The Daily Morning Journal And Courier

TWENTY-FIVE PETITIONS
TO
BE
CONSIDERED
NEXT
MONTH.

State Board of Pardons to Listen to Requests for Freedom-One Man Has Been in for Forty-five Years-Murdered His Wife-New Haven County Cases.

At the December session of the state board of pardons twenty-five inmates of the state prison will introduce petitions for pardons. Among the petitioners is one John Warren, who has been at Wethersfield for the long period of forty-five years. He was sentenced to prison for life for the murder of his wife in 1859. He is now sixty-six years of age and his youth at the time of his crime is urged as a reason for his release on the ground that he has been punished enough.

The prisoners from New Haven county who are petitioning are:

George Hull, 47 years; seven years for statutory burglary, April 2, 1901. He earned seven and one-third months for good time. There were seven counts in the indictment, and Hull says he "is not guilty of all the counts, having committed only six." He promises to lead a Christian life.

Joseph Klett, 20 years: committed for a period of from two to three years for statutory arson in the town of Meriden. He has earned two and five-sixths months good time. In his reasons for asking his pardon the prisoner says he "is innocent of above crime. Owing to being unacquainted with court proceedings and having no counsel he was unable to properly plead his case."

John Leventy, 47 years; committed July 6, 1897 for fifteen years for rape. He has earned seventeen months and eight days of good time. He says he is not guilty of the crime.

Garrett Dalton, 25 years; convicted of theft from person January 7, 1902, and sentenced for a period of two to four years. He has earned five and five-sixths months good time. He is in poor health, and further says when the crime was committed he was under the influence of liquor.

Michael A. Orlando, 59 years; sentenced February 11, 1897, for life for murder in the second degree. This is his sixth petition for release. He says he committed his crime in self-defense. If pardoned he will return to his home in Italy.

Rudolph Hoffman, 33 years; committed July 8, 1903, for one to two years for statutory burglary. He has earned two and five-sixths months of good time. He says "he pleaded guilty through the advice of his lawyer at the time of trial." He claims to be innocent and promises to return to Germany if released.