Bella Nunn

Go to Database Search Page

Go to Database Index Page

Charge:	Disturbing the Peace (Incl. Breaching Public Order)
Sentence:
Years Imprisoned:
Year Crime:
Year Convicted:	1884
Year Cleared:	1884
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Canada
County or Region of Crime:	Ontario
City of Crime:	London
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Wrongly convicted in 1884 of disturbing the peace and sentenced to jail in London, Ontario, Canada. Bella Nunn was a Salvation Army "soldier" who beat a drum in violation of a municipal law against beating a drum or rattling a tambourine on a public street on a Sunday. Ontario's Court of Appeals quashed Bella Nunn's conviction in July 1884."
Conviction Caused By:
Innocence Proved By:	Ontario's Court of Appeals quashed Bella Nunn's conviction in July 1884.
Defendant Aided By:
Compensation Awarded:
Was Perpetrator Identified?
Age When Imprisoned:
Age When Released:
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"A Conviction Quashed, New York Times, July 25, 1884, pg. 5"
Information Location 1:
Information Source 2:
Information Location 2:
Information Source 3:
Information Location 3:
Information Source 4:
Information Location 4:
Information Source 5:
Information Location 5:
Book About Case:
Book Information:
Book About Case (2):
Book Information (2):
Movie About Case:
Comments About Case:

Go to Database Search Page

Go to Database Index Page

Bella Nunn

Charge:

Disturbing the Peace (Incl. Breaching Public Order)

Sentence:

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1884

Year Cleared:

1884

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Canada

County or Region of Crime:

Ontario

City of Crime:

London

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Ontario's Court of Appeals quashed Bella Nunn's conviction in July 1884.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"A Conviction Quashed, New York Times, July 25, 1884, pg. 5"

Information Location 1:

Information Source 2:

Information Location 2:

Information Source 3:

Information Location 3:

Information Source 4:

Information Location 4:

Information Source 5:

Information Location 5:

Book About Case:

Book Information:

Book About Case (2):

Book Information (2):

Movie About Case:

Comments About Case: