Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1915-05-14
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extremities of the case called for; and
in this case as in all the others we
have not been confined to the record
alone, but have been aided from
other sources of information.
In arriving at determination in
| these cases, we feel that it is not
necessary that a full recital of the
circumstances attending each case
| should be set forth in the record of
this board, as they are all of the
records in the courts The law of
the state under which these senten
ces have been imposed in the same
law which imposes upon each of us
the oath of office whereby we sol
EMMY swear that We Will support
the Constitution of the United States
and the Constitution and laws of the
State of Arizona. Under this oatn
we have undertaken to perform our
solemn duty as members of the Board
of Pardons and Paroles. In all our
research nothing has come to us to
cause us to believe that the sentence
imposed in each of these cases is not
justified by the evidence proving be-
You'd all reasonable doubt that each
crime was committed with that de-
liberate generalization which calls for
the extreme penalty under the law.
1.-The members of this board are unani-
nous in this conclusion.
Therefore it only remains for us
to direct the Secretary of the Board
! to enter the order of this board as
follows:
1T IS HEREBY ORDERED by
the Board of Pardons and Paroles
of the State of Arizona, after full
consideration of the cases of No.
3479, n. B. Chavez, No. 1880, Edu-
RADIO Perez, No. 1866, Francisco
Rodriguez, No. 1914, Miguel Peralta,
and No. 4436, Ramon Villalobos,
above mentioned, that no recon-
mendation to the Governor of the
State of Arizona shall be made by
this Board, and that the Chairman
of the Board give due notice to
the Honorable George w. p Hunt,
Governor of the State of Arizona,
and to the Honorable Robert b.
Sims, Superintendent of the Ari-
IONA State Prison, of the order
herein made"
FRANK P. TROTT,
Chairman.
WILEY f. JONES.
Atty General and Member
c. o. CASE.
Supt of Public Instruction
and Member
Tie Condemned Men
y T. havez y. ?4-9. ri -
Charles KING, 6a ATTY sheriff a"d
marshal at Jerome. hugI:t 81, 10 >
i..udgc F. N De AID found gIilt
Of 1or in
] January of the .c.r = flowing, an
: sentenced to harg ": Ga II. 1911.
He has been at the state prison at
Florence for over four years, and
prior to that time served short
sentence for a felony, being discharg
ed in 1906 He is a Mexican by birth
and was employed as a miner al
: Jerome when the killing took place
The supreme court sustained the
f judgment of the lower court or
appeal.
| Eduardo Perez, No. 1880, was plac-
ed on trial in December, 1910, be-
fore Judge Doe at Prescott for the
murder of FeliciO Chacon at Con-
, gross Junction on Nov. IS, that year
"A verdict of guilty was returned
December 80, and Perez was sentenc-
ed to hang April 81 the year follow
lUS. Tie WIS Il Itpi lcNt eiiie
on July 81 was given a new trial
Judgment was affirmed by the su-
: preme court, to which tribunal he
! appealed Occupation, labOrer. He
is 80 years old.
> Miguel Peralta, No 1914, killed hi:
former wife and her Mexican con
: sort at Jerome June %, 1912. Wher
: brought to trial he pleaded guilty
and after Judge Frank Q. Smith haC
= examined eight witnesses, who con-
firmed Peralta's testimony. the MeXi-
can WIGS sentenced to hang October
= il, 1912, for the murder of his for
5 mer wife At the time of the double
murder Peralta was employed as q
slnelter man at Jerome He is A.
{ years old, and was never previously
= Imprisoned.
B., Francisco Rodriguez. No. 1866, kill
a ed his wife in Phoenix, April ,, 1911
, He vas tried before Judge Edward
Kent, and being found guilty of the
, crime was sentenced to hang July
, "a, of the same year. His occupation
a was that of plumber, and he had
. never been imprisoned before. APP
! peal was taken to the supreme court
which affirmed the judgment. Rod
; riguez is the only one of the five to
have been born in this country be-
ing a native of Tucson. He is 81
years old
Ramon Villalobos, No. 4436, was
convicted last October for the muir
der of Phineas Brown, a constable
;. during the trouble at Ray last Au
gust. He was tried before Judge j
, E. O'Connor of Pinal county and be
ing found guilty was sentenced tt
hang January 8, 1915. When thai
: date arrived Warden Sims refused
l to carry out the execution on the
ground that Villalobos had not hac
2 opportunity to apply to the pardon
: board The prisoner was then taker
5 before Judge Baughn and re-sentenc-
, ed. March 10 being set for the ex-
ecution. With the other four, Vii
: lalobos was reprieved until May %
He is % years old, and was never
> previously imprisoned.
, Will Sims Resign?
r Will Robert B. Sims, superintendent
, of the state prison carry out the man