William Andrews

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Charge:	Vagrancy
Sentence:	9 months
Years Imprisoned:	0.25
Year Crime:	1886
Year Convicted:	1886
Year Cleared:	1886
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Massachusetts
County or Region of Crime:	Norfolk
City of Crime:	Franklin
Result:	Pardoned
Summary of Case:	"William Andrews was wrongly convicted on January 22, 1886 in Franklin, Norfolk County, Massachusetts of being a tramp. Andrews pled guilty and was sentenced to nine months. On March 17, 1886 William Andrews was granted a full pardon by Massachusetts Governor Benjamin F. Butler based on new evidence he was innocent, and had been traveling from Rhode Island where he had been working, to his home at the time of his arrest for being a tramp. The governor recognized that Andrews pled "guilty" because he was under the misapprehension that was what he needed to do."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On March 17, 1886 William Andrews was granted a full pardon by Massachusetts Governor Benjamin F. Butler based on new evidence he was innocent, and had been traveling from Rhode Island where he had been working, to his home at the time of his arrest for being a tramp."
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Acts and Resolves Passed by the General Court of Massachusetts in the year 1887, Published by the Secretary of the Commonwealth, Wright & Potter Printing Co., Boston, p. 1191"
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William Andrews

Charge:

Vagrancy

Sentence:

9 months

Years Imprisoned:

0.25

Year Crime:

1886

Year Convicted:

1886

Year Cleared:

1886

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Massachusetts

County or Region of Crime:

Norfolk

City of Crime:

Franklin

Result:

Pardoned

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On March 17, 1886 William Andrews was granted a full pardon by Massachusetts Governor Benjamin F. Butler based on new evidence he was innocent, and had been traveling from Rhode Island where he had been working, to his home at the time of his arrest for being a tramp."

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Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

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"Acts and Resolves Passed by the General Court of Massachusetts in the year 1887, Published by the Secretary of the Commonwealth, Wright & Potter Printing Co., Boston, p. 1191"

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