Samuel Curbow

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Charge:	Robbery (includes armed robbery)
Sentence:	30 years
Years Imprisoned:	1.5
Year Crime:	1939
Year Convicted:	1939
Year Cleared:	1940
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Texas
County or Region of Crime:	Cherokee
City of Crime:	Bullard
Result:	Pardoned
Summary of Case:	Samuel Curbow was codefendant of J.C. Strickland. Curbow was wrongly convicted of robbery in January 1939 by a jury based on the erroneous eyewitness identification of the two men as the robbers. No lawyer was appointed to either man. Pardoned by Texas Governor Lee O'Daniels in April 1940 after the actual culprits confessed. No compensation was paid.
Conviction Caused By:	Eyewitness error and lack of a defense lawyer appointed.
Innocence Proved By:	"The eyewitness retracted their identification of Curbow 18 months after his conviction, and the actual cuprit confessed. Pardoned by TX Gov O'Daniels."
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Compensation Awarded:	No
Was Perpetrator Identified?	Yes
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Native American (Indian)
Information Source 1:	"The Innocents, Edward Radin,William Morrow & Co., 1964, p. 249"
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Samuel Curbow

Charge:

Robbery (includes armed robbery)

Sentence:

30 years

Years Imprisoned:

1.5

Year Crime:

1939

Year Convicted:

1939

Year Cleared:

1940

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Texas

County or Region of Crime:

Cherokee

City of Crime:

Bullard

Result:

Pardoned

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Eyewitness error and lack of a defense lawyer appointed.

Innocence Proved By:

"The eyewitness retracted their identification of Curbow 18 months after his conviction, and the actual cuprit confessed. Pardoned by TX Gov O'Daniels."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

No

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Yes

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Native American (Indian)

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"The Innocents, Edward Radin,William Morrow & Co., 1964, p. 249"

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