Mary Squires

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Charge:	Robbery and Assault
Sentence:	Death
Years Imprisoned:	0.25
Year Crime:	1753
Year Convicted:	1753
Year Cleared:	1754
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	United Kingdom
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Result:	Pardoned
Summary of Case:	"Mary Squires was wrongly convicted on February 26, 1753 and sentenced to hang for robbing and assaulting Elizabeth Canning in January 1753. Squires conviction was solely based on the testimony of Canning. Squires alibi defense, supported by the testimony of three witnesses, is she was in Dorsetshire 126 miles southwest of Moorfields (near London) when Squires was allegedly robbed and assaulted there. Squires was pardoned by King George II on May 30, 1753 based on the evidence she was innocent. Squires was wrongly imprisoned for more than 3 months. In May 1754 Canning was convicted of perjury and giving false testimony against Mary Squires, and she was sentenced to seven years transportation. Canning left England on a ship bound for New England on the July 31, 1754."
Conviction Caused By:	Perjury by the alleged victim.
Innocence Proved By:	Mary Squires was pardoned by King George II based on proof she was 120 miles from where Squires was allegedly abducted.
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Popular Crime by Bill James, Scribner, 2011, 2-6"
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Information Source 2:	"Mary Squires and Elizabeth Canning, The Newgate Calendar, p. 259"
Information Location 2:	http://www.exclassics.com/newgate/ng259.htm
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Mary Squires

Charge:

Robbery and Assault

Sentence:

Death

Years Imprisoned:

0.25

Year Crime:

1753

Year Convicted:

1753

Year Cleared:

1754

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

United Kingdom

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Pardoned

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Perjury by the alleged victim.

Innocence Proved By:

Mary Squires was pardoned by King George II based on proof she was 120 miles from where Squires was allegedly abducted.

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Was Perpetrator Identified?

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Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

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"Popular Crime by Bill James, Scribner, 2011, 2-6"

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"Mary Squires and Elizabeth Canning, The Newgate Calendar, p. 259"

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http://www.exclassics.com/newgate/ng259.htm

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