Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-10-21
replied Sheriff Small.

On inquiry by the Governor Sherii
Small said that he did not know tina
Ventrelli was a bad man or that he wa
selling liquor in his county. Sheriff Sinai
denied removing one of his deputies be
cause he had testified for the defence il
the case.
County Attorney Austin in CLOSING
urged that Castiglia had had a fair tria
before the chief justice of the suprem
court. Castigla, he declared, had tn
greatest motive for the crime, on accoun
of the spiriting away of his sister. r
Attorney herman urged that the petit
toner should never have been indicted
jointly but should have had separate
trial. He declared that such a cas'
would not have been upheld by the Law
court had it been sent up and urged exec
utive clemency.
| The petition was tabled for considera
ton in executive session.
Hubbard Pardon Case.
William F. Merrill of the firm of Mer.
rill & Merrill of Skowhegan appeared fol
the pardon of George A. Hubbard, for
merly of Oakland, who is serving a LIE
sentence for the murder of Laforest ~
Matthews at Harmony in September. 1914
The counsel recited the circumstances
of the case and spoke OF the enorts OF
Hubbard to influence his wife to come
home from the hotel in Harmony where
she was and said that when after three
days pleading he failed to induce his
wife to come home he took revolver
and shot Matthews. He urged that Hub
bard during his long life at Oakland had
been a sober and Industrious man and
that when he saw the wedding ring taken
from the dead hand of Mrs. Matthews
upon the finger of his wife and when he
failed to induce her to leave Matthews,
he was unable to restrain himself He
claimed that Hubbard at g. had suffered
shock and hardening of the arteries.
had but short time to live and urged
that he be allowed to return to Oakland
to pass the short remaining time OF his
life.
A letter was read from Albert C. Heald.
physician at the State prison at Thomas
ton, In regard to Mr.. lubbard's condi-
ton. also letter from Chaplain Allen Of
the state prison. urging the pardon Of the
petltioner. A letter was also presented
from Associate Justice Albert M. Smear
the presiding Justice Of the trial point;ne
out that Hubbard had become morh;a
because Of Matthews interference with
MS family affairs and that he had great
provocation. making his case different
from that Of other homicide cases in
which he had presided.
Letters were also read from Charles IT
Hoxie OF Fairfield. foreman Of the i,,rr
"hich convicted Mr.. Hubbard. and fror,
Henry M. Norton. H. B. Stafford. Howa I'd
II. Varney and other members of the iu-v
were IN favor of the pardon. ATTORNEY
Merrill also cited the unfaithfulness of
the wife Of Hubbard and alleged that she
conspired against Hubbard during the
t1al' He also stated that Hubbard,
oauehter and son-in-law had fitted up the
old home in Oakland for the care Of Mr.
Hubbard II he should be pardoned Ton
Oh the ourymen, he pointed out. had been
reached by him and all had unhes,tatins
~ declared for the pardon and that the
o'her two whom he was unable "a reach
nao declared to the other iurvn,er +ha :
they would do everything in their mower
70 secure Mr.. Hubbard's pardon
letters in favor of the pardon wer. a,.o
read from Lester NJ. Andraws traa.,,. so
OF the Emerson Stevens M.a,t. $500.