The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-02-19
BY the Governor Who Turns
Down a Number of
other Cases.

S1AtpE44gSIUsN, Beb. l9-gdore
than a dozen cases Tor executive
.elemeney ana parole we're passed on
Saturday 81 Governor GlasseoeK. mi
some instances tie prayer OF the ap-
plicant was answered while in others
an relief vas refused
Wtliiame Mead, aged a.. sought a
remission 81 asentence Of ene Year
and a fine Of $1,000 imposed by the
.ciFeuir court OF Wayne county for
carrying revolver, but vas unable
ito convince the governor that the re-
lief should be granted
Sherwood Baldwin, deputy shor-
.iff Of Logan county, was indicted and
convicted with Josh Terry of malic-
ious wounding one Kenna Brown
Baldwin was given one year. The
application for pardon, was refused
Relief was also refused to Barney
.Rubenstein, of Tucker county, sery-
ing sixty days and paying fHeI
LOT $500 for selling Intoxicating
LIQUORS without state license there
Both the Jail Sentences and hnaI
were RENTED in the case of j H.
Moore, aged 40. Sf this city, sent
enced to sixty days and, lined. $25 90.
for violating the revenue laws.
The governor also approved the
Ipatden attorneys f4dihe Yih remit
ting the remainder 81 the. sentence
Imposed on Edward Goddy, OF
wheeling, convicted of carrying a
revolver, and sentenced to six
months in Jail and fined a$5O.Oo.
| A relief prayed for was also
granted to Bruno spagnoiia. an Ital-
liam; IS years OF age, indicted and.
convicted for carrying revolver and
given six months and fined $50 and
costs.
@Don't pick up pair of knuck-
Hes" is the warning to those who
want to escape the penalties OF the
Johnson pistol law. Garland Mary
land, colored, aged 80, in Harrison
county, found "a pair of steel
knuckles, then got drunk and went
TO sleep. When the police found
him and searched him they found
the knuckles and Maryland got six
months and $50 as a fine-the min
Iimum under the law. He has
served about half this time, but fol-
lowing the recommendation of the
pardon attorney the governor RENTS
the balance,
After serving about two-thirds of
La six months sentence, Cy Wilson,
aged SO years, restaurant keeper,
residing at Harper's Ferry, Raleigh
county, and having been in jail sew
eral months before his case was
tried, has been given the relief
prayed for-that of q remission Of
the remainder of the jail sentence.
Another person to secure relief
was Robert U. Harold, of Randolph
county. AT the February, 1910, he
WAS indicted for unlawfully shooting
at Preston Harmon and also carrying
a revolver. He was given six
months in each of three cases, and
fined $50 each in two.
Charles Handler, aged &c, for
merly of Montana, and by occupa-
ton travelling salesman, was not
go fortunate, and will have to serve
his two years in the penitentiary for
forgery for which he was convicted
in cabell county
Andy Nester, aged 81, reared in
l9Hngo county, but indicted and con
victed in Logan county for grand
larceny and given two years in the
penitcntiary, had the balance Of his
sentence RENTED.
The following paroles we're also
passed upon by the governor: 9.
IL. Harris, aged go, indicted in Sum
mers county in october. 1907, and
given eight years for breaking and
entering jewelry store. Follow
ling the recommendation of the pa
role board and pardon attorney, a
parole was issued. The same hold
ing was made in the two following
cases: Tony Abruzino, an Italian
convicted in Harrison county in Feb
ruary, 1909, for malicious wound
ing, and given five years in the pen
.itentiary. Arbruzino and the man
he wounded got into dispute over
a music box. He has already
more than the minimum sentence
for the ofrense committed.
Speed Brown. of Summers coun-
1 ty, sentenced to ten years for high
way robbery. He entered upon his