H. G. Olney

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Charge:	Mail Fraud
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Year Crime:	1921
Year Convicted:	1925
Year Cleared:	1926
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Pennsylvania - Federal Case
County or Region of Crime:	Allegheny
City of Crime:	Pittsburg
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"H. G. Olney was wrongly convicted in 1925 in federal court of mail fraud and conspiracy in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. After his conviction by a jury Olney appealed. On September 7, 1926 the U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals reversed Olney's conviction on the basis the prosecution failed to introduce sufficient evidence to prove his guilt because the substantive evidence was as consistent with his innocence as his guilt."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On September 7, 1926 the U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals reversed Olney's conviction on the basis the prosecution failed to introduce sufficient evidence to prove his guilt because the substantive evidence was as consistent with his innocence as his guilt."
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Ridenour, et al. v. United States, 14 F. 2d 888 (3rd Cir. 1926) (Reversing conviction based on insufficient evidence of guilt.)"
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H. G. Olney

Charge:

Mail Fraud

Sentence:

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

1921

Year Convicted:

1925

Year Cleared:

1926

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Pennsylvania - Federal Case

County or Region of Crime:

Allegheny

City of Crime:

Pittsburg

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On September 7, 1926 the U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals reversed Olney's conviction on the basis the prosecution failed to introduce sufficient evidence to prove his guilt because the substantive evidence was as consistent with his innocence as his guilt."

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Was Perpetrator Identified?

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Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Ridenour, et al. v. United States, 14 F. 2d 888 (3rd Cir. 1926) (Reversing conviction based on insufficient evidence of guilt.)"

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"https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=2996759766528764417&hl=en&as_sdt=6,48"

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