Alfred H. Smith

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Charge:	Arson
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Years Imprisoned:	0.5
Year Crime:	1933
Year Convicted:	1933
Year Cleared:	1935
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	District of Columbia
County or Region of Crime:	District of Columbia
City of Crime:	District of Columbia
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Edward J. Parlton and Alfred Smith were codefendants wrongly convicted of arson in a fire on July 9, 1933 at a college fraternity they were members of in Washington D.C. The prosecution only presented circumstantial evidence, and Parlton and Smith presented the alibi defense supported by a number of witnesses that they were not at the fraternity anytime on the night of the fire. After their convictions U.S. Attorney General Homer Cummings investigated their alibi further, and became conviced they couldn't have committed the crime. The government's appeal brief admitted the conviction of the two defendants was in error, and the U.S. Ct of Appeals agreed and reversed their convictions on February 4, 1935. Edward Parlton and Alfred Smith were acquitted in January 1935 after a retrial. They were not paid any compensation for their wrongful convictions."
Conviction Caused By:	Circumstantial evidence.
Innocence Proved By:	"The government admitted the two defendants were innocent in the government's appeal brief, and the U.S. Ct of Appeals reversed their convictions. Edward Parlton and Alfred Smith were acquitted in January 1935 after a retrial. "
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Compensation Awarded:	No
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"''Not Guilty," Judge Jerome Frank and Barbara Frank, Doubleday, NY, 1957, P. 192"
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Information Source 2:	"The Innocents, Edward Radin,William Morrow & Co., 1964, p. 242"
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Alfred H. Smith

Charge:

Arson

Sentence:

Years Imprisoned:

0.5

Year Crime:

1933

Year Convicted:

1933

Year Cleared:

1935

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

District of Columbia

County or Region of Crime:

District of Columbia

City of Crime:

District of Columbia

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Circumstantial evidence.

Innocence Proved By:

"The government admitted the two defendants were innocent in the government's appeal brief, and the U.S. Ct of Appeals reversed their convictions. Edward Parlton and Alfred Smith were acquitted in January 1935 after a retrial. "

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

No

Was Perpetrator Identified?

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Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

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"''Not Guilty," Judge Jerome Frank and Barbara Frank, Doubleday, NY, 1957, P. 192"

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"The Innocents, Edward Radin,William Morrow & Co., 1964, p. 242"

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