The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-08
PAROLES FOR 34 RE ECO M M [ N DE ]
Board Makes Report To Gov ernor On Petitions Of
 120 Cases
STATE CAPITAL BUREAU i
 THE AGE-HERALD ! ManfDorn Ala nea l

Montgomery, Ala, Dee.
 The state board of pardons, com posed of the attorney general, secre- tary of state and state auditor on Friday afternoon handed to Governor Brandon the recommendation of the board on 120 cases which the board has had under consideration.
 Of these 120 cases, 73 were unani- mously denied; IS were unanimously granted, 16 were granted by a ma jority of the board; seven were denied by a majority of the board; on two cases of the number each of the three members of the board rendered separate opinions. The report also recommended three persons, who have been paroled for some years and have it is stated made good" for full pardon and restoration of civil rights.
 The following cases were unani-
 Harry Rohm, Jefferson, murder; Ross Ducett, Hale, murder, second degree; Fletcher Lowell, Lauderdale, assault to murder; Charlie Lewis, Lamar county, distilling; Will Hol- land, Dekalb county, murder, second degree; Henry Holloway, Montgomery county, murder; Harry Guthrie, Blount. manslaughter, first degree; Dan Ciemmons, Houston, grand lar ceny; Wi4l Kirby, Morgan, burglary; Sam McCray and St. Fillmore Ballard, Hale, robbery; Harry Patiry Jeffer- son, murder; Tom Porter, Lauderdale, grand larceny; Robert Pride Mobile, forgery, first degree; Jim Quick, Gull man, manufacturing liquor; A. D. Turney, Morgan county, manufactur- ing whisky; Herman Wadsworth, Lawrence county, forgery; Jim Whit taker Limestone, making whisky; Douglas Gardner, Mobile, murder. Full pardon was recommended for:
 Allen Pate, Geneva, manslaughter. paroled in 1911; Doyle Hooten, Gull man, murder, paroled in 1919. James N. Dean, Montgomery, manufacturing whisky, paroled in 1921.
 Two members a mojority of the pardon board, favored the paroles Of the following:
 Will Clark. Geneva, murder, second degree; Charles Day, Tallapoosa, mur- der second degree; John Bryant Jeff ferson, murder; Sam Artist, Mont gomery, murder; Occie Hill, Lauder dale, manufacturing liquor, (Attorney General Davis dissents) John Hargett. Colbert, burglary; Rufus Hall. Ran dolph, murder; George W. Jones. Tus- caloosa, Secretary of State Elan rec ommends a temporary test parole of six months; Raleigh Lee, Cherokee murder; Boss Lowery, Marshall, mur der; Richard Madry, Lawrence, mur- der; Will Powell, Jefferson, murder first degree; Charles Sanders, DeKalb murder, second degree; Ed Strickland, Jefferson, murder, first degree; Walter Taylor, Lamar, assault to rape; Clarence Wells, Montgomery, manslaughter. first degree.
 In the following cases separate opinions were rendered:
 Ben Ethridge, Houston making liquor and forgery, Attorney General Davis recommended denial of the peti- tion; Secretary of State Elan recom- mended temporary test parole; State Ben F. Cowley, Madison, murder. Secretary of State Elan voted to deny case. Attorney General Davis voted to grant parole. State Auditor Allgood recommended temporary parole.
 NOT TO BUY PROPERTY
 No property will be purchased near the capitol for state used now or in the near future, according to decision reached today by Gov. w. w. Brandon. Chief Justice John c. Anderson and Attorney General Harwell G. Davis, at whose discretion such purchases may be made under an act of the 1923 leg islature.
 Under provisions of a bill intro duced by Representative Tyler Good wyn of Montgomery, the governor. chief justice of the supreme court, and attorney general were authorized to purchase property in proximity to the capitol for use of the state when in their opinion the purchase of such property is necessary and the condi- ton of the treasury justifies the eN- pendfture After considering the situation at meeting this evening g the three officials reached the con clusion and adopted a Resolution to the effect that neither present needs or the needs to be anticipated in the near future were such as to Justify the purchase of any property, and that the condition of the treasury does not justify expenditures for such purposes