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Maughon Pardoned.Lawrcncevllle, Ga., 8ept 13.—Governor Smith has followed the recom* I raendation of tbo prison commission I and granted a pardon to J. W. B. j I Maughon, who was convicted and sen* , tenced to five rears In the penlten* ’ tlarr on tho charge of killing Jako , Cleghorn, In Gwinnett county In 1903.1 Maughon and Kelly Elrod wero I Jointly Indicted for the crime. Maugh* I ] on was a bailiff and Elrod was a town j marshal, and the two were attempting to arrest Cleghorn, who^was wanted on tbo charge of operating a blind j tiger. While the arrest was being made, Cleghorn was shot and killed. 10 It Is stated that the fact of who fired r the fatal shot was not satisfactorily v established. Maughon, however, was t tried first and found guilty. Elrod I -was tried later nnd was acquitted. j.The prison commission and tho I governor held there was as much rea I »j son for acquitting Elrod, and they de 1 cldod that the former should be par I ‘ doned. 'I..
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Athans Weekly Banner
Athens, Georgia, US
Fri, Sep 15, 1911
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