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MARCH 28, 1828at-tsI.rI,ctyuFRIENDS PRESENT PETITION TO GOVERNOR ROOSEVELTfo£erSentenced to From Two to Four Yearsf—•Has Served a Year—Term Would End in Five Morijths More on, Good Behavior.1.ui-tri-yrr-A petition, said to be signed by 2,500 people, has been .presented to Governor Roosevelt urging -a pardon for James S. DeFriend, of Watertown, former automobile dealer in that city, convicted some time ago of grand larceny in the first and second degrees and forgery. The petition is supported 'by a letter written by Gounty Judge J, Frank LaRue ,whose opinion was requested by the Governor.Judge LaRue wrote that he believed DeFriend was a victim of circumstances, that he realized he had done wrong and was willing to take the consequences, that he had not been a party to any attempts to release him froin-prison on habeas corpus proceedings, and that there was much sympathy in Jefferson county for him.DeFriend has already served a year of his sentence of from two to four years in Auburn prison and will be eligible to parole at the end of five more months. It is believed that he stands an excellent chance of being pardoned in the near future, in which case he will return to Watertown and rejoin his family.Heavy purchasing of automobiles with a market which did not absorb his stock of cars rapidly enough to permit the financing of his 'business caused DeFriend to double mortgage cars in order to obtain money. Certain acknowledgements of chattel mortgages were forged and 13 indictments were found against him.When the crisis in his affairs was reached DeFriend disappeared and it LfWjkas several months before he was dis-toWvered by state troopers living in a Lt-l%iack on Black Lake, near Gouver-neur. His arrest followed.thU:lt;3j h( dc to Pii a•t£;s)ft-dle13X'fcmmOt•Pimritr» •,o01mVidihlt;clmwtt01stmeiqis]Uru-tltrbatrt«wbS'an
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Lowville Black River Democrat
Lowville, New York, US
Thu, Mar 28, 1929
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