Joseph Downey

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Charge:	Breaking and entering
Sentence:	3 years
Years Imprisoned:	2.33
Year Crime:	1882
Year Convicted:	1882
Year Cleared:	1884
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Massachusetts
County or Region of Crime:	Suffolk
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Result:	Pardoned
Summary of Case:	"Joseph Downey was wrongly convicted on March 20, 1882 of breaking and entering in Suffolk County, Massachusetts in 1882. After his conviction Downey was sentenced to three years in prison. During a pardon board hearing the officer who arrested Downey testified that he was under the influence of liquor when he committed the offense, and that he had never been in legal trouble before. Downey's intoxicated state prevented her from having criminal intent. On July 31, 1884 Joseph Downey was granted a full pardon by Massachusetts Governor George D. Robinson based on the recommendation of the Suffolk County District Attorney."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On July 31, 1884 Joseph Downey was granted a full pardon by Massachusetts Governor George D. Robinson based on the recommendation of the Suffolk County District Attorney."
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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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Joseph Downey

Charge:

Breaking and entering

Sentence:

3 years

Years Imprisoned:

2.33

Year Crime:

1882

Year Convicted:

1882

Year Cleared:

1884

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Massachusetts

County or Region of Crime:

Suffolk

City of Crime:

Result:

Pardoned

Summary of Case:

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Innocence Proved By:

"On July 31, 1884 Joseph Downey was granted a full pardon by Massachusetts Governor George D. Robinson based on the recommendation of the Suffolk County District Attorney."

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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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