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1877.] citizens. I believing that the ends of justice had been served, he was pardoned.

April 11. Committed to the Penitentiary of the State from Warren county, for larceny, September 4, 1874. Term, three years. Kidd’s health had become quite poor, and it seemed necessary to release him in order to save his life, and it was by no means certain this would prevent death by consumption. On this ground the judge trying him recommended pardon; the district-attorney for the same reason, and also because the offense was one of ordinary larceny, the property taken being worth little more than $20, and there were no aggravating circumstances. The sheriff and his deputy, the auditor, the present clerk of the district court and his predecessor, during whose term Kidd was tried, some of the jurors, the city marshal, and eleven others, joined in petition for pardon.

May 10. Committed to the Penitentiary of the State October 18, 1873, from Des Moines county, for five years, for larceny at fire. Pardon solicited upon the grounds of sufficiency of punishment, of good character prior to his offense, and of a dependent family for whose sake his release was asked “as soon ” as all good that “could be derived” from his imprisonment has been “accomplished.” Eighty-seven citizens of Wisconsin, including seven county officers of the county of St. Croix, petitioned for his pardon; and their petition was indorsed by the judge, district-attorney, clerk, and one of the jurors at the time of the trial, the present judge of the first juducialjudicial [sic] district, the speaker of the house of representatives, the sheriff of the county, the mayor of Burlington, E. D. Rand, Hon. John C. Powers, Hon. A. G. Adams, Hon. Lyman Cook, Gen. Jas. I. Gilbert, and eleven other citizens of Burlington. Believing that the ends of justice have been fully accomplished, I issue pardon.

May 24. Committed October 22, 1874, from Cerro Gordo county, for two years for larceny. Recommended by district-judge, district-attorney, and eighty-five citizens of Cerro Gordo county, including county officers and the person from whom the money was stolen.

May 24, 1876. Committed to the Penitentiary of the State, October 17, 1874, for four years for manslaughter in Fremont county. The circumstances connected with the killing, and the length of time he has suffered confinement, render it, in my opinion, a pardonable case. The morning of the killing he went to protect his uncle and not to kill Barlow, and the killing was not done by lying