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Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Criminal Charge |
Sentence: |
3 years |
Years Imprisoned: |
2 |
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Year Convicted: |
1921 |
Year Cleared: |
1929 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Jamaica |
County or Region of Crime: |
Gold Coast |
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Result: |
Pardoned |
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"T. Boevy Barrett was wrongly convicted in Jamaica's Gold Coast in 1921 and sentenced to three years in prison. In August 1929 he was granted a Free Pardon and in September 1929 Britain's Colonial Office paid him £2,000 as the first installment of compensation. Prior to Barrett's Free Pardon England's Privy Council had declined to overturn his conviction." |
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Innocence Proved By: |
In August 1929 Barrett was granted a Free Pardon based on his wrongful conviction. |
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Male |
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White |
Information Source 1: |
"Vindicated Briton's Home-Coming After Free Pardon, The Daily Gleaner (Kingstown, Jamaica), December 31, 1930, p. 21" |
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Innocents Database Created and Maintained by Hans Sherrer innocents@forejustice.org