Annual Report of the Attorney General of the United States

List of pardons granted by the President during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1900-Continued.

Date of action.

Pardon granted Apr. 23
to restore civil
rights.

Apr. 30

On Jan. 30 I reported against a Pardon granted. Apr. 30
pardon in this case. Petitioner
has now served all but 2 months
of his term. The destitute and
suffering condition of his wife
and small children has induced

Oct. 12, 1899

Dishonorable dis- Aug. 28, 1899
charge, forfeiture
of pay and allow-
ances, and impris-
onment at hard
labor for 1 year in
the penitentiary
at Fort Leaven-
worth.

6 months in Phila-
delphia county
jail; fine of $1,500
and costs.

the trial judge to appeal again for clemency, and I think at this time the interests of justice will not be prejudiced by the release of the prisoner. I therefore advise that he be pardoned. Petitioner was sentenced to 13 months' imprisonment and to pay a fine of $25 and costs for selling liquor in the Indian Territory. The district attorney and trial judge now advise that a commutation of the sentence to 6 months' imprisonment can properly be made. I therefore advise that sentence be muted to 6 full months' imprisonment, the fine and costs to be paid as a condition.

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(Full pardon recommended by the Secretary of War to restore rights of citizenship.)

Mar. 17, 1898 Petitioner Wilkins was sentenced to 6 months' imprisonment, and to pay a fine of $1,500 and costs. He has paid the fine and costs, and served out all but about 15 days of his term of imprisonment. Prior to entering upon service of his sentence he was confined 17 days in the jail pending an appeal, which was taken from the judgment of the court. By the law of Pennsylvania, where he is confined, no allowance for good conduct is made upon his sentence. Petitioner is now said to be ill. Under the circumstances, I am willing to allow him the benefit of the time he served pending the appeal, and I advise that his sentence be commuted to expire May 13, 1900.

List of pardons granted by the President during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1900-Continued.

These 4 prisoners in the Leavenworth penitentiary are represented by the prison physician and the warden to be suffering with tuberculosis, and in such a condition as to render their presence in the prison dangerous to the health of the other prisoners and the attendants. Pardons granted. May 14 All 4 of them are fatally ill and have only a short time to live. Application is made for their pardon, not by them, but by the prison authorities, because they are a menace to the health of the others. 1 advise that they be pardoned.

4 years in United July 9, 1895 Pardon recommended to restore

Pardon granted May 14 to restore civil rights. do.

May 14

2 years in United | Dec. 14, 1896 | Pardon recommended to restore | Pardon granted May 14 States penitentiary at Fort Leavenworth.

Mar. 14, 1900

May 15, 1900 Recommended, at request of judge
and district attorney, that pen-
alty of imprisonment be remitted
on account of illness of prisoner.
The petitioner was indicted, tried,
and convicted of sending an ob-
scene letter through the mail,
and was sentenced to 5 years' im-
prisonment and to pay a fine and
the costs. Since his conviction it
has been clearly demonstrated
that he is entirely innocent of
the charge; that the true culprit
has been apprehended and con-
victed of writing the letter of
which Broughton was convicted,
and of writing and mailing other
obscene letters, and has been him-
self sentenced to imprisonment
for 5 years in the penitentiary.
Both the district attorney and
the trial judge have written a
statement of facts which makes
the conviction of Broughton ap-
pear to have been clearly erro-
neous, and he ought to be imme-
diately pardoned and released.
It is worthy of observation that
his conviction was secured upon
the evidence of two experts in
handwriting, both of whom ex-
amined the handwriting of the
letter which had been inter-
cepted, compared it with the
handwriting of Broughton, and
testified that, in their opinion,
the same person wrote both.
After Broughton had been con-
victed and committed to the peni-
tentiary, the same person to
whom the original letter had
been addressed received other
letters of a similar character in
the same handwriting, showing
beyond all doubt that they were
written by the same person, and
it was obvious that they could
not have been written by Brough-

to restore civil

rights. Pardon granted

May 18

May 19

Name.

List of pardons granted by the President during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1900-Continued.

District.

Offense.

Sentence.

Date of sen-
tence.

Recommendation of Attorney-
General.

ton, who at that time was in the
penitentiary. Further investiga-
tion traced the authorship of
these letters to one Mitchell, who,
as before stated, was arrested,
indicted, tried, and convicted of
sending all of them. I advise an
immediate pardon.

18 months in Albany Dec. 3, 1896 Pardon recommended to restore

civil rights.

In accordance with the advice of
the district attorney and trial
judge, I recommend a reduction
of sentence in this case, but think
it should be 1 year instead of 6
months, as they advise. I there-
fore recommend that sentence be
commuted to 1 year imprison-
ment, with all allowances for
good conduct.

(Full and unconditional pardon rec-
ommended by Secretary of the
Navy.)

Imprisonment for Apr. 3, 1893 Petitioner was convicted of rob

life in Anamosa penitentiary.

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