The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-12-20
MANY PARDON
PETITIONS 0U 7
DELUGE OF PLEAS FOR GLEN
ENcY REACH GOVERNOR
NOEL.

JACKSON, MISS, DeC. AO-l ne USUAL
'deluge of pardon petitions is coming
in on Gov. Noel. 1t looks like every
convict in the pen wants and expects
a pardon this year, and they are not
at all backward about asking for
'clemency.
Already there are over a thousand
applications on file, and the newest
ones are:
Ca.CEer Moody, convicted in the cir
cult court of Yalobusha county First
District, in 1909, and sentenced to five
years in the pen. Clemency asked
because he has been punished suffi-
ciently and on account of the age of
the prisoner.
viii Duke, convicted at the Septem-
Der, 1904 term of the Sunflower cir
cult court for manslaughter and SER
fenced to twelve years in the peniten-
tiary. Claims sufficient punishment
and the fact that he has been a good
prisoner and is trusty.
o. b. Davis, convicted in February,
1911, in the circuit court of Prentiss
county on charge of obtaining money
under false pretenses and sentenced
to two years, thinks he has been suf-
ficiently punished.
Rufus Brown, convicted in Perry
county at the March, 1911 term of
court and sentenced to life imprison-
ment for arson. The petition claims
that he was nothing but a boy; was
only acting as a watchman for a party
whose name is not given and who ac-
tually fired the building, and because
the boy confessed his part and told
the name of the real principal in the
affair.
Spurgeon Reese, a negro, was con
victed jointly with his brother, Clar
ence Reese, for the murder of his
father, Charles Reese, and both were
given a life sentence. Clarence soor
died on the Parchman farm of fits, tc
which he was subject, and SpurgeoI
Is now confined to the hospital at Oak
ley with tuberculosis, is not able tc
work and will not live long. 1t il
urged in extenuation that his fathel
was in the habit of numerically beat
ing his family, and that it was because
of this the boys killed him.
VIM. Hallock, convicted last Marcl
in Washington county and sent up TO
five years claims that he has beeI
sufficiently punished for the GRIM
of felonious assault on j. w. Moore
that Moore had grievously insulte,
his wife and Hallock hit him over tn,
head with pipe; that since Hallock'
detention his wife and children hav,
been in destitute circumstances ant
dependent on the Salvation army il
Jackson, while Hallock is sick and il
the hospital at Oakley Miss.
Henry McCardle, a white youth o
90 years of age was convicted of bur
glary at the September term, 1911
court of Perry county and given
term of one year for burglary. It i
charged that he is of unsound mind
is weakly and unable to stand manua
labor.
Leroy ElZey, of jefferson county
convicted in August, 1906. on tn
charge of murder and given life i'm
prisonment thinks he has been SUI
ficiently punished.
Jim Queen, convicted of murder a
the August, 1906, term of jefferson
county court and given life sentenc
thinks he should be released becaus
he is trusty and refused to escape
F. R. Powell, of Simpson county
convicted in Covington county of en-
bezzlement claims that he did no
profit in any way from the allege
crime and thinks his guilt was merel
technical.
And there are others on the way.