state prison. Don.
nldson was tried, convicted and sen.
teDced TO ten years III the state prison
He began the service of his term on
January 20, 1909, after his case had
been appealed to the supreme court
and affirmed, and has served about
eighteen months.
Communications and Pardon.
Clara Smith, n negro woman, was
granted Communication of sentence to
take effect at once. She was sentenced
by Judge Armstrong of the Third dis.
trict court on July 2, 1908, 10 five
sentence was commuted on account Of
her i'll health.
A. j. Morrow, convicted of adultery,
was granted commutation Of sentence
10 take effect on January /, next. Nor.
row was convicted in Utah county and
was sentenced by Judge Booth on July
II, 1909, to three years In the state
prison.
A pardon was granted by the board
victed of forgery in Emery county and
sentenced on October IS, 1909, to two
years in the state prison.
The Following applications for. par
don were denied; Stephen Quinn, burg,
larry, sentenced TO five years; Nick
WitlSa, assault with deadly weapon,
sentenced TO two years; William H,
Savoy, burglary, sentenced to one year
Willis Elliott, forgery, sentenced to
sentenced To one year; Hyrum Young
berg, grand larceny, sentenced to one
year; Tracy Driskell, furnishing imple-
ments to escape prison, sentenced TO
one year; James B. Maxwell, invo1un-
tary manslaughter, sentenced to one
year; j. Davis, grand larceny, sentenced
to four years; Edward Lindsey, grand
larceny, sentenced to five years; Fred
Howet, burglary, sentenced to three
years.
Communications Are Denied.
The following applications for COM
mutation Of sentence were denied:
William j. Chivrell, felony, sentenced
to two and one-half years; John Shay,
burglary, sentenced to one year; Ben
iamin Forman, burglary, sentenced to
four years; T. b. Gibson. embezzlcment.
sentenced TO two years; w. W. Woods,
assault with a deadly weapon, SEN
fenced to eighteen months; Henry Wat
son, burglary, sentenced to ten years |;
james Jensen, attempt to rape, SEN
fenced TO one year.
The application for pardon OF Gust
Dores was continued for ono month !;
the application for commutation Of
Watkin Reese was continued for the
same PERIOD and the application of
David Latham for parole was continued
for one month.
In executive session the application
for pardon OF Reese and Bass, con-
victed of murder, was continued for
two months. Hyrum WisemaR was
granted rehearing of his application
for pardon and the petition for n
rehearing OF the application for pardon