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’ • the fir-t nunibei on tt.« pi» g-1 joyeu me ... lt;.........'*rdj ram led by Mr*. D. E. Aden, being inspirational talk by Mi** Ruth h‘mi« sonk. “It i« Well With My Sou»’\ | Muagravc. a missionary to Africa, him Praycr, Mr* L Guy Ament Mm- (Continued on Pag* 41 1 of 1 *ond not *th. th*him _ ______and • _______ 'elt;* Btould AUSTIN. Governor Miriam A..-elf and husband, tin « change went' Ferguson Monday commuted . to j of venue. Hemmg was tonvic 1 •nd abort terms, the life Imprisonment in Llano county, but th« court of the I sentences of two men. each con- criminal appeal* reversed and re-„r m..r,Up connection manded that verdict. in feoru-Prayer, Mr*. L ouy amm .....------Ferguson Commutes Two Life Ierms To Short Periods Of ImprisonmentNewson,/ ofUMflvicted of murder ir* ,.......-------- ----with th. .laying of « relative, ary. IMS. he w«. convicted ...connectin • v • • vi»% —granted 27 full pardons, and one Gillespie count.parole, increasing her clemency The governor • proclamation de- I...... proclamation* to 2979. clsred the changing 01 th.- venue onlien' All indication* are her clemency from Fleming's home county wa*;largv iere proclamation* will pa** the 3000 itzt mark before she leaves office atjnfair •The proclamation decreed that!theMnimara wiwir —----— .....- . ,post n.*on Jan. 18. at the end of a two- Homing a 3-year sentence in the hatf of I year term. She ha* granted 799 -late penitentiary began jRn l:|larlhalf full pardons and 815 conditional 1027. and pointed out that he had of .“ I ,* I served about throe years in jail, conefrom The life sentence of Homer j McNeely was convicted in Januear* Fleming from Gillespie county injury, 1925, and has served about jo! ices, connection with the slaying of his two years. The killing took place .firm 'wife. Annie Fleming, .was com- in Temple, homo town of GovcT*1^»,t muted to three years, while the life;or Ferguson and clemency was »*c- ple.... a a ..I ■ _ J I. .. .1.^. n.mtl.ai lt;lt I I n«*\ C» 1 o, I..IV .M. - *S. McNeely from Ununended by- a large number oil thesentence of C. S. McNeely rrom onunenaea 03 (CV Boll county in connection with the Temple eitlsens./ laying of hi* brother-in-law. Bil -! McNoeley'a wife, aiiter of the trav118 orninfr-in-mw, -iv.-*—v - ------ ------ficlh Nichols, was commuted to lit. man killed by McNeely. was among d.. Ildl ‘ those urging clemency. pea111 years. I ———w-- —i Fleming s sentence was com- Full pardons:liege!muted • because I believe the sen- Bruce Thedford. Tarrant conn-A »1•KU1 niuieo urinuw • uv.iv.v —— 1 - , .1tfc.it.nc.ww ero.,1, .xure.mted. ty. bur«Ury * ««, convicted nn i urse Governor Miriam Ferguson said. .1925.lent She asserted no testimony was Robert Leslie, Nacogdoches of-1 presented to show Fleming intend- county, theft *rBOIU- *om- ed to kill his wife “ ”** *nto-i Annie Fleming was killed in 1 Kimble county, the home of her-*cau to 1 mat beeears, convicted in 1925 Steve Tomcaak, Harris county.'cau (Continued on Page 4) tn 1
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Bryan Daily Eagle
Bryan, Texas, US
Tue, Jan 04, 1927
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