Patrick Brennan

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Charge:	Perjury
Sentence:	3 years
Years Imprisoned:	1.5
Year Crime:	1882
Year Convicted:	1882
Year Cleared:	1884
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Massachusetts
County or Region of Crime:	Norfolk
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Result:	Pardoned
Summary of Case:	"Patrick Brennan was wrongly convicted on December 18, 1882 of perjury in Norfolk County, Massachusetts. At the time of Brennan's perjury he was intoxicated. Brennan was convicted in the Norfolk County Superior Court, and sentenced to three years imprisonment. After Brennan's conviction the Norfolk County District Attorney reviewed all the circumstances of Brennan's case and determined that he couldn't have had the intent to commit perjury because of his intoxicated state. With Brennan's promise to abstain forever from the sale or use of intoxicating liquors, the DA recommended Brennan's pardon. On May 15, 1884 Patrick Brennan was granted a full pardon by Massachusetts Governor George D. Robinson based on the new evidence he had lacked criminal intent to commit perjury."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On May 15, 1884 Patrick Brennan was granted a full pardon by Massachusetts Governor George D. Robinson based on the new evidence he had lacked criminal intent to commit perjury."
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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 1885, Published by the Secretary of the Commonwealth, Wright & Potter Printing Co., Boston, 1885, p. 960."
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Patrick Brennan

Charge:

Perjury

Sentence:

3 years

Years Imprisoned:

1.5

Year Crime:

1882

Year Convicted:

1882

Year Cleared:

1884

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Massachusetts

County or Region of Crime:

Norfolk

City of Crime:

Result:

Pardoned

Summary of Case:

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Innocence Proved By:

"On May 15, 1884 Patrick Brennan was granted a full pardon by Massachusetts Governor George D. Robinson based on the new evidence he had lacked criminal intent to commit perjury."

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Was Perpetrator Identified?

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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 1885, Published by the Secretary of the Commonwealth, Wright & Potter Printing Co., Boston, 1885, p. 960."

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