Margaret Conway

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Charge:	Arson
Sentence:	3 years
Years Imprisoned:	1.25
Year Crime:	1882
Year Convicted:	1884
Year Cleared:	1884
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Massachusetts
County or Region of Crime:	Middlesex
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Result:	Pardoned
Summary of Case:	"Margaret Conway was wrongly convicted on November 23, 1882 of committing arson for setting fire to a building in Middlesex County, Massachusetts in 1882. After her conviction by a jury Conway was sentenced to three years in prison. Because of her apparent insanity she was transferred to the Worcester Lunatic Hospital on February 27, 1884. During a pardon board hearing evidence was presented that because of Conway's insanity she could be better cared for at home by her husband. Conway's insanity prevented her from having criminal intent. On July 31, 1884 Margaret Conway was granted a full pardon by Massachusetts Governor George D. Robinson based on the recommendation of the Pardon Committee."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On July 31, 1884 Margaret Conway was granted a full pardon by Massachusetts Governor George D. Robinson based on the recommendation of the Pardon Committee."
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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. 962."
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Margaret Conway

Charge:

Arson

Sentence:

3 years

Years Imprisoned:

1.25

Year Crime:

1882

Year Convicted:

1884

Year Cleared:

1884

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Massachusetts

County or Region of Crime:

Middlesex

City of Crime:

Result:

Pardoned

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Innocence Proved By:

"On July 31, 1884 Margaret Conway was granted a full pardon by Massachusetts Governor George D. Robinson based on the recommendation of the Pardon Committee."

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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. 962."

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