Franklin C. Pratt

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Charge:	Larceny
Sentence:	1 year
Years Imprisoned:	0.58
Year Crime:	1883
Year Convicted:	1883
Year Cleared:	1884
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Massachusetts
County or Region of Crime:	Plymouth
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Result:	Pardoned
Summary of Case:	"Franklin C. Pratt was wrongly convicted on October 29, 1883 of larceny in Plymouth County, Massachusetts in 1883. After his conviction in the Plymouth County Superior Court, Pratt was sentenced to one year in prison. After his conviction evidence was discovered that at the time of the crime Pratt was mentally infirm, and therefore he was not criminally responsible for his action because of a lack of criminal intent. The Plymouth County District Attorney recommended Pratt's pardon. On May 15, 1884 Franklin Pratt was granted a full pardon by Massachusetts Governor George D. Robinson based on the new evidence he had lacked criminal intent."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On May 15, 1884 Franklin Pratt was granted a full pardon by Massachusetts Governor George D. Robinson based on the new evidence he had lacked criminal intent."
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Acts and Resolves Passed by the General Court of Massachusetts in the year 1885, Published by the Secretary of the Commonwealth, Wright & Potter Printing Co., Boston, 1885, p. 960."
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Franklin C. Pratt

Charge:

Larceny

Sentence:

1 year

Years Imprisoned:

0.58

Year Crime:

1883

Year Convicted:

1883

Year Cleared:

1884

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Massachusetts

County or Region of Crime:

Plymouth

City of Crime:

Result:

Pardoned

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On May 15, 1884 Franklin Pratt was granted a full pardon by Massachusetts Governor George D. Robinson based on the new evidence he had lacked criminal intent."

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Was Perpetrator Identified?

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Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

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"Acts and Resolves Passed by the General Court of Massachusetts in the year 1885, Published by the Secretary of the Commonwealth, Wright & Potter Printing Co., Boston, 1885, p. 960."

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