George Heurst. November 22. Committed from Cedar county, December 11, 1876, for the term of one year, for the crime of larceny. Pardoned thirteen days before the expiration of term.
W. D. Robertson. December 13. Committed from Delaware county, March 5, 1877, for the term of nine months, for the crime of larceny. Pardoned three days before the expiration of term.
J. E. Parkhurst. December 24. Committed from Cerro Gordo county, February 22, 1876, for the term of two years, for the crime of obtaining money under false pretenses. Pardoned fifty-two days before the expiration of term.
Patrick Flynn. December 26. Committed from Scott county, October 16, 1876, for the term of fifteen months, for the crime of larceny. Pardoned nineteen days before the expiration of term.
John Green. December 26. Committed from Buchanan county, March 30, 1877, for the term of nine months, for the crime of larceny. Pardoned one day before the expiration of term.
Samuel H. Berry. December 26. Committed from Buchanan county, March 30, 1877, for the term of nine months, for the crime of forgery. Pardoned one day before the expiration of term.
Frederick Gregory. January 3, 1878. Committed from Black Hawk county, October 23, 1876, for the term of fifteen months, for the crime of larceny. Pardoned nineteen days before the expiration of term.
Orville Merrill. January 8, 1878. Committed from Linn county, November 13, 1874, for the term of two years, for the crime of grand larceny. He at one time escaped from prison, but subsequently returned voluntarily. Pardoned thirty days before the expiration of term.
For the reasons set forth above, I commuted the sentences of the following named prisoners, to take effect the number of days prior to the expiration of their terms, set opposite their names, respeectively:—
- A. B. Jones, six days.
- John Lang, eighteen days.
- E. H. Meyers, eighteen days.
- Thomas Simpson, eighteen days.
- Robert Irving, eighteen days.
- A. J. Nichols, eighteen days.
- Charles Miller, eighteen days.
- George McCann, eighteen days.
