The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-10-22

lowing;
A young man, less than 10 years of
age, was convicted of attempted
burglary. and was sentenced for a
period of ten years. He and another Ga
man or mature years. who Is now serv-
ing time in the penitentiary) had at
tempted to break and enter dwelling
house. His record was looked up, and
II was made to appear that that was
MS first Offense. After he served a
sentence equivalent TO six years, he
was pardoned. At the time of his par
don, his uncle was engaged in bust
ness in Salt Lake City. The boy came
from good family, living in Texas.
Any one seeing the boy could readily
tell that he was not a criminal. II
was cOnciusively shown that the boy
had learned his lesson, and that If re-
leased would make a good citizen. Aft
er his release he went to his home in
Texas. and is now there employed. and
living a good life.
Miscarriage of Justice.
Three boys, the oldest nineteen years
OF age, living with their parents in
Emery county, on a sunday entered a
saloon at the back door or window and
TOOK some cigars and liquor. They
We're arrested and convicted of bur
glary. The boys came of the very best
OF parents. It was shown beyond all
doubt that the act committed amounted
10 nothing more than petit larceny ana
that they should never have been sent
10 the penitentiary. 1t was shown that
a certain saloon was being run without
a license and that men had been in the
habit OF visiting the saloon through the
back door. helping themselves to a bot
tie of beer or Whiskey, leaving the
money for it, or the next day paying the
Darkeeper. The boys did the same
They did not leave the money. They
afterwards, however, offered TO pay for
the goods taken by them, but their Of
Ter was refused because they were
minors. The habit of thus visiting the
saloon upon Sunday became known and
much complaint was made of it, a
complaint was sworn 10 charging the
boys with burglary. They admitted en-
terlng the house and the taking of THE
goods. They We're not represented by
counsel They plead guilty to the
charge and were sentenced TO the peni-
Tertiary. Nearly all OF Emery county.
the Judge who sentenced them, and the
prosecuting attorney who prosecuted
the case petitiOned the board and asked
that the boys be pardoned. They were
In another case a married man. out
OF employment, with his wife and
children hungry and nothing To eat.
broke into a meat shop or slaughter
house stole some meat. took il home
and gave il 10 his family, who cooked
and ate il. Another. an emplOye ar a
warehouse. after working hours. en-
tered the house through a window and
took several bottles OF beer. Both these
men were charged with and convicted
of burglary. II was shown that they
complaining witnesses and injured par<
ties asked for their release.
FOrges Employers Name.
In Utah county the prisoner forged
his employers name to a check for five
dollars. He was arrested for forgery
and pleaded guilty to the charge. The
facts surrounding the commission of
the Offense We're that collector called
at the prisoners house and demanded
payment of a bill of IS which the prls-
! ON ed he "a al .
and threatened to take the stove away
unless the bill was paid that night. The
prisoner went up town to find his en-
plOyer and failing In that lie went TO
a drug store, where ne was known, and
drew q check for 50, signing his EN-
| plOyer's name to the check, and pre-
scented il 10 a drug clerk and received
| 50, which he handed 10 the collector.
Before the prisoner saw his employer
/ the next day the check was presented TO
/ the bank and dishOnOred and the pris-
Oner arrested he admitted signing MS
/ employers name without authority and
| pleaded guilty To the charge. The court
gave him the minimum sentence anN
/ afterwards the prosecuting attorney
asked for his pardon
In some cases prisoners We're paroied
| and later pardOned just before or after
| their term had expired. Some were
parOled and not pardoned. The law
1 fOrbids a parole OF a prisoner until he
| has served a minimum term provided
| bV law for the crime for which he was
/ convicted Paroles were granted to
| those only who served such a sentence,
and when il was made TO appear that
| they We're men OF previous good char
/ acter and a showing made that they
/ would lead good lives IN the future. III
| is generally known that every person
/ who commits a crime is not necessar-
| ilv a vicious or bad man or criminal
| at heart. There are many cases nav
/ ing mitigating and eXtenuating err
/ cumstances. Everybody knows that. Ii
/ ha= board upon
/ applications for clemency to ascertain
/ and determine those who are real Grim
inals and those who are not. and pefoSs
! have been granted only 10 tile latter
and not the former cases. In some
| cases of parole the prisoner as a con-
/ dition OF the parole was required "a
turn his earnings over 10 his wife OF
| parents who were shown 10 De IN sIedl
need Of his support.
Twenty-Five Sentences COMMITTED.
| of the entire GA who received elem
| encv there were p whose sentences
| were commuted from a few days, II
/ some instances. to several years in
| others In II cases the sentences were
| Shortened for the reason that those
| imposed by the trial courts were clearly
excessive. In most OF such cases the
/ long sentences were given because the
| trial Judge and the prosecuting Officers
were not fully Informed as TO the actual
| facts and circumstances constituting
| the alleged Offense, or the real char.
| acfer of the accused. When the actual
| facts were ascertained and the true
| character of both crime and the accused
| hecame known il became self-eVideni
/ that the sentences imposed in those
cases were too long and hence they
i were shortened so as TO make the
punfshment commensurate with the Of
/ Tense actually committed.
Four OF the prisoners whose SEN
| tences were committed for reasons
Aforesaid are still confined in the state
Drfson because their sentences as fixed
/ bv the board have not expired. One
sentence was committed upon request
of the officers OF the national govern
ment for the purpose Of deporting the
convict uDon the ground that he was
criminal immigrant and subject to
| deportation under the national laws
Another convict, a woman. was CON-
muted so that she might go 10 her
brother in Nebraska, the reason OF
/ such Communication being that she was
afflicted with an incurable disease
which might In its progress become
/ a menace and a danger to the whole
prison community. and because her
/ brother desired 20 care for her in her
/ heipless condition. She is now with
/ her brother and is being cared for.
Render Aid mt Break.
The sentences OF the remaining
seven were committed for various rea-
sons-some because they had rendered
/ valuable aid and assistance 10 the war
| den or guards al times when there was
a strike or threatened break upof