Max Jackson

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Charge:	Larceny
Sentence:	Indeterminate Sentence
Years Imprisoned:	0.5
Year Crime:	1904
Year Convicted:	1904
Year Cleared:	1904
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Massachusetts
County or Region of Crime:	Suffolk
City of Crime:	Boston
Result:	Pardoned
Summary of Case:	"Max Jackson and Charles Fraser were codefendants wrongly convicted on June 20, 1904 of larceny in Boston, Massachusetts. Fraser and Jackson, both 18, were prosecuted along with a third defendant for allegedly stealing foreign postage stamps worth $7. After their convictions in the Boston Municipal Court they were given indeterminate sentences in the Massachusetts reformatory. All three appealed to the Superior Court. After Fraser and Jackson withdrew their appeals the conviction of their codefendant was nol prossed in the Superior Court based on insufficient evidence and he was released from custody. On November 23, 1904 Fraser and Jackson were pardoned by Massachusetts Governor William Lewis Douglas with the District Attorney's recommendation, based on their cases would also have been nol prossed if they had not withdrawn their appeal."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On November 23, 1904 Fraser and Jackson were pardoned by Massachusetts Governor William Lewis Douglas with the District Attorney's recommendation, based on their cases would also have been nol prossed if they had not withdrawn their appeal."
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Age When Imprisoned:	18
Age When Released:	18
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"No. 37, 38. Charles Fraser and Max Jackson, Special Messages section, "Acts and Resolves Passed by the General Court of Massachusetts, in the Year 1905," Published by the Secretary of the Commonwealth, (Wright & Potter Printing Co., State Printers, 1905), p. 604"
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Max Jackson

Charge:

Larceny

Sentence:

Indeterminate Sentence

Years Imprisoned:

0.5

Year Crime:

1904

Year Convicted:

1904

Year Cleared:

1904

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Massachusetts

County or Region of Crime:

Suffolk

City of Crime:

Boston

Result:

Pardoned

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On November 23, 1904 Fraser and Jackson were pardoned by Massachusetts Governor William Lewis Douglas with the District Attorney's recommendation, based on their cases would also have been nol prossed if they had not withdrawn their appeal."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

18

Age When Released:

18

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"No. 37, 38. Charles Fraser and Max Jackson, Special Messages section, "Acts and Resolves Passed by the General Court of Massachusetts, in the Year 1905," Published by the Secretary of the Commonwealth, (Wright & Potter Printing Co., State Printers, 1905), p. 604"

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