Royston B. Pray

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Charge:	Larceny
Sentence:	12 months
Years Imprisoned:	0.4
Year Crime:	1903
Year Convicted:	1904
Year Cleared:	1904
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Massachusetts
County or Region of Crime:	Suffolk
City of Crime:	Boston
Result:	Pardoned
Summary of Case:	"Royston B. Pray was wrongly convicted on January 5, 1904 of larceny in Suffolk County, Massachusetts. After his conviction in the Superior Court Royston Pray was sentenced to 12 months in prison. Upon the recommendation of the Suffolk County District Attorney that there were grave doubts about the guilt of Pray, he was pardoned by Massachusetts Governor William Lewis Douglas on May 18, 1904."
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Innocence Proved By:	"Upon the recommendation of the Suffolk County District Attorney that there were grave doubts about the guilt of Pray, he was pardoned by Massachusetts Governor William Lewis Douglas on May 18, 1904."
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"No. 13. Royston B. Pray, 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. 599"
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Royston B. Pray

Charge:

Larceny

Sentence:

12 months

Years Imprisoned:

0.4

Year Crime:

1903

Year Convicted:

1904

Year Cleared:

1904

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Massachusetts

County or Region of Crime:

Suffolk

City of Crime:

Boston

Result:

Pardoned

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"Upon the recommendation of the Suffolk County District Attorney that there were grave doubts about the guilt of Pray, he was pardoned by Massachusetts Governor William Lewis Douglas on May 18, 1904."

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Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

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Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"No. 13. Royston B. Pray, 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. 599"

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