The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1919-09-25
81 CASES HEARD
PARDON BOARD
IN FIRST MEETING
IN CANON CITY.
Some Sentences Committed,
Many Denied, Several Car
ried Over Till Next Session.

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the first regularly organized meet
ing of the Colorado State Board OF
Pardons ever held in Canon City took
place at the administration building
of the penitentiary on Friday with all
members present The board consists
eof Gov. Oliver H. Shoup, Mrs. Martha
j. Cranmer, Henry B. Babb. Senator
John B. Stephan aud Allan F. Wright.
Gov. Shoup as ex-officio president of
the board, presided at Fridays meet
ing.
Under the new law the Board of
.Pardons is required to meet in Canon
City four times a year. The re-
mainder of its regular monthly ses-
sions are held in Denver and at the
state reformatory at Buenh Vista.
Fridays session was an all-day af-
fair and 80 applications for pardon.
Communication and parole were heard
and disposed of during the day. All
of the petitioners except those en-
p'oyed in the road-making camps,
were afforded an opportunity of APP
pearing personally before the board
to make their pleas for an alteration
OF their sentences. The hearing was
an informal one and the prisoners ex-
pressed satisfaction at being given a
chance to appear before the board in
their own behalf Friday night Miss
May Henderson, clerk and stenog
rapher for the board, furnished the
press with the days proceedings
which We're as follows:
Continued Cases.
Daniel Reagan, No. 7434. Sen.
fenced from Denver county May II
1909, to a term of life Imprisonment
for murder. COMMITTED to term o.
from 25 years to life.
Walter Rising, No. 1888. Sentenced
from Weld county December 3, 1910
to life Imprisonment for murder
Committed to a term of from IS year;
to life.
Juan c. Tayoya, No. $685. Sentenced
from Las Animas county December IL
1907, to life Imprisonment for muir
der, which sentence was commuteC
December IL, 1913, to IL years and si'
months to life Imprisonment and re
leased on parole August Is, 1914. Pc
tition denied.
New Cases.
Clarence Anderson, No. 1923. Sen
fenced from Denver county Januar.
20, 1918, to from three to five year!
for forgery. Application denied.
Anton Absolute, No. 1896. Sen
fenced from Ell Paso county Decembe
90. 1917. to from three to FIVE year
for grand larceny. Denied.
Charles A. Bosley, No. $40. Sen
fenced from Fremont county July 81
1911, to life imprisonment tor murder
Petition continued to November meet
ing.
Manuel Bueno Sentenced from La
Animas county February 16, 1918, t
from four to six years for murder Dc
MED.
Bojin Camenoff. No. 1920. Sci
fenced from Las Animas county Jun
2. 1917. to from % to 80 years 70
murder Denied.
Marion A. Cooley, No. 1871. Sci
fenced from Morgan county Januar
81. 1917. to from Is to 90 years &c
bank robbery. Continued until NJ
yember meeting.
Frank Fugarino. No. 1913. Sci
fenced from Las Animas coun,
March 8. 1918, to life imprisonmeI
for murder Denied.
Nenora Gully, No. 1919. Sci
fenced from Pueblo county March
1917, to term of from 10 to 70 yea
for murder. Continued to Janual
meeting.
Noble Oliver Hamilton, No. 1924
Sentenced from Denver county Nj
20. 1916, to from 10 TO IL years (,
murder. Continued to October NEE
ding.
William Herman. No. 4649. Sc
fenced from Fremont county Mover
Der 80. 1898. to life imprisonment f
murder. Denied.
Keith James. No 10258. Sc
fenced from Pueblo county June 2
1917; TO from six to IL years for 70
berry. COMMITTED to term viii,
will permit of the release of his wi
on parole at the same time tn
Xeith's minimum term will expire.
Lafayette B. Jones. No. 1861. Sc
fenced from Las Animas county Sc
tember %, 1909. to from, FIVE to
years for larceny of livestock. T
escaped from prison June IA. 1910. al
WAS returned to the penitentiary In,