Thomas Crittendon

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Charge:	Manslaughter
Sentence:	8 years
Years Imprisoned:	1
Year Crime:	1882
Year Convicted:	1884
Year Cleared:	1884
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Kentucky
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Thomas Crittenden was wrongly convicted in February 1884 of murdering Rom Uowby, a black porter on December 8, 1882. After his first trial ended with a hung jury, Thomas Crittenden was convicted of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced to eight years in prison. His conviction was overturned by the Kentucky Court of Appeal based on the trial judge allowing hearsay testimony. Crittenden's motion for a change of venue to a different county was granted, and he was acquitted after a retrial."
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Famous Kentucky Tragedies and Trials, by L.F. Johnson, The Baldwin Law Book Company (Louisville, KY 1916), pp. 224-232."
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Thomas Crittendon

Charge:

Manslaughter

Sentence:

8 years

Years Imprisoned:

1

Year Crime:

1882

Year Convicted:

1884

Year Cleared:

1884

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Kentucky

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Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

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Innocence Proved By:

Acquitted after a retrial.

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Was Perpetrator Identified?

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Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

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"Famous Kentucky Tragedies and Trials, by L.F. Johnson, The Baldwin Law Book Company (Louisville, KY 1916), pp. 224-232."

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