Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-07-15
STATE HOUSE
Meeting Council 10 A. M Thursday July g.

was denied. Wsein Dobrolister, alias
Yussan Hassan, alias Esae SULLIVAN,
was convicted in the supreme ju-
dicial court for York County at the
January term in 1915 of the murder
of Napoleon Henry. In his petition
for a pardon Dobrolister states that
he. is suffering from a serious and
chronic disease, gastric ulcer, that
he is unable to work. that he cannot
take any nourishment except milk,
that he constantly suffers severe pain,
and that If he Is pardoned he will
return to Turkey, the country of his
birth, and remain there the remain
der of his life.
Henry w. Russell of Monarda was
convicted in the supreme judicial
court for Aroostook county at the
May term in 1924 of assault with in
tent to rape and was sentenced to
serve not less than six nor more than
10 years in the states prison, In his
petition Russell says that he is in
nocent of the crime, that he is IN
poor health and that he is the sole
support of a widowed mother. Rus
sell further prays that he may at the
time of the hearing be taken by some
prison official in person before the.
governor and council and be allowea
to give his statement of the case.
A petition has been filed at the
Department of State signed by mu-
nicipal officers and residents of the
towns Of Ashland and Masardis and
Oxbow Plantation. in Aroostook
county, favoring the pardon of Ben
jamin Grass of Oxbow Plantation.
Grass was convicted in the supreme
judicial court for Aroostook county
of felonious assault and was sem
fenced to serve not less than two nor
more than four years in the states
prison. The petitioners state that
they have reason to believe that
Grass is innocent of the crime of
which he was convicted, that he has
been sufficiently punished if such
crime was committed and that his
parents are badly in need of his
support.
George Lefevre of Auburn was
sentenced in the superior court for
Androscoggin county to pay a fine Of
5000 and costs and to serve four
months in Jail in default of payment
to serve eight months on two liquor
cases. In his petition Lefevre states
that through some mistake the cas-
es were allowed to go by default
and the sentence of the lower court
affirmed whereas he desired a
trial, that the default was made
without his knowledge or consent,
that If he had chosen to plead guilty
to the crimes the officers involved
would have recommended placing
him on probation because it was his
first offense, and that he has a wife
and eight children.
Axel w. Johnson of New Sweden
was sentenced in the supreme judi
cial court for Aroostook county to
pay fines aggregating S1100 and to
serve five months in Jail and in de-
fault OF payment to serve II months
in jail on four liquor cases. He
states that he is unable to pay the
fine as he is having difficulty to pro-
cure funds to care for his four chill
dren. and that while guilty of an
infraction Of the liquor law 1t was
due to carelessness and failure to
appreciate the serious nature of al
lowing Intoxicating liquor to be
| drunk in social way on his premis-
eS.
Michael Kane of Portland was
sentenced in the superior court for
Cumberland county to pay a fine of
$500 and costs and to serve three
months in Jail and in default of pay
| ment to serve six months additional
in Jail on a liquor case. He says that
he has atoned for the act of which
he was convicted, that he has fully
reformed, that further confinement
will serve no useful purpose and that
II he continues to remain in Jail he
VIII be permanently incapacitated