Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Immigration Violation |
Sentence: |
3 months imprisonment or £10 fine |
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Year Crime: |
1937 |
Year Convicted: |
1937 |
Year Cleared: |
1937 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Barbados |
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City of Crime: |
Bridgetown |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary of Case: |
"Clement Payne was convicted on July 22, 1937 of an immigration violation in Barbados for falsely declaring he was born in Barbados. At the time Payne was leading a movement among workers to form a trade union. Payne was sentenced to 3 months in prison or to pay a £10 fine, and deportation..Payne appealed and his conviction was quashed on July 26, 1937. After his conviction was quashed he was deported to his native Trinidad." |
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Innocence Proved By: |
"Payne appealed and his conviction was quashed on July 26, 1937." |
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Was Perpetrator Identified? |
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Age When Imprisoned: |
33 |
Age When Released: |
33 |
Sex: |
Male |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
Black |
Information Source 1: |
"The future of political parties in the Cayman Islands: Part 3, By Dr. Livingston Smith, Caymen Net News, August 22, 2013" |
Information Location 1: |
http://caymannetnews.com/2013/08/22/the-future-of-political-parties-in-the-cayman-islands-part-3/ |
Information Source 2: |
"Clement Payne, Wikipedia.org" |
Information Location 2: |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clement_Payne |
Information Source 3: |
"Clement Osbourne Payne -- (1904-1941), www.oas.org" |
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http://www.oas.org/children/heroes/Barba.Heroes/payne.htm |
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