Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-09-29
Four Pardon Petitions To Be
Considered by Governor and
Council at the Sept. 80
M ee ting
ONE MURDER CASE,
Two Liquor and One Breaking
And Entering Case-Addi-
lions to the Museum
State House Chat
Next meeting Of tho Governor and
Council. 10 A, M, Wednesday, Sept. 80.

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The next session of the Governor
and Council scheduled for 10 A. NJ.
Wednesday, Sept. 80, promises to be
an exceptionally busy one, for besides
the large amount of routine business
to come before the meeting there will
be hearings on four pardon petitions
which have been filed at the office of
the secretary of State. These petitions
are for the pardons of Charles G.
Smith, sentenced to life Imprisonment
in 1881 for murder. Thomas Kennedy.
sentenced in 1912 for a term of five
years for breaking and entering. Fred
w. Trowbridge of Thomaston, who
was sentenced to 80 days at hard la
Dor and fine of 5000 and costs and
in default of the payment of the fine
and costs 80 days additional, and for
removal of condition from the par
don OF Ralph Urbano of Portland, who
on May -, 1911, was found guilty of
maintaining a place for the Illegal
sale and for the illegal keeping of in
toxicating liquors.
In the petition for the removal of a
condition from the pardon of Ralph
urhaae, the petitioner represents that
ne was found guilty on May 49, 1911,
of maintaining place for the illegal
sale and the illegal keeping of intox-
icating liquors and that he was then
committed to the county Jail in the
county of Cumberland for a term of
II months; that on July 10, 1911 he
petitioned the Governor and the Ex-
ecutive Council that the sentence be
committed for the belief that the SEN
tencc was unnecessarily severe; that
he was then in i'll health and had a
family dependent upon him and that
his confinement prevented him from
properly supporting and maintaining
his family; that on Sept. 10. 1911, the
Governor and Executive Council rem
dered a decision on said petition as
follows: That the Governor be advis-
ed to grant said Ralph A. Urbano
pardon on condition that he shall not
be guilty of violating any of the
criminal statutes of the State and
that upon a violation by him of the
foregoing condition the sheriff of
Cumberland county shall forthwith
cause him TO be examined by the Gov
ernor and Council, and if it appears
that he has violated the condition of
said pardon he shall be remanded and
confined in said Cumberland county
Jail for the uneXpired term of his sem
tepce as aforesaid, that said pardon
to 60 into effect three months from
the date of his commitment to said
Jail.
The recommended ton for the re-
moval of the condition is solely upon
the certificate of three reputable ply
sicians which shows that said Ralph
Urbano is suffering from ineipient
tuberculosis, that since the granting
of the petition he has been law abid-
ing and that the condition in the par
don has been a hindrance to him in
his business and handicap to him
and his family in their social life.
Charles W. G. Smith in his petition
requests that pardon be granted him
for the crime of murder for which he
was convicted in the supreme judicial
court from Knox county in Oct. 1881
and for which he was sentenced to
life Imprisonment, of which sentence
he has now served 80 years and IL
months.
The petition for the pardon Of
Thomas Kennedy of Gloucester,
Mass. who is now at the Maine State
prison at Thomaston on charge of
breaking and entering is signed by
the mayor, the members of the mu-
nicipal council and many reputable
of Gloucester. Mass, and
represents that Kennedy was sem
fenced two years ago for a term OF
five years; that since his imprison-
ment he has proved himself to be a
model prisoner; that if he be pardoned
a permanent job will be given him in
Mass. and his father
that he will become re-
sponsible for his future good behavior.
The petitioners believe that the pun
of Kennedy has thus far been |
sufficient for the crime he committed |
and that in the future, II pardoned, he
will conduct himself as law-abiding |
citizen. There is also petition from
the father and mother. of Kennedy |
who claim that they are carrying the
weight of their sons punishment, and |
promise to take him home to Glouces-
Ter, give him employment. and make |
4 good man of him.
In the case of Fred w. Trowbridge |
Of Th5maston the petition represents |
that at the September term of the
supreme court for the county of Knox
ne was adjudged guilty of common
nuisance and sentenced to 80 days at
hard labor and the payment Of 5000
md costs and in default of the pay
nent of the fine and costs, 80 days
additional. The petitioner asks for a
release from that part of the SEN
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