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Still unaffected was Mooney's prior conviction. All that he had gained was additional publicity for his case, perhaps grounds for a second pardon plea to unsympathetic Governor Rolph. His counsel held out the hope that last week's acquittal might provide cause for an appeal to the U. S. Supreme Court on the assumption that Mooney is now deprived of his liberty without due process of law. Sticking out his hands for his handcuffs, Tom Mooney went back to San Quentin Prison to wait some more...
...life imprisonment of Thomas Mooney on charges of bombing San Francisco's 1916 Preparedness Day Parade in which ten persons were killed: a new trial on one of six untried indictments (TIME, April 3). Convict Mooney expected that acquittal would strengthen his fight for pardon...
...courtyard of Fort Braschi at dawn Ugo Traviglia was marched before a firing squad. Dramatically he begged his executioners' pardon, asked to be shot in the breast, facing the rifles with his eyes unbound. It was not granted. Ugo Traviglia was blindfolded, shot in the back...
There were two speakers at the meeting. The first, W. R. Taylor '36, presented a detailed account of the trial of the nine Scottsboro boys accused of rape, and pointed out the miscarriage of justice due to racial prejudice. Petitions for their immediate and unconditional pardon were passed to the listeners...
...Defense Committee asked and was granted a trial on the one untried indictment. District Attorney Matthew Brady withdrew from the case because he said he did not have sufficient evidence to convict, did not believe Mooney guilty. If he wins his trial, Mooney will have basis for a new pardon plea...