Schley County GaArchives News.....HE SECURED A PARDON (Robert Heath) February 19 1895
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The Atlanta Constitution February 19, 1895

HE SECURED A PARDON 

Representative Williams, of
Schley county, has been devoting himself to the work
of the committee quite closely, but he has found
time also to see the governor in the interest of a
constituent, who is in the penitentiary.

Robert Heath was sent to the penitentiary under the
fifteen year sentence for killing William Taylor. In
his application for pardon Representative Williams
had the unanimous endorsement of the grand jury,
which indicted Heath, of the jury which tried him,
of the father of the man who was killed, of 75
percent of the people of the county--all who had
been asked to sign the petition had done so. The
testimony showed pretty conclusively that Heath had
no idea in the world of killing Taylor, whom he
struck, but had struck him simply with the idea of
running him off. The blow however was fatal.

The governor had given the matter considerable
attention previous to this visit of Representative
Williams, as he had presented the facts in the case
upon a previous visit, and last evening the
representative was made happy by the receipt of the
formal order for pardon.


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