Thomas McNulty

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Charge:	Vagrancy
Sentence:	Indeterminate Sentence
Years Imprisoned:	0.58
Year Crime:	1903
Year Convicted:	1903
Year Cleared:	1904
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Massachusetts
County or Region of Crime:	Worcester
City of Crime:	Worcester
Result:	Pardoned
Summary of Case:	"Thomas McNulty was wrongly convicted of vagrancy in Worcester, Massachusetts on October 6, 1903. The 16-year-old McNulty was sentenced to an indeterminate sentence in the Massachusetts reformatory. After McNulty's conviction and incarceration it was determined he had committed no crime. Upon the recommendation of the prison commissioners he was pardoned by Massachusetts Governor William Lewis Douglas on May 25, 1904. It was noted that McNulty had a good home and employment awaiting him on his release."
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Innocence Proved By:	"After McNulty's conviction and incarceration it was determined he had committed no crime. Upon the recommendation of the prison commissioners he was pardoned by Massachusetts Governor William Lewis Douglas on May 25, 1904."
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Age When Imprisoned:	16
Age When Released:	16
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"No. 17. Thomas McNulty, 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. 600"
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Thomas McNulty

Charge:

Vagrancy

Sentence:

Indeterminate Sentence

Years Imprisoned:

0.58

Year Crime:

1903

Year Convicted:

1903

Year Cleared:

1904

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Massachusetts

County or Region of Crime:

Worcester

City of Crime:

Worcester

Result:

Pardoned

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"After McNulty's conviction and incarceration it was determined he had committed no crime. Upon the recommendation of the prison commissioners he was pardoned by Massachusetts Governor William Lewis Douglas on May 25, 1904."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

16

Age When Released:

16

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"No. 17. Thomas McNulty, 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. 600"

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