Max Mason. Application No. 6205. Letter from Mason M. Forbes to the Secretary of the Board of Pardons, April 14, 1924.

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MASON M. FORBES OFFICE OF ASSISTANT COUNTY ATTORNEYS
COUNTY ATTORNEY COUNTY ATTORNEY HARRY E. BOYLE,
DULUTH, MINN. COUNTY OF ST. LOUIS DULUTH, MINN.
COURT HOUSE CARLE A. ONKA,
DULUTH, MINNESOTA VIRGINIA, MINN.
ELLIS J. BUTCHART,
DULUTH, MINN.
April 14, 1924 VICTOR M. JOHNSON
HIBBING, MINN.
LOYD J. PALMER,
DULUTH, MINN.



Miss Bertha Wolff, Secretary,
State Board of Pardons,
State Capitol,
St. Paul, Minnesota.

Dear madam: In re: Pardon File 6205

Referring to the above matter, the application

for pardon of Max Mason, I beg to say that I do not

know of anything that I can add to what I have already

said in regard to this defendant, except to repeat what

I stated in my letter of January 2, 1923, that I never felt

that the evidence in the case was any too strong, and I

am of the opinion that if the defendant had been a

white man he would not have been convicted.

I think the Pardon Board ought to take this into

consideration in considering his application for clemency.

Yours very truly,
Mason M. Forbes
MASON M. FORBES
County Attorney
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