British Man (Perjury conviction)

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Charge:	Perjury
Sentence:	8 years
Years Imprisoned:	2
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Year Convicted:	1876
Year Cleared:	1878
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	United Kingdom
County or Region of Crime:	England
City of Crime:	London
Result:	Pardoned and released
Summary of Case:	"British man wrongly convicted of burglary about 1861 and granted a free pardon about two years later based on new evidence of his actual innocence, and he was then wrongly convicted about 1876 of perjury and granted a free pardon about two years later based on new evidence of his actual innocence. This information came from comments made by Sir William Vernon Harcourt several years after he left his position as Britain's Home Secretary in 1880. "
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Twice Wrongly Convicted, The New York Times, June 26, 1885, pg. 3 (From the London Globe)"
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British Man (Perjury conviction)

Charge:

Perjury

Sentence:

8 years

Years Imprisoned:

2

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1876

Year Cleared:

1878

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

United Kingdom

County or Region of Crime:

England

City of Crime:

London

Result:

Pardoned and released

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Innocence Proved By:

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Was Perpetrator Identified?

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Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

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"Twice Wrongly Convicted, The New York Times, June 26, 1885, pg. 3 (From the London Globe)"

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