Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Larceny |
Sentence: |
1 year |
Years Imprisoned: |
0.25 |
Year Crime: |
1884 |
Year Convicted: |
1884 |
Year Cleared: |
1884 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Massachusetts |
County or Region of Crime: |
Middlesex |
City of Crime: |
Lowell |
Result: |
Pardoned |
Summary of Case: |
"Daniel Callahan was wrongly convicted on July 17, 1884 of larceny in Lowell, Massachusetts. After his conviction in the District Court Callahan was sentenced to one year in prison. On October 22, 1884 Daniel Callahan was granted a full pardon by Massachusetts Governor George D. Robinson based on the recommendation of the trial judge and the investigating police officer that Callahan was not guilty." |
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"On October 22, 1884 Daniel Callahan was granted a full pardon by Massachusetts Governor George D. Robinson based on the recommendation of the trial judge and the investigating police officer that Callahan was not guilty." |
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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. 964." |
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